Adaptation of the school health index to assess the healthy school environment in Jordan
(East. Mediterr. health j).
in English
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ABSTRACT
When the Jordan Ministry of Education planned workshops to raise teachers' awareness of the health environment in schools in underdeveloped governorates, a pre-post intervention study assessed the impact of these workshops in changing teachers' perceptions. A total of 193 teachers completed the self-administered Centers for Disease Control and Prevention school health index [SHl] for elementary schools, adapted for this setting using 6 of the 8 original modules. After the workshops, teachers' mean scores on all modules improved significantly, from 49.5% to 55.9% for health and safety/environment policies; 44.2% to 56.5% for health education; 40.3% to 52.9% for physical education; 51.3% to 59.2% for nutrition services; 62.5% to 73.8% for health services; and 55.2% to 68.3% for family/community involvement. The SHl model is implementable in a developing country setting to monitor and appraise the environmental components of school health
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Goal 6: Information systems for health
Database:
WHO IRIS
Main subject:
School Health Services
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Schools
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Health Education
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Health Status Indicators
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Faculty
Language:
English
Journal:
East. Mediterr. health j
Year:
2011