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VOL. 10, ISSUE 5 (2024)
Health problems among primary school children as Perceived by parents and teachers in Anambra state Nigeria
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Nnaemezie Nkiru Onyinyechukwu, Peace Nkem Okeke, Alozie Chioma Precious, Ifediora Uchenna Loveth, Machie Kenechukwu Uchenna
Abstract
For any nation to protect its future there must be an increased focus
on issues that affect children’s physical, mental and emotion; it is against
this idea that this study was designed to determine health problems and
awareness of the preventive measures among primary school children by parents
and teachers in Anambra State. Six research questions as well as four
hypotheses guided the study; descriptive survey research design was used in the
study; the area of the study was Nnewi North in Anambra State. The population
of the study consists of 198 parents and teachers also the sample of the study
consist of 112 and 86 parent and teachers respectively. The instrument for data
collection was a research developed instrument titled Health Problems of
Primary School Children and Awareness of the Preventive Measures Questionnaire
(HPPSCAPMQ). It was validated by three experts; Kudder Richardsm (K-R 20)
method was used to check for the reliability of the instrument and it got
reliability co-efficient of 0.59. Frequencies, percentage, mean was used to
answer the research question while Chi-Square analysis was used to test the
hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study among others
showed that parents and teachers in both public and private primary schools in
Nnewi North are knowledgeable of both physical and mental health problems among
primary school children in Anambra State. Conclusions and recommendation were
made based on the findings of the study that continuous health education and
promotion should be provided for teachers, parents and children for the
prevention and complete eradication of physical and mental health problems
among primary school children generally.
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Pages:10-17
How to cite this article:
Nnaemezie Nkiru Onyinyechukwu, Peace Nkem Okeke, Alozie Chioma Precious, Ifediora Uchenna Loveth, Machie Kenechukwu Uchenna "Health problems among primary school children as Perceived by parents and teachers in Anambra state Nigeria". International Journal of Medical and Health Research, Vol 10, Issue 5, 2024, Pages 10-17
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