AVAILABILITY OF SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) ABUJA
AVAILABILITY OF SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) ABUJA
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2011-06
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AKERELE, STEPHEN SEGUN
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This research work “Availability of School Health Services And Perceived
Health Status of Student In Public Boarding Schools of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Abuja” was conducted. The expost facto research design and
descriptive survey (a non experimental) method of research was used. The
population for the study was three hundred and seventy-five (375) respondents
which was mainly on student in public boarding schools of which males and
females students were randomly selected from all the eighteen (18) public
boarding secondary schools across the six (6) Area councils of FCT, Abuja. The
instrument used for data collection was a self structured and validated
questionnaire, the demographic characteristics of the respondents were analysed
using frequencies (F) and percentages (%). The research questions were analysed
using mean and standard deviation. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Co-efficient (PPMC) was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level of
significance. Based on the result of the data analysed and discussed, it could be
concluded as follows: School health services are available in most of the public
boarding schools in FCT, Abuja. There exist also, school health guidance and
supervision team which help to monitor the health status of students. There is
also periodic school inspection for environmental cleanliness and follow-up
services programme that seeks to promote the health knowledge attitude and
practice of student in schools. School health services which include the
nutritional programmes that promote the nutritional level of students in school
were equally available in schools. The following recommendations were made:
Government should encourage the establishment of more school health services
in schools. Conducive environment and opportunity should be given to health
officers in schools to attend training programmes to improve their health
knowledge. School health facilities should be monitored by the school
authorities for proper use by the students.
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A THESES SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY (A.B.U) ZARIA
NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER
OF EDUCATION IN HEALTH EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION (PHE)
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY (A.B.U) ZAIRA
NIGERIA
JUNE,2011
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AVAILABILITY,, SCHOOL,, HEALTH,, SERVICES,, PERCEIVED,, HEALTH,, STATUS,, STUDENTS,, PUBLIC,, BOARDING,, SCHOOLS,, FEDERAL,, CAPITAL,, TERRITORY,, FCT,, ABUJA,