Department of Public Health Dentistry, CSI College of Dental Sciences and Research, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
Health Promot Int. 2019 Dec 1;34(6):1167-1178. doi: 10.1093/heapro/day082.
Schools provide a crucial platform for health promotion as the school years are a vital stage in one's life, where lifelong general and oral health-related behaviours are developed and established. The components of Health Promoting Schools (HPSs) suggested by World Health Organization provide guidance for facilitating health promotion within this setting. This study aimed to assess the adherence to the components of HPSs amongst schools in Bengaluru, India utilizing a comprehensive tool developed for the purpose. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among randomly selected 61 schools. Data were collected through structured interviews with the head of the schools, direct observation of school premises and verification of records. The significant findings of the study were that 80.3% of the schools had proper ventilation and separate washrooms for boys and girls, 83.6 and 88.5% of the schools had natural light and adequate water supply correspondingly. Only 39.3% of the schools had washrooms that were cleaned daily, and 55.7% of the schools were in proximity to business that sold tobacco products. Oral health education was not integrated into the curriculum in 39.3% of the schools, and 29.5% of the schools had no playgrounds. The study tool appeared to be sensitive in identifying the finer components of HPSs, indicating the lack of strict adherence to the components of HPSs in Bengaluru. This information can be utilized to design appropriate interventions at micro, meso and macro level to strengthen the capacity of schools for the attainment of health promotion.
学校是促进健康的重要平台，因为学生时代是人生的重要阶段，在此期间可以养成和建立终生的一般健康和口腔健康相关行为。世界卫生组织建议的健康促进学校（HPS）的组成部分为在这一环境中促进健康提供了指导。本研究旨在利用专门为此目的开发的综合工具，评估印度班加罗尔的学校对 HPS 组成部分的遵守情况。采用横断面调查，随机选择了 61 所学校。通过与学校负责人进行结构化访谈、对学校场地进行直接观察和核实记录来收集数据。研究的重要发现是，80.3%的学校有适当的通风和男女分开的洗手间，83.6%和 88.5%的学校有自然采光和相应的充足供水。只有 39.3%的学校的洗手间每天都进行清洁，而 55.7%的学校靠近销售烟草产品的企业。39.3%的学校没有将口腔健康教育纳入课程，29.5%的学校没有操场。研究工具似乎能够敏感地识别 HPS 的更精细组成部分，表明班加罗尔对 HPS 组成部分的遵守程度不严格。这些信息可用于在微观、中观和宏观层面设计适当的干预措施，以增强学校实现健康促进的能力。
