Relationship Between Secondary School Students' Perceptions of Health- Promoting Schools and Health

Background: Approaches struggling to protect and improve the health of school community lay the basis of promoting health at school. Objective: This research was performed as a descriptive study in order to identify the relationship between secondary school students' perceptions of health-promo...

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Published in:International journal of caring sciences 2022-09, Vol.15 (3), p.1773-1783
Main Authors: Kocatas, Semra, Demir, Canan, Unsal, Haci Mevlut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cooperation
Data collection
Education
Health services
Medical personnel
Perceptions
Personal information
School administration
School nurses
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Student attitudes
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Summary:Background: Approaches struggling to protect and improve the health of school community lay the basis of promoting health at school. Objective: This research was performed as a descriptive study in order to identify the relationship between secondary school students' perceptions of health-promoting school and health. Methodology: A total of 1,194 students enrolled at three different secondary schools located at the provincial center of Sivas, Turkey, participated in the research. Research data were collected from students via 'Student Personal Information Form', 'Scale for Health-Promoting Schools' and 'Perception of Health Scale' at school hours approved by the school counselor of each secondary school on December 3-21, 2018. Results: It was found that the mean of overall scores obtained by students from Scale for Health-Promoting Schools was 85.00±18.86 (Min:24; Max:120) and so they had perception of health-promoting schools at an approximately high level whereas the mean of overall scores obtained by them from Perception of Health Scale was 42.08±8.38 (Min:15; Max:75) and so they had perception of health at a moderate level. Conclusions: It was discerned that, as perceptions of health promoting school of students participating in research increased, levels of their perception of health also went up.
ISSN:1791-5201
1792-037X