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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES STATUS AND AWARENESS IN SCHOOL TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Dr. Naeema Natasha, Suhaib Ahmad, Dr Usman Hussain

Abstract: Objectives: 1. To assess the awareness of school health services amongst the primary school teachers of Government and Private sector schools in Rawalpindi. 2. To assess the level of school health services being provided in the primary schools in both government and private sectors Methods: The present cross-sectional study was carried out in 2 government schools and 2 private schools in Rawalpindi. Relevant data was collected from a total of 88 different teachers through a questionnaire. Compilation and analysis of the data was done. Results were compared with similar studies in the literature and a conclusion was drawn. The data after collection and assembling is analyzed by SPSS 16.0. The result and discussion were made on this analysis. Result: In this study, from the data that was collected, it showed that 5.7% of government school teachers and 38.6% of private school teachers were aware of the term school health services. Majority of the government school teacher’s professional qualifications were only up to Secondary school (11.4%). On the other hand, majority of the private school teachers had done their Post graduate in their respective fields (52.3%). School dispensary was not available in both government and private schools. Inspection of personal hygiene was done regularly (98.9%) in the schools. Over all, the private schools were providing better school health services than government schools. Conclusion: Overall, only 44.3% of teachers were aware of the term school health services. Both government and private schools lacked some basic facilities and other facilities that they had were satisfactory. Yet, private schools were better in all aspects as compared to government schools. The reason for this could be because the private schools’ teachers were more educated and there was more awareness amongst them. Key words: School health services, Health education, School Health Policies and Programs (SHIPPS).

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