Precious Opoku, Samuel Salu, Cyril Kwami Azornu, Joyce Komesuor
Oral health knowledge, practice and associated factors among Junior High School students of Koforidua, Ghana: a cross-sectional study
BMC oral health
background schoolbased health promotion particularly valuable developing countries however lack information health needs peruvian school students purpose study conduct health needs assessment develop strategies school health promotion program jungle indigent region chanchamayo peru methods study conducted using mixed method approach included literature review national local statistics stakeholder interviews survey participants survey 210 teachers 2504 elementary school students 2834 secondary school students six schools two planned project implementation regions selfadministered questionnaire students developed based whos global schoolbased student health survey collected data analyzed using descriptive statistics chisquare tests ttests survey data content analysis interviews results weak school health systems identified including school health policies curriculum trained health care personnel healthrelated facilities equipment common health problems students anemia nutritional deficiency infectious diseases tuberculosis drug abuse poor hygiene sexrelated problems high absence rates school due family problems high dropout rates due pregnancy also critical issues teachers identified personal hygiene nutrition reproductive health sex education high priorities school health education students identified prevention infectious diseases nutrition education psychological health healthy lifestyles priorities identified strategies included establishment school health policies curriculumbased interventions increasing community participation raising school health awareness capacity building health care promotors training trainers partnership schools communities conclusions findings study help guide development implementation schoolbased health promotion program chanchamayo multicomponent schoolbased interventions consider feasibility sustainability developed evaluated based whos health promoting school concepts