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Assess the Health Status of Primary School Children (Age 9-12 Years) with a View to Organize the Health Education Program

Shivani Thakur* , Shivani Thakur* , Anita Goswami**

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International Journal of Practical Nursing 3(1):p 5-7, Jan-Apr 2015. | DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpn.2347.7083.3115.1

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School health is an economical and powerful means of raising health of the community. School can also provide a setting to introduce health information to the children. Health habits formed at this stage will be carried forward to the adult age, old age and even to the next generations. Preventive measures taken during this period of growth may have a beneficial lifelong effect. This study was conducted using a quantitative non-experimental approach using a descriptive design. Purposive sampling was used to select 60 primary schools children using an inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data was collected using demographic variables and observation checklist. 70% primary school children were having good level of health status. The mean score of personal hygiene was (34.2) which shows that there is poor hygienic practices (daily bathing, daily teeth brushing, hair combing, mouth rising after meal and nail trimming) in primary school children. This study concluded that the problems related to personal hygiene and mouth hygiene such as enamel discoloration, dental caries were significantly higher in primary school children. These problems can be eradicated by providing proper health education and guidance to the school children.

Keywords: Health status; School children; Health education program. 

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