Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013

Background and purpose: Schools are the most appropriate and reliable places for training and educating students. If health principles are not observed in schools, students will be prone to different kinds of health problems. Thus the aim of this research is to study the environmental indices in pri...

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Main Authors: Farzad MotevaliHaghi, Malihe saberi lamraski, Mahbobe Hoseini, Behzad Parsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:علوم بهداشتی ایران
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Online Access:http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-343-18&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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spelling doaj-c8036aa5533c40e4ad1c7bbbbed000e22020-11-24T21:36:16ZengMazandaran University of Medical Sciencesعلوم بهداشتی ایران2322-553X2322-47972013-12-01137784Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013Farzad MotevaliHaghi0Malihe saberi lamraski1Mahbobe Hoseini2Behzad Parsi3 Department of Medical entomology, Faculty of health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Ms student of environmental health, MazandaranUniversity of medical sciences Department of Statistics, School of Public Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Background and purpose: Schools are the most appropriate and reliable places for training and educating students. If health principles are not observed in schools, students will be prone to different kinds of health problems. Thus the aim of this research is to study the environmental indices in primary schools in the Behshahr city in 2012. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study. 20 private and governmental primary schools affiliated to ministry of education were selected using census method. Data were collected in the questionnaire prepared based on the environmental standard of the ministry of health. The questionnaire was filled during interviews with school principal and direct observation. The data were analyzed using, Excel, and SPSS softwares. Results: The results of this search showed the hygienic statues of schools in water supplying (85%), waste water disposal (75%) and washbasins (70%), garbage disposal (100%) were favorable. But they were unfavorable for play ground 90%, green area 95%, lavatory with flash tank and ventilation 80% window without net 90% and fire extinguishing capsule 80%.The findings also showed a significant difference between the health statuses of different schools. Conclusion: Most (80%) schools had a pleasant situation or a relatively acceptable hygiene regarding the health instruction guide for schools' environment. This requires more attention of the authorities towards the improvement and promotion of the hygienic status of schools.http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-343-18&slc_lang=en&sid=1Primary School Environmental Health Indices Behshahr.
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author Farzad MotevaliHaghi
Malihe saberi lamraski
Mahbobe Hoseini
Behzad Parsi
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Malihe saberi lamraski
Mahbobe Hoseini
Behzad Parsi
Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013
علوم بهداشتی ایران
Primary School
Environmental Health Indices
Behshahr.
author_facet Farzad MotevaliHaghi
Malihe saberi lamraski
Mahbobe Hoseini
Behzad Parsi
author_sort Farzad MotevaliHaghi
title Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013
title_short Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013
title_full Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013
title_fullStr Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013
title_full_unstemmed Survey on Environmental Indices of Primary School in Behshahr City, Iran 2012-2013
title_sort survey on environmental indices of primary school in behshahr city, iran 2012-2013
publisher Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
series علوم بهداشتی ایران
issn 2322-553X
2322-4797
publishDate 2013-12-01
description Background and purpose: Schools are the most appropriate and reliable places for training and educating students. If health principles are not observed in schools, students will be prone to different kinds of health problems. Thus the aim of this research is to study the environmental indices in primary schools in the Behshahr city in 2012. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study. 20 private and governmental primary schools affiliated to ministry of education were selected using census method. Data were collected in the questionnaire prepared based on the environmental standard of the ministry of health. The questionnaire was filled during interviews with school principal and direct observation. The data were analyzed using, Excel, and SPSS softwares. Results: The results of this search showed the hygienic statues of schools in water supplying (85%), waste water disposal (75%) and washbasins (70%), garbage disposal (100%) were favorable. But they were unfavorable for play ground 90%, green area 95%, lavatory with flash tank and ventilation 80% window without net 90% and fire extinguishing capsule 80%.The findings also showed a significant difference between the health statuses of different schools. Conclusion: Most (80%) schools had a pleasant situation or a relatively acceptable hygiene regarding the health instruction guide for schools' environment. This requires more attention of the authorities towards the improvement and promotion of the hygienic status of schools.
topic Primary School
Environmental Health Indices
Behshahr.
url http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-343-18&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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