Al-Ansary Naof F, El-Sharkawy Mahmoud F, Alsulaiman Sana A
Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
Heliyon. 2023 Sep 1;9(9):e19635. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19635. eCollection 2023 Sep.
A proper and adequate school environment is important for an effective learning process and for the maintenance of students' health, given that they spend a considerable amount of time at school. Safety preparedness in schools includes, for example, protection from biological, physical, and chemical risks and physical hazards associated with poor construction and maintenance practices.
This study aims to evaluate safety preparedness in girls' public schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Seventeen girls' schools were randomly selected in the Eastern Province of KSA. A designed checklist was used for this study, composed of two main parts. The first part included general information about the school, while the second part was composed of 6 items with a total of 58 questions, evaluating the school's safety preparedness.
The safety preparedness in the studied schools ranged between 70 and 90%. Some safety practices were found to be adequately applied, others were poorly applied, and certain items were completely absent. Generally, some examined schools were not compliant several safety and emergency preparedness recommendations.
Collaboration between the School Safety Committee and schools is essential to reach a satisfactory standard in terms of school safety. Therefore, it is recommended that the School Safety Committee engages with schools more actively, especially in terms of the preparation of a school safety management plan.
鉴于学生在学校度过大量时间，一个合适且充足的学校环境对于有效的学习过程和学生健康的维持至关重要。学校的安全准备工作包括，例如，防范生物、物理和化学风险以及与不良建设和维护做法相关的物理危害。
本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）公立女子学校的安全准备情况。
在沙特阿拉伯王国东部省份随机选择了17所女子学校。本研究使用了一份设计好的检查表，由两个主要部分组成。第一部分包括学校的一般信息，而第二部分由6个项目共58个问题组成，用于评估学校的安全准备情况。
所研究学校的安全准备情况在70%至90%之间。发现一些安全措施得到了充分应用，一些应用不佳，还有一些项目完全缺失。总体而言，一些被检查的学校不符合多项安全和应急准备建议。
学校安全委员会与学校之间的合作对于在学校安全方面达到令人满意的标准至关重要。因此，建议学校安全委员会更积极地与学校合作，特别是在制定学校安全管理计划方面。
