Tr aini ng of primary School Teachers on lieall h and it s Effect In School Heallh Education
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1994-05
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
A retlospectjv~-cohort study ~'ns cal'j'jed out in NOl'theaslern
Ethiopia to aSSeSS the impact of htoalth training of primarv school
teachels on health knowledge and practice of their students with
regard to personal hygiene and the en\'ironmental heallh conditions
of the school s .
The required information to .• ssess kllO\\IL!dge was collected
using il pl'etcstcll questjonnai]'c. Observation formats were
cleve loped tc. asSuss the hygienic s t atus of the students and
L!n\ironmental health situations of the schools. Focus group
discussions "ere conducted wi th the trained teachers on 110" to
Improve the school health education ac[jvities. Data analysis was
carried out us i ng EPI-INFO version 5 and S\S complltuT stat isticill
packages.
The results showed improvement in the total mean ~:nowledge
score of teachers who recei\'ed training compared to the control
groups If-stat. 3.4-. P:0.041 . Though the diffe"cncc was not
statistically signifjcailt. Students of tIle trained leachers al..;,o
showed a hjgher mean knowledge score compared to hoth control-l -"ind
control-2 groups P : <0.0011. The ,lean il.'"gicn;c ~core of'students
of the trained teachers \\as fuund to be higher comparctl to the
students in the comparison gl'OUPS, II' C 0.0011. The environmental
hectlth status of the schools \ritl! trained lcacile,', WII> better than
the SCllools without t"3ined teachers.
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The stud)" I~i.ls deJ!lonstrated the po~iti\re ilnpact tll[lt training
school teachers h,tn" in impro\'ing the health kno\l'leJge and pract ice
of the sehae)l communi t.,. RecomJTI(;ndation'S arc gi\en regarding
further training of school teachers in health alollg \l'ith the
improvement of "choal sanitar, facilities alla the inclusion of
health education in primary school curriculum.
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Tr aini ng of primary School Teachers on lieall h