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Nicholson, Alexandra Louise. "Hand hygiene in primary schools : evaluating the effects of an educational intervention." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687284.
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Appropriate hand washing is an effective and cost-effective means of reducing the spread of infectious illness. It is therefore important to encourage and sustain good hygiene habits in the young, who are often implicated in the spread of common infections. Educational interventions are often used to promote hand washing in the school setting, however current evidence on the extent to which such interventions produce behaviour change is mixed, and in general of poor quality. The Hand Washing Trial, a well-designed pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial, sought to test the effectiveness of an educational resource promoting hand washing in primary schools. Effectiveness of the Hands up for Max!resource was evaluated using pupil and staff absence as a proxy measure for spread of infection. 178 schools in the South West of England were recruited to the trial and randomised to receive Hands up for Max! or continue as usual. Intervention schools received the resource in the autumn 2009 and all schools were followed up until summer 2010. 24 schools also took part in a sub-study exploring absence related specifically to infectious illness captured in absence forms, and hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour recorded in a self-reported questionnaire developed and validated within this doctorate. The trial findings suggest that the Hands up for Max! resource was not effective at reducing pupil or staff absence, or the spread of common infections such as respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses. After psychometric testing and exploratory factor analysis three factors were identified within the developed questionnaire relating to (i) when, how and why hand washing is engaged in (ii) role modelling of hand washing and (iii) facilitators and barriers to hand washing. A comparison of scores for these three factors between trial arms suggested that whilst there was no effect on absence, pupils in intervention schools observed and promoted hand washing behaviour more, than control schools. Insights from a process evaluation, embedded in the trial, suggested that a more holistic approach to hand washing behaviour change is needed addressing standards of facilities, time, and social norms, alongside health education. Appropriate hand hygiene in schools is an important public health issue, but encouraging and sustaining such behaviour remains a challenge. Such a challenge may be best met with comprehensive thinking about the appropriate messages to"impart and how to facilitate such messages being acted upon.
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Buchanan, Bette A. "Dental hygiene entry-level program administrators' strategies for overcoming challenges of distance education." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2065701681&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Westbacke, Kerstin. "HYGIENE, EATING HABITS AND ORAL HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN IN THREE NEPALESE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS." Thesis, Nordic School of Public Health NHV, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-3254.
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Currently, many developing countries are experiencing rising prevalences of caries associated with changes in lifestyle and living conditions. Objectives: To describe the hygiene, eating habits, and oral health status of Nepalese children. Materials and Methods: A stratifiedsample of 231 children 5–7, 11–13, and 15–16 years of age (53% boys, 47% girls) who attended public high schools in the rural area of the Lalitpur District, Nepal was selected. The study was a field study combining a clinical examination (plaque, gingivitis, calculus, and caries) and a questionnaire. The questions concerned sanitary conditions, health support, personal hygiene, tooth cleaning, and eating habits. Results: During the school day, half of the children ate nothing at all. General personal hygiene was associated with tooth-cleaning frequency.Four out of five children in the entire sample cleaned their teeth once/day or more, using their own toothbrush. The use of fluoride toothpaste was rare.More frequent tooth cleaning and lower plaque indices were seen among girls and older children. More plaque was found on the occlusal surfaces of erupting permanent molars than on fully occluded permanent molars. Most children had a low prevalence of manifest caries in the primary and the permanent dentitions. However, every fifth 5–7-yr-old had manifest caries in three or more primary teeth. The occlusal surfaces of molars accounted for almost all registered caries in both dentitions. Conclusion: Although the prevalence of manifest caries was low, the low level of preventive activities may cause an increase in the prevalence of caries, as in other developing countries. The presumed risk scenario needs to be met by comprehensive and systematic health promotion and preventive measures.Sammanfattning: I många utvecklingsländer sker förändringar av livsstil och levnadsförhållanden med samtidig ökad förekomst av karies. Mål: Att beskriva hygien, matvanor och munhälsa hos nepalesiska barn. Material och Metod: Ett stratifierat urval av 231 barn, som i åldrarna 5-7, 11-13 och 15-16 år (53% pojkar, 47% flickor), elever i statliga grundskolor på landsbygden, Lalitpur distriktet Nepal, användes. Studien utformades som en fältstudie med klinisk undersökning (plack, gingivit, tandsten och karies) kombinerad med en enkätstudie. Frågorna rörde sanitära förhållanden, hälsostöd från hemmet, personlig hygien, tandrengörings- och matvanor. Resultat: Under skoldagen åt hälften av barnen ingenting alls. Allmän personlig hygien var associerad med tandrengörings frekvens. Av alla barn, som användande sin egen tandborste, borstade fyra av fem, en gång om dagen eller mer. Äldre barn och flickor rengjorde tänderna oftare och hade ett lägre plackindex. Mer plack fanns på erupterande molarers occlusalytor jämfört med molarer i full ocklusion. De flesta barnen hade en låg frekvens manifest karies i primära och permanenta bettet. Dock hade en femtedel av 5-7 åringarna tre eller fler manifesta kariesangrepp i primära bettet. Ocklusal karies på molarerna utgjorde nästan all registrerad karies i båda dentitionerna. Slutsats: Låg frekvens av manifest karies, men en låg grad av förebyggande aktiviteter, kan medföra en ökad kariesfrekvens liknande den i andra utvecklingsländer. Den förmodande risken måste bemötas med behovsinriktade och systematiska hälsobefrämjande och preventiva åtgärder.
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Barnes, Wanda Gail. "The role of mentoring in the professional development and career satisfaction of Dental Hygiene Education Administrators in the United States /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/48148921.html.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1999.Advisor: Emmalou Norland, Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement in Education. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.
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James, Janet. "Preventing childhood obesity : a school-based intervention trial - CHOPPS - the Christchurch Obesity Prevention Programme in Schools." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2013. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385141/.
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Teeple, Lisa J. "Historical development of selected design amenities in central Indiana rural school buildings, 1875-1915." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/865947.
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The purposes of this study were: (1) to study the conditions that influenced the construction of early rural schoolhouses in Indiana, (2) to examine how emerging concerns for sanitation and student health surfaced from the construction of early rural schoolhouses, and (3) to provide a data base for individuals who desire to do further research on school buildings and their historic preservation. The research concentrated on the period of 1875 to .1915. Special attention was given to conditions that led to the passage of the Sanitary Schoolhouse Act of 1911.Results revealed that early schoolhouses often were constructed as little more than shelters. Virtually no consideration was given to either educational processes or the health and safety of occupants. As a result, water and other design and care of water and sewage systems resulted insanitary factors became major concerns. The inadequate serious health concerns for students and teachers. These concerns contributed to the passage of laws that eventually led to: (1) the abandonment of early rural schoolhouses, and (2) the construction of more sophisticated structures often designed by professional architects.This study also revealed that some of those early schoolhouses that survived have been converted to residential, business, or civic purposes. Photographs of such buildings in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Madison, and Tipton counties in Indiana are included in the thesis. They provide evidence that preservation is a means with which these buildings can continue to serve a useful existence.There is historical value in understanding conditions that led to the rise and fall of early rural school buildings. Collectively, data about the construction and sanitary conditions provide insights into rural culture, expand an appreciation of the uniqueness of design for these buildings, and enhance the importance and desirability of preserving these structures. The net product of this thesis is to provide a view of the construction of buildings in central Indiana of this period.Department of Architecture
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Hatfield, Amanda S. "Personal tobacco use behaviors and tobacco cessation activities of dental and dental hygiene students in U.S. dental schools." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2553.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 100 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-87).
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Tshivhase, Ndiafhi Jeremiah. "Social factors that affect the acceptability of the enviro loo sanitation technology: a case of schools in Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1806.
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Thesis (M. Dev.) --University of Limpopo, 2016The purpose of this study was to investigate the social factors that affect the acceptability of the Enviro Loo sanitation technology in schools. The study adopted the anti-positivism theory. Phenomenology school of thought was used as one of the three schools of thoughts as marked under Anti-positivism. The qualitative research method had its foothold in the fact that social factors, as a human activity, occurs in a particular natural and social environment. Utilising the qualitative research design, the researcher focused on describing and understanding the social factors that influence the acceptability of the Enviro Loo sanitation technology at schools. The study utilised an interview guide to collect data. The advantage of this is that it allowed the researcher to probe and ask for clarification of some answers as given by the respondents The population of this study comprised 35 secondary schools in Limpopo Province that benefited from the implementation of the Enviro Loo sanitation technology system during the 2010/11 financial years. Non-probability sampling was used. The method used to select the schools was convenience sampling as a non-probability sampling technique where subjects are selected because of their convenient accessibility and proximity to the researcher. This is because the researcher was bound by time, money and workforce and because of these limitations, it was almost impossible to randomly sample the entire population. Three sets of focus groups were used as sample, namely; the Provincial Sanitation Task Team (PSTT), School Governing Body (SGB) and Leaner’s Representative Council (LRC). All groups were gender balanced and members participated voluntarily. Nvivo was utilised to analyse data. The audio recordings from the digital voice recorder were transcribed, translated into English, typed into word and thematic analysis was used.
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Conceição, Joaquim Tavares da. "Internar para educar: colégios-internatos no Brasil (1840-1950)." Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, 2012. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/13349.
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Este estudo trata dos internatos na sociedade brasileira e, especialmente, sergipana, tomando como objeto os colégios-internatos, no período que se estende de 1840 a 1950. A pesquisa, utilizando abordagens culturais da história social, destaca os escolares na condição de internos (pensionistas), os espaços de internamento, as práticas culturais, os debates e as funções sociais dos internatos. A operação historiográfica consistiu em separar, reunir e transformar em documentos históricos as informações coletadas, efetuando os cruzamentos entre essas informações e/ou indícios encontrados. Para responder aos questionamentos propostos foram utilizadas fontes diversas, como relatórios, teses doutorais, almanaques, revistas, prospectos e estatutos de colégios, livros de viajantes, romances, entre outras. O internato brasileiro não ficou imune a críticas. Entre os problemas apontados pelos intelectuais, as condições físicas e de higiene do internato, especialmente os dormitórios, ocupavam um lugar de destaque. Os médicos, preocupados com questões higienistas, em suas teses de doutoramento do século XIX e início do século XX, alertavam para as insalubridades físicas e moral dos internatos e apresentavam propostas para o funcionamento higiênico destes. Os internatos foram defendidos e até utilizados na instrução pública, principalmente visando ao desenvolvimento do ensino secundário. Contudo, foi na instrução particular onde os internatos se desenvolveram utilizados por famílias ricas e médias da população para promover a instrução de seus filhos. Nos internatos, os estudantes encontravam cama, comida (pensionato) e instrução (aulas, repetições, exercícios suplementares e direção dos estudos). No século XIX, existiam pequenos internatos constituídos como uma empresa familiar e grandes internatos, instalados em casas residenciais adaptadas, em sobrados ou em prédios planejados para servirem como colégios-internatos, com vastos cômodos capazes de acomodar um grande número de pensionistas. Em Sergipe, no século XX, a história dos internatos é marcada pela permanência de pequenos internatos de organização ―familiar‖ e pelo surgimento de colégios-internatos instalados em prédios adaptados ou em edifícios-internatos. Enfim, a educação dispensada nos internatos, apesar das críticas desfavoráveis, serviu como estratégia educativa de famílias ricas e classes médias e estabeleceu distinção a esses segmentos sociais por meio de constante formação de princípios culturais que contribuíram para a perpetuação de privilégios de classe. This study is about boarding schools in Brazilian society and especially, sergipana society, taking as an object the boarding schools, from 1840 to 1950. The research which uses cultural approaches of social history emphasizes the scholars under the condition of resident students (pensioner), the spaces in boarding schools, the cultural practices, the debates and the boarding school students‘ social jobs. The historical operation consisted of separating, organizing and transforming the collected information into historical documents, and crosschecking such information with other facts found. As to answer the proposed questions several sources were used like reports, doctors‘ dissertations, almanacs, magazines, prospects, schools‘ internal rules, travelers‘ books, novels, among others. The Brazilian boarding school system was also criticized. Among the problems mentioned by intellectuals, the boarding school‘s physical and hygiene conditions, especially the dormitories were on spot. The doctors, worried about hygiene aspects, in their doctorate dissertations from XIX century and beginning of XX century, used to mention the resident students‘ physical and moral hazards and they used to propose suggestions for a better hygienic environment. The resident students were defended as well as used in public instruction, mainly aiming at developing the secondary schools teaching. However, it was in private instruction where resident students developed themselves used by rich and middle-class families‘ population to promote their children‘s education. In the boarding schools, the scholars used to have accommodation, food and instruction (classes, repetitions, supplementary exercises and instructions on how to study). In the XIX century, there were small boarding houses like a family company and big boarding schools, located in adapted houses, old houses or buildings planned to be used like boarding schools with a lot of rooms which could house a great number of pensioners. In Sergipe, in the XX century, the boarding houses‘ history is characterized by the existence of small family boarding houses and by the appearance of boarding schools located in adapted buildings or in boarding school buildings. So, education given to boarding schools students, despite the unfavorable criticism, served like an educational strategy of rich and middle-class families and established a distinction to such social groups through constant development of cultural principles which contributed to the class privileges perpetuation.
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Ngarari, Jane Mururi. "HIV/AIDS education in Kenya : an evaluation of policy, provision and practice in secondary schools." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1210/.
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One of the key responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis has been the provision of School- based HIV/AIDS education, to try and improve teenagers’ ability to make wise and sensible decisions regarding their behaviours. The interventions have been premised on links between education and behaviour, the underlying assumption being that teaching young people how to protect themselves from HIV can lead to a reduction in risk behaviour and hence a reduction in HIV incidence (UNAIDS, 1997). An important part of this process has been the development of an education sector policy on HIV and AIDS, aimed at implementing and effecting, among others, the policy goal of Prevention. This study, with the use of a systems theory as a theoretical framework, examines the policy, provision and practice of HIV/AIDS education in secondary schools in Kenya with the view to informing policy and providing options for re-designing and scaling up (if necessary) the HIV/AIDS program. A methodology combining literature review, semi- structured interviews and a school survey was adopted. The school survey covered students, teachers and Head teachers; while the semi structured interviews covered policy makers. Results revealed that there are discordances between national HIV/AIDS policy rhetoric and school realities. There is a general failure of schools to implement the type of detailed HIV/AIDS policy described despite the fact that the demand is high. Although there are merits that the study did not cover a wide enough population to warrant the generalizations it makes, the research findings and recommendations that do exist from previous investigations largely confirm rather than refute these results.
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Heinrich, Ellen R. E. "Risk of zoonotic pathogen exposure among veterinary professionals and students at veterinary schools and best practices to minimize this risk on individual and institutional levels." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/27649.
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Master of Public HealthPublic Health Interdepartmental Program
Kate KuKanich
The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) environment is a place where veterinarians, veterinary staff, and veterinary students may have increased risk of exposure to zoonotic pathogens. This exposure may occur in classrooms or laboratories where pre-clinical veterinary students and non-clinical staff frequent. Exposure may also occur in the veterinary teaching hospital (VTH) and may impact veterinary patients, clinicians, interns, residents, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, animal caretakers, and others. This thesis is divided into 3 chapters. The first chapter describes a current review of the literature involving risk of zoonotic pathogen exposure at VTHs including descriptions of the most commonly documented zoonotic pathogens and their transmission, environmental sources of zoonotic pathogens at VTHs, and ways to prevent zoonotic pathogen exposure at individual and institutional levels. The second chapter describes an original research study of hand hygiene behavior among pre-clinical veterinary students at a CVM. The purpose of this study was to determine if a campaign could improve hand hygiene among veterinary students at extracurricular meetings serving meals. Campaign interventions included a 3.5 minute educational video and a novel motivational poster. The video was presented to all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year veterinary students. Posters encouraging hand sanitization were displayed on doors and tables alongside sanitizers at each meeting. Observational hand hygiene data were collected immediately after introduction of interventions and again 3 months later. Environmental sampling for presence of bacteria in and around meeting locations was also performed. Observed hand hygiene was lowest during baseline (11.0% +/- 1.7), improved significantly post-intervention (48.8% +/- 3.2), and remained improved at 3-month follow-up (33.5% +/-4.0). Females had higher probability of hand- sanitizing (35.9% ± 2.2) than males (21.4% ± 2.4) (p<0.01). Clostridium perfringens was isolated from 2/42 samples, and Salmonella spp. were isolated from 4/42 samples. This study documented that a short-term public health campaign targeting veterinary students successfully improved hand hygiene before meals. The final chapter discusses future areas of research in the realm of risk of zoonotic pathogen exposure and risk mitigation at CVMs.
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Tkachyk, Leon Michael. "Perceptions of International Teacher Turnover in East Asia Regional Council of Schools." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4568.
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High teacher turnover has become a serious problem globally, in many international schools, and is a growing concern in segments of the East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS). This persistent problem has a detrimental effect on student learning and upsets the culture of school communities. Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory served as the framework for this qualitative case study research that examined the perceptions of EARCOS international overseas-hire teachers, to determine their beliefs regarding high teacher turnover in international schools. These questions gave direction to this study: What factors do international teachers in EARCOS member schools believe contribute to high teacher turnover in international schools? What do international teachers in EARCOS member schools believe is the result of high teacher turnover in international schools? What steps do international teachers in EARCOS member schools believe should be taken to reduce high turnover in international schools? Purposeful homogenous sampling was used to identify 8 focus group interview participants from the entire pre-K-12 international overseas-hire teacher population from the 149 EARCOS member schools. Coded data were examined, analyzed, and categorized into themes related to Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory. Member checking, peer debriefing, and external auditing were used to add validity to the research study. The analysis of the data and findings revealed that lack of effective mentorship, lack of administrative leadership support, and ineffective systems are the major contributors to international teacher turnover in international schools. A white paper was developed and constructed from the themes that emerged from this study and presented to EARCOS member school administrators, to potentially use to address the issue of increasing international overseas-hire teacher turnover rates in international schools. This acquired knowledge could lead to positive social change that can influence the practices, structural procedures, and policies of EARCOS and other international school systems related to teacher turnover.
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Manaka, Ngoanamoshala Maria. "How an eco-school sanitation community of practice fosters action competence for sanitation management in a rural school : the case of Ramashobohle High School Eco-Schools Community of Practice in Mankweng circuit Polokwane Municipality Capricorn district in Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007319.
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Providing adequate sanitation facilities for the poor remains one of the major challenges in all developing countries. In South Africa, an estimated 11,7% of the schools are without sanitation. The South African government has a constitutional responsibility to ensure that all South Africans have access to adequate sanitation. When sanitation systems fail, or are inadequate, the impact of the health of the community, on the health of others and the negative impact on the environment can be extremely serious. In rural South African schools, many Enviro-Ioo toilets are available today. They are designed to suit a variety of water scarce areas and where there is a high risk of contamination of ground water resources. It is important to realize that any Enviro-Ioo system programme requires an education programme to ensure that the principles of use and maintenance are clearly understood by the user group. Their maintenance requires more responsibility and commitment by users. This study is an interpretive case study that indicates how sanitation in a rural Ramashobohle High School in Polokwane municipality was managed through an EcoSchools Sanitation Community of Practice, and how this developed action competence for sanitation management in the school. The study established that the earlier practice and knowledge of the Ramashobohle Eco-Schools community of practice exercised in maintaining Enviro-Ioo systems was inadequate; unhealthy and unsafe according to the data generated through focus group interviews, observations, interviews, action plan, workshops and reflection interviews. The data generated also indicates that the Eco-Schools community of practice was not committed to maintaining sanitation in their school because they were not sharing sanitation knowledge; they were not communicating and not updating one another concerning Enviro-Ioo systems maintenance as they had no adequate knowledge as to how to maintain the facilities; and the school management was also not supportive and was not taking responsibility. The study shows how this situation was turned around as an Eco-Schools Sanitation Community of Practice focussed on developing action competence in the school community. It provides a case based example of how knowledge and action competence, supported by an Eco-Schools Community of Practice, can find and implement solutions to inadequate sanitation management practices in rural schools, and shows how members of the school community can be engaged in learning how to manage and maintain school sanitation systems through a participatory process that develops action competence. The study points to important dimensions of developing action competence, such as providing knowledge and demonstrations, inviting experts to the school, involving learners in observations and monitoring and in ensuring that adequate facilities are available. In particular, a workshop conducted by Enviro-Ioo consultants, organised and supported by the Eco-Schools Sanitation COP, together with a follow up action plan, provided the main impetus for changes in practice in the school and served to support action competence development. Finally the study provides research findings and recommendations for further research.
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Mashego, Hajira Thabitha. "Assessment of recreational physical activity amongst female learners attending Kagiso high schools." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2003. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2198_1216819224.
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Regular physical activity is linked to enhanced health and to reduced risk for mortality and the development of many chronic diseases in adults. However, many adults are either sedentary of less physically active. Children and adolescents are more physically active than adults, but participation in physical activity declines with age during adolescence. Girls are less active than boys, older children and adolescents are less active than younger children, and among girls, blacks are less active than whites. This study aimed to examine physical activity in female learners attending Kagiso Township high schools in Gauteng Province.
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Wagstaff, Catherine A. "Wellness and adolescents : the effects of a school-based intervention." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=20483.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a school-based wellness program, Looking Good...Feeling Great! (Zacour & Zacour, 1991), on ninth grade students' wellness levels, and to evaluate student and teacher impressions of the program. Experimental groups (n = 62) from one urban and two suburban secondary schools participated in the four day 175 minute Looking Good...Feeling Great! program, while control groups (n = 37) from the same schools followed their regular academic schedules. All participants completed TestwellTM (National Wellness Institute, Inc., 1994), a wellness inventory for high school students, as a pretest, one week later as a posttest, and one and one half months later as a follow-up test. Student focus groups and teacher interviews were conducted after the posttest. Results showed that (a) experimental group wellness scores significantly increased from pretest to posttest (ES = .22), (b) experimental groups maintained their increased wellness levels one and one half months following completion of the program (ES = .24), and (c) there was no significant effect of gender on experimental group wellness scores, although females scored significantly higher than males overall. In general, students and teachers conveyed favourable impressions of the program. However, somewhat negative impressions of the program from the students and teacher at the urban secondary school imply that this type of school may benefit from a wellness program that better suits the needs of its constituents. The results indicate that the Looking Good...Feeling Great! program can be an effective tool in helping adolescents acquire healthy lifestyles through the enhancement of wellness levels.
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Dolci, Mariana de Carvalho. "Entre a ciência e a política: ensino, atendimento e pesquisa no Instituto de Higiene de São Paulo (1916-1951)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2019. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6135/tde-15032019-143736/.
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Esta pesquisa mostra o caminho percorrido pelo Instituto de Higiene de São Paulo para a sua consolidação no campo científico e político, entre 1916 e 1951. O personagem principal é o seu 3º diretor: o farmacêutico e médico Geraldo Horácio de Paula Souza, que teve destacada atuação nas negociações com a Fundação Rockefeller para a concretização do Instituto e, no gerenciamento daquele que se transformaria na Faculdade de Higiene e Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo em 1945. A periodização é delimitada pelos primeiros acordos entre a Fundação Rockefeller e a Faculdade de Medicina e Cirurgia de São Paulo (1916) para a instalação do laboratório de higiene e a morte precoce de Paula Souza (1951), encerrando seus quase trinta anos à frente do antigo Instituto de Higiene. Esta consolidação se deu em três frentes de atuação: o ensino da higiene, a pesquisa científica na área e o atendimento à população, campos que deixaram legados para a saúde pública brasileira.This research depicts the path taken by Instituto de Higiene de São Paulo, between 1916 and 1951, to consolidate itself in the scientific and political field. Our main character is the Institute\'s third director: Geraldo Horácio de Paula Souza. Being a pharmacist and a doctor, he played a major role negotiating with the Rockefeller Foundation for the consolidation of the Institute in Brazil, and also in the management of what would become the Faculdade de Higiene e Saúde Pública of the Universidade de São Paulo, in 1945. The timeline of our research is defined by the first agreements between the Rockefeller Foundation and the Faculdade de Medicina e Cirurgia de São Paulo (1916), for the creation of the laboratory of hygiene, and Paula Souzas\'s early death (1951) after leading the former Instituto de Higiene for almost thirty years. Such consolidation had three main areas of action: the teaching of hygiene, the scientific research on this field and providing healthcare for the population. Those three main areas left important legacies for the Brazilian public health.
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Muriel, Ruth. "Eating, Nutrition and of Health Diagnostic of the Elementary Schools of the Communities of Guambo and the Rinconada, Province of Imbabura 2002-2001." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2001. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5406.
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The rural communities of the province of Imbabura present multiple problems of environmental, educational, and economic kind. Previous studies show that the rural communities of the Ecuadorian population present serious problems of health and nutrition, among those that excel are: poliparasitosis, respiratory infections and diarrheal, malnutrition, deficiency of micro nutrients, sanitary deficiency, scarce economic resources and low level of instruction. All these factors have caused a decrease in the productive capacity of the country and affected their level of development. In addition, delay exists in size in the students, which leads to a decrease in the capacity for physical work, alterations of mental development and frequent repetitions of the school grade. The malnutrition is a product of biological, social and environmental factors directly influence good health, intellectual development and academic performance. In the province of Imbabura, there is no up to date information relating to diet, nutrition and some aspects of the health of the students. Therefore it has been considered important to perform a food, nutritional and health diagnosis that contributes to the planning and development of actions that will improve the situation.
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Somers, Avril. "The prevalence of obesity amongst learners attending the schools in Belhar, Delft and Mfuleni in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Peninsula Technikon, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1462.
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Thesis (MTech (Biomedical Technology))--Peninsula Technikon, Cape Town, 2004Introduction and Background: The prevalence of obesity amongst both the adult and paediatric population has assumed almost epidemic proportions in many developed and developing countries. A recent study by the Medical Research Council found that a disturbing 20% of all South African children could be categorized as being obese. Limited data is currently available on the prevalence of obesity in South African children, particularly from the previously disadvantaged population. Given the global epidemic of paediatric obesity, hypertension and type-2-diabetes and the limited available data relating to obese South African children, further studies to enhance the understanding of the risk factors associated with the epidemic are imperative. Aims and Objectives of the Study: The objectives of the study were to: 1. Determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst leamers attending schools in the communities of Belhar, Delft and Mfuleni within the City of Cape Town, South Africa. 2. Determine the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension amongst learners attending school in the communities of Belhar, Delft and Mfuleni in the City of Cape Town. 3. To investigate the association of overweight and obesity with diabetes and hypertension in children and adolescents, and • To determine the risk factors associated with overweight, obesity, diabetes and hypertension Sample Population: Excluding learners that did not meet the inclusion criteria, the final sample consisted of 338 learners aged 10 - 16 years attending the government funded primary and secondary schools and residing in the target communities.
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Juvinyà, Canal Dolors. "L'educació per a la salut a l'escola i el paper del professorat." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7981.
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L'escola és un dels diferents àmbits de l'Educació per a la Salut. Hi ha un ampli reconeixement de la contribució de l'escola en la promoció i la prevenció de la salut entre els escolars, així com també del paper que hi té el professorat.L'objectiu general de la recerca és: mesurar el nivell de coneixement i el paper que assumeix el professorat de les escoles de Girona amb relació al programa d'educació per a la salut a l'escola. S'ha utilitzat una metodologia quantitativa, descriptiva.
La població objecte de l'estudi és el professorat de bàsica i primària de les escoles públiques i privades de la ciutat de Girona. S'ha seleccionat una mostra representativa utilitzant un mostreig aleatori per conglomerats, resultant seleccionades 8 escoles i 98 professors.
Per obtenir la informació s'ha utilitzat el mètode de l'enquesta, utilitzant un qüestionari en el que s'avaluen 60 variables i es presenta amb 24 ítems.
Es constata que el programa d'educació per a la salut a l'escola és a hores d'ara poc conegut pel 52,7% de la població estudiada. El 59,2% manifesten tenir poca preparació per tractar temes de la salut a classe. El 20% afirma haver tractat aspectes de salut com a activitats complementàries d'algunes assignatures, en l'etapa de formació inicial. Tot i això la majoria tracta temes de salut en la seva activitat docent i contesta a les qüestions que es plantegen. Consideren la importància del professor en el programa tant per l'edat dels escolars com pel fet de ser transmissors d'informació, en canvi no veuen tant clar el paper exemplar del professor a l'escola. S'observen diferències entre els homes i les dones, així com també entre els grups d'edat, en especial els de 31 a 40 anys. A hores d'ara no està garantida una formació bàsica en temes de salut en els futurs professors de les diferents especialitats.
The school is one of the different branches of the Health Education. There is a large knowledge about the contribution of the school to the promotion and prevention of the health between the students, as well as the role the professors have.
The general objective of the research is to measure the level taken by of knowledge and the role of the professors of the schools in Girona related to health education in the school. A quantitative and descriptive methodology has been used.
The population studied is the primary education professors in public and private schools of Girona. Sample has been selected using a randomized grouped sampling. The result has been the selection of 8 schools and 98 professors.
The study demonstrates that the health education program in the school is nowadays little known by the 52,7% of the population analyzed. Fifty-nine point two percent of the population analyzed believes that they do not have enough preparation to talk about health in the class. Twenty percent of individuals noted, they explained about health as complementary activities, in the initial formation period. Even thought the majority explain subjects in their teaching task and answer the questions asked.
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Samuelsson, Yvonne, and Erik Samuelsson. "Oral Health and Tools for Oral Hygiene in Adolescents in Detema Secondary School." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för odontologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-154721.
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Abstract The aim of this epidemiologic pilot field study was to determine if the oral health problem in Detema was periodontal or caries disease. If periodontal disease, was it induced by a certain virulent microflora or by inadequate oral hygiene? A second specific aim was to educate local oral health instructors, to raise the awareness of the importance of oral health, and in that way improve the general health. Methods were that with the use of WHO oral health questionnaire, interview 117 participants in index ages 15-19 years, inform about oral diseases, instruct techniques for optimized oral cleansing, assess dental status and periodontal health on index teeth. Local oral health instructors were educated for maintaining the knowledge and to reinstruct the toothbrush and toothpaste methods. Susceptibility to caries and periodontal disease in relation to ethnicity was investigated. The prevalence of caries disease was 32% a decrease compared to 44% in 1995. The prevalence of periodontal disease was 82%, attachment loss and gingival retractions 8% each, and gingival retractions 6%. This result was an impairment compared to 73% in 1995, when there were no pockets, retractions or any attachment loss in this index age. Results could not significantly show association between oral disease and lack of, or infrequent use of cleansing devices and fluoridated toothpaste, neither to a diet with high and frequent carbohydrate intake. There was indication of susceptibility to periodontal disease in the population. The conclusion was that the non-optimized technique for oral hygiene affected this population´s oral health.
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Chirambo, Tereza. "An exploration of menstruation hygiene management among high school learners: the case of Fezeka High School, Gugulethu." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32570.
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Menstruation is an issue of great importance. Today, despite menstruation being a natural process, it affects the education of girls. A qualitative study was conducted in Gugulethu, where face to face interviews were conducted with nineteen girls from Fezeka High school. The purpose of the study was to explore menstruation hygiene management among high school learners. Specifically, the study explored the experience of menstruation hygiene, the challenges faced during menstruation, coping mechanisms during menstruation and the support system available for menstruating girls. The study adopted a qualitative design because such an approach helps in examining a phenomenon from the subject's perspective. The findings established that girls knew about menstruation before the first onset. A mother or grandmother was a commonly mentioned source of information on menstruation. The study further showed that most girls use sanitary materials supplied by a mother or guardian, during menstruation. It showed that challenges that girls experienced include: emotional changes; physical discomfort (stomach cramps, tiredness, and loss of appetite); public shame; changes in social interactions and inadequate sanitation hygiene facilities. Additionally, the study showed that most girls still attend school during menstruation. The girls coped by wearing many clothes to prevent leaks; constantly checking their skirts; sitting differently on the chairs and taking medication to relieve menstrual pain. Friends were also found to help in alleviating the challenges faced by the girls; they were the main social support system for girls during menstruation. However, while school attendance was maintained, class participation was shown to be affected because of discomfort and menstrual pains. Based on the research findings, the study concluded that there is inadequate sanitation and hygiene for girls to comfortably change sanitary materials and there is a lack of communication on menstrual hygiene management between the girls and their teachers. As such, integrating menstruation hygiene management in the curriculum and providing for appropriate facilities to ensure privacy is recommended.
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Caldwell, Carol Lewis. "Teachers' perceptions of motivating behaviors of elementary principals an empirical test of Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1992. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/9219887.
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Tang, Pui-kwan, and 鄧佩君. "Voice problems of secondary school teachers and the need for preventative education." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206591.
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Voice problems are common among teachers due to their job characteristics. Thus, the quality of teaching, daily communication, emotion would be adversely affected. However, the past studies mainly focused on primary school and preschool teachers. There is lack of investigation on voice problems of secondary school teachers. Moreover, the need for voice use training for secondary school teachers was not addressed in the past.
This study investigated the prevalence of voice problems in secondary school teachers in Hong Kong and the need for preventive education. A questionnaire was decided with domains in demographics, job natures, impact on voice disorders, risk factors, history of seeking help because of voice problems, view on different treatment options and opinion towards the need of voice protection training. Subjects were recruited from four local secondary schools in Hong Kong.
85 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The results showed a high prevalence of voice disorders (75%) among secondary school teachers. Also it revealed different levels of impact on work performance, emotion and daily communication. Laryngitis was the only risk factor found to be significantly correlated with the voice disorder. On the other hand, the rate of seeking professional help and their knowledge about voice rehabilitation were low. Most of the respondents realized the need for voice protection training. It suggested that the voice problems of secondary school teachers should be highlighted and more voice protection information and voice training should be provided.published_or_final_version
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Nhlapo, Nthabiseng. "Hygiene and nutritional content of the National School Nutrition Programme in Bloemfontein, South Africa." Thesis, [Bloemfontein?] : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/180.
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Thesis (M. Tech. (Environmental Health)) -- Central University of technology, Free State, 2013Malnutrition and concomitant infections are major contributing factors to child morbidity and mortality in developing countries such as South Africa. Globally, children benefiting from school feeding programmes are generally from communities with low socio-economic statuses. The meals provided through feeding schemes, such as the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in South Africa, are aimed at significantly supplementing the beneficiaries’ daily energy and nutrient requirements. The possible nutrient deficiency of meals provided through such programmes compromises the nutritional well-being of children, promotes malnutrition and renders children more susceptible to infectious diseases. Furthermore, illness, particularly caused by diarrhoeal and infectious diseases, is a major factor contributing to child malnutrition as the human body is unable to efficiently digest foods and absorb nutrients during illness. Therefore, the microbiological safety of the foods served to children via feeding schemes is essential. In an effort to contribute towards the safety and wholesomeness of foodstuffs served through the NSNP, the present study was conducted with a view to assess the nutritional quality and safety of the foodstuffs. The knowledge, attitudes and practises (KAP) of food handlers and NSNP representatives/committee members at the schools were also investigated in order to assess origins of potential food contamination. Data collected via nutritional analyses of meals served to school children were compared to the nutrient-based standards set by the United Kingdom as guidelines for an average school lunch. The carbohydrate, energy, calcium and zinc contents of the school meals were below the standards, the majority of the meals met the protein and iron standards and all meals complied with the standards for lipid and vitamin C contents. During the microbiological analysis study, preparation surfaces yielded higher counts of all detected organisms (total coliforms, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and yeasts and moulds) compared to the hands of food handlers. Therefore possible sources of contamination may be foodstuffs, animal pests and environmental elements such as dust. However, significant differences of surface microbial counts could not be established (P > 0.05) and thus cross-contamination may have resulted among surfaces, possibly augmented by shortfalls in cleaning regimes. The majority of the participants of the questionnaire survey reportedly washed their hands and cleaned all surfaces several times during the day with water and detergent. In addition, a disinfectant was used by some of the food preparers during cleaning. Furthermore, participants stated that their aprons were washed daily. These claims were in agreement with the findings of the surface microbial study with regards to the hands, however, they did not match the findings of the preparation surfaces which contained the highest counts of total coliforms, E. coli and S. aureus of the three surfaces analysed, and aprons responsible for the highest yeast and mould counts. Improper storage and food preparation methods, such as the application of high temperatures, excessive exposure to UV light and oxygen, and high moisture conditions, may result in the deterioration of nutrients. Storage conditions which may permit pest infestation may also increase the risk of food-related illnesses and risk could be further elevated by application of improper cleaning and sanitation practices. In order for the NSNP to operate effectively, it is essential that the national and provincial Departments of Basic Education, which are responsible for the overall administration of the NSNP, and schools’ personnel function in an integrated manner through support structures and effective communication. Infrastructural limitations (lack of proper kitchen facilities and ventilation) and shortage of resources while administering the NSNP were the main challenges observed during the present study. Due to these hurdles, adhering to food safety practices and maintaining nutritional quality of foods may be a challenge. Continuous training in personal and general hygiene is also a necessity in preserving food safety. Furthermore, nutritional quality of foodstuffs may be preserved through proper storage practices and application of preparation methods which minimize loss of nutrients.
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Henderson, Marion M. "School effects on adolescent pupils' health behaviours and school process associated with these effects." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2006. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8050/.
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Eight schools, located in Scotland were involved in this study. Four different types of data were collected in the following order: first, 183 semi-structured interviews with a range of staff and pupils across the schools, the interviews covering questions relating to health education, promotion and ethos including quality of relationships; second, a school audit of health education and health promotion in all schools; third, Researcher observations for all schools; and, fourth, questionnaire data collected from 446 pupils across the schools. The Health Promoting School (HPS) concept is based on the belief that schools have the potential to influence their students' health and health behaviour through the school's social organisation, culture and physical environment, as well as through the formal curriculum. To date, there is little empirical evidence to test the effectiveness of the HPS, at least evidence that adjusts for known predictors of the behaviours, a standard set by the more advanced area of 'school effects' research on educational outcomes. This thesis will add to that evidence base. The aims of this study have three main components: first, to quantify 'school effects' on a range of pupils' health behaviours comprising current smoking, weekly alcohol drinking, ever tried drugs and physical activity: second, to assess the extent to which the health behaviour profile of schools are related to health promotion activity as evidenced by an audit: third, to select and analyse qualitative data from three case study schools. The purpose of the second and third aims is to investigate the extent to which school processes are associated with 'school effects' on pupils' health behaviours, triangulating data from different methodologies. The questionnaire data indicated that a strong school effect existed for smoking and drinking to a lesser degree, but not for drugs or physical activity. This addressed the first aim of this study and, in addition, provided the means by which three case study schools were selected. These were the two schools with the lowest (added value) and highest odds (lost value) for smoking after adjustment for known predictors of the health behaviours. Plus, a third school which was significantly different from the school with lowest smoking and located in the same town, as this eased interpretation of the results. Relating to the second aim, the pattern of the 'school effects' on smoking were triangulated with data from three different data sources. First, in the audit, higher levels of action on health education and health promotion were associated with lower (adjusted) rates of smoking. Second, the three case study schools were used to explore the Researcher's observations; the school with added value for smoking was rated more highly than the two with lost value. Regarding the third aim, based on qualitative data from a range of staff and pupils, the analysis showed that the school with added value had progressed furthest towards functioning as a whole school, performing best across all the areas explored. These findings theoretically triangulated with the schools low smoking rates according to the HPS concept. These results confirm the importance of school processes on students' health behaviour, particularly smoking, and support a school-wide or "Health Promoting School" approach to improving health behaviours.
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Freeman, Matthew Charles. "The impact of a school-based water, sanitation and hygiene program on health and absenteeism of primary school children." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2011. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/682433/.
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This thesis describes research designed to quantify and describe the impact of improved access to school water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) access on pupils' helminth infection and diarrhoeal disease and absence from school. The research was undertaken as part of a five-year cluster-randomized trial in 185 public primary schools in Nyanza Province, Kenya that addressed school WASH impacts, knowledge diffusion, sustainability, and advocacy. One hundred eighty-five schools were randomly selected and assigned to five study arms to receive various water treatment, hygiene promotion, sanitation, and water supply improvements. All pupils at enrolled schools were dewormed at baseline and at two follow-up time pOints. A total of 11,458 pupils were interviewed over two years to compare rates of school absence, rates and intensity of reinfection with soil transmitted helminths, and risk of diarrhoeal disease. We found no overall impact of our school-based WASH intervention on pupil absence. However, a domain analysis revealed a substantial and significant reduction in absence for girls attending schools that received WASH improvements. Schools that received a hygiene promotion and water treatment (HP&WT) intervention showed statistically similar reductions to those that received HP&WT in addition to sanitation improvements. Gender-specific effects were also found for reduced reinfection of soiltransmitted helminth infection. Girls showed a significant decline in prevalence and intensity of infection with Ascaris lumbricoides, while boys showed reduced reinfection for Hookworm. Household WASH characteristics significantly modified the effect of the school-based intervention, revealing potential questions about exposure to fecal pathogens at home and at school. Schools that received HP&WT and those that received HP&WT plus sanitation improvements showed no reduction in diarrhoeal disease prevalence. However, schools allocated to the water "scarce" research group, which received water supply improvements in addition to HP&WT and sanitation, did show significant and substantial reductions in both prevalence and duration of diarrhoeal illness. While household-level WASH has been investigated extensively, this is the first comprehensive study to investigate the impact of improved WASH at schools. Overall, our results reveal the important role that school WASH can play in mitigating disease burden and lowering pupil absence. Additional research is necessary to fully explore these issues.
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Appollis, Tracey Rose. "Keeping girls in school through better menstrual hygiene management: an evaluation of the Always Keeping Girls in School Programme." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15472.
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Includes bibliographical referencesThis dissertation is an outcome evaluation of the Always Keeping Girls in School Programme. The nationally run programme is a series of workshops and educational talks designed to reduce the absenteeism rates of pubescent girls who live and attend schools in underprivileged areas. The programme regularly supplies participants with sanitary products that they would otherwise not have access due to financial constraints and thus prefer to remain at home when menstruating where they can better manage their personal hygiene needs. During this period of absenteeism girls miss valuable teaching time which has a negative impact on their ability to achieve academically leading to grade repetition and ultimately dropping out of school permanently. Without a basic education girls are at a disadvantage in finding meaningful employment. The literature supports the various facets of the programme but also reveals that other influential factors such as access to adequate sanitation facilities (including water), distance and time spent travelling to and from school, and access to pain medication. The evaluations of similar interventions have produced mixed results, but it is clear that the provision of any one of the tools, such as those provided by the Always Keeping Girls in School programme, does make a positive difference in the life of the participants. One school was selected by the programme manager to provide the necessary secondary data to conduct a time - series quasi - experimental design for the evaluation. A cohort of learners was selected and their absenteeism and school performance data was tracked over a three year period from grade 9 in 2012 until grade 11 in 2014 (their current grade). The data from 2012 formed the baseline data as the programme was implemented in 2013. All of the girls in the cohort are programme participants and fell into the experimental group and as a result all of the boys in the cohort formed a non - equivalent comparison group. There are seven outcomes belonging to the programme, but only two outcomes were evaluated: reduction in absenteeism and improved school performance and the existence of a relationship between absenteeism and school performance. A total of 32 observations of absenteeism and 3 observations of school performance were used. The absenteeism observations were made on a monthly basis, while school performance data was taken at the end of December 2012, December 2013, and June 2014. To conduct the analysis a combination of descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency and dispersion) and inferential statistics (Pearson's Correlation and logistic regression analysis) were used. The statistical analysis revealed the programme was successful during the first year when it was implemented (with both the educational workshops and the provision of sanitary products) as the experimental group showed a large decline in absenteeism. However during the second year (only sanitary products were provided) the participants showed an increase in attendance and even surpassed their baseline scores. In terms of school performance both groups showed a small increase during 2013 but in 2014 many learners performed poorly in their June examinations. The logistic regression revealed that there was a very low probability that relationship between absenteeism and school performance existed The finding that the programme is successful when all of its facets are available to the participants is in line with literature that rates the importance of education around puberty and sanitation very highly. The provision of sanitary products alone is important to the well - being and dignity of the participants but it is insufficient to bring about the sustained desired behavioural change.
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Willette, Susan J. "The Relationship of Personality Type to Leader Style and Perceived Effectiveness among Dental Hygiene School Administrators." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1990. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2826.
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The purpose of this study was to identify personality types among dental hygiene school administrators and faculty and to determine if correlations existed between leader style, ideologies of leader style, perceived effectiveness, and personality type. Selected demographic variables were also examined. The dimensions of personality investigated were derived from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: extroversion, introversion, sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging, and perceiving. The leadership behavior dimensions were the two dimensions of the real and ideal Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaires: consideration and initiating structure. Effectiveness was measured by a 39 item Likert-type instrument based on Tucker's (1981) categorical listing of chairperson activities and responsibilities. The study was conducted using a random sample of faculty and administrators from 32 dental hygiene programs across the United States. Thirty-two administrators and 148 faculty were surveyed. Responses were received from 23 administrators (71.9 percent) and 96 faculty (64.8 percent). Personality type was correlated with subordinate perception of leader style, ideal leader style, and effectiveness, with the strength of the relationships ranging from weakly negative to moderately positive. Among the correlations observed, those between real initiating structure and introversion, thinking and feeling were significant at the.05 level, as were the relationships between ideal consideration, and thinking and feeling. Relationships significant at the.05 level were also found between instruction and extroversion, introversion, sensing, intuition, and judging and between budget and resources and extroversion. Gender of the administrator and length of tenure did not account for significant differences in leader behavior ratings or effectiveness scores. Age of the administrator, however, was found to account for significant differences in leader behavior ratings, but not effectiveness ratings. A negative relationship was observed between amount of administrative training and effectiveness scores indicating that as administrative training increased effectiveness decreased. Ideal scores reported by faculty were significantly higher than real scores reported by faculty, but no significant difference was observed between the real and ideal scores reported by administrators. Administrators rating low on real consideration and real initiating structure received the lowest effectiveness ratings.
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Fender, Hannah Elizabeth. "Exploring the Knowledge and Perceptions of Elementary and Middle School Staff with Regard to the Utilization of a Dental Hygienist in a School Setting." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/489.
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Background: Dental hygienists can be utilized to provide care to adolescents and young adults in a school-based setting. These dental health care professionals work to improve upon public oral health through educational practices, preventative methods, and referrals. The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge and perceptions of elementary and middle school staff with regard to the utilization of a dental hygienist in a school setting. Methods: The international review board at approved the following study. A total of eight faculty and staff members from Unicoi County Elementary School and Unicoi County Middle School completed a 14-question survey. Participants included each school’s principal, nurse, physical education/wellness teacher and science teacher or K-6. All surveys were distributed by hand to each school. Results: All eight participants saw a need for their students and would be in support of having a hygienist assigned to their school. Questions in the survey revealed that the facility believed a hygienist would be beneficial, but a full-time nurse was the major care provider in their institution. The schools that had interactions with a dental hygienist could not give the correct answer for how frequently they were coming, what services they were providing, and who was sending the dental hygienists. Discussion: The Northeast Regional Health Office supply dental hygienist for student dental health centered care and application of preventative services. However, there are only three hygienists working with the Northeast Regional Health Office to provide care for seven counties in this region.
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Johnson, Bridget A. "Teacher support teams: a school-based strategy for the provision of education support services and health promotion." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 1997. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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Takahashi, Masami Branson Bonnie. "A study to determine the outcome of sealants placed by dental hygiene students in a school-based sealant program." Diss., UMK access, 2008.
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Thesis (M.S.)--School of Dentistry. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2008."A thesis in dental hygiene education." Advisor: Bonnie Branson. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Aug. 07, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-58). Online version of the print edition.
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Cheung, Miao-miao, and 張苗苗. "Sleep patterns of secondary school students in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31971593.
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Al-Muraikhi, Amal Essa Ahmad Thani. "Preventing obesity in school children in the state of Qatar." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3421/.
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Introduction: Obesity has been recognized as a major public health problem worldwide that requires preventive action. Prevention is best targeted at children, there is lack of quantitative and qualitative research on obesity prevention in children and most have been conducted in western countries. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of obesity among 6-7 years old school children, investigate contributing factors and identify potential components for an intervention programme to prevent obesity amongst children in the State of Qatar. Methods The study consisted of two distinct parts: cross sectional survey and focus groups with a range of stakeholders. Results: Whilst there was a high prevalence of overweight and obesity 16%, underweight was also prevalent (21.7%). The results of the focus group discussions indicate that causes of childhood obesity are multifactorial, and a multi-sector approach to prevention would be acceptable. Some of the important barriers that need to be considered in developing interventions were highlighted. Conclusion: In Qatar there is coexistence of underweight and obesity in primary school children. Qualitative results suggest that a multi-sector approach to prevention would be acceptable toward dietary and physical activity, and suggested potential components for an intervention programme in preventing obesity amongst children in the State of Qatar.
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Clarke, Joanne Louise. "The role of the primary school in preventing childhood obesity." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6561/.
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Childhood obesity is a global public health concern. In England, the prevalence of overweight/obesity increases from one fifth at the start of the primary school years to one third by the age of 10-11 years. This thesis examines the role of primary schools in preventing obesity. Stakeholder views are considered through a systematic review, and two qualitative studies investigating the perceptions of headteachers, parents and children. Data from a childhood obesity prevention trial (the WAVES study) are also used to examine the relationships between school policy/practice and pupil weight status/physical activity levels. Findings show that stakeholders support the school role in preventing obesity, and in helping families to lead healthier lifestyles, though limited expertise and resources are barriers. Although most schools actively promote health, there is much variation. For example, time allocated for physical education and breaks varies by school and has a significant impact on children’s physical activity levels, particularly for boys. In conclusion, school policies and practices can impact on children’s health, and schools are ideally placed to support families to prevent obesity. However, schools require support to perceive this role as a feasible and integral part of their function, rather than as an increasing burden of responsibility.
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Wong, Lisa Anne. "Time allocation to homework and extra-curricular tuition by primary school students in Hong Kong: the impact onhealth of indicators." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42997975.
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Šťastná, Zuzana. "Praktické uplatnění pravidel BOZP v malém podniku - SZŠ." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-12372.
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The essey is focused on an occupation safety and hygiene in a school environment. It find out a practical exercitation of the safety and hygiene roles in a professional secondary school. The goal of the essey is to identificate general principals and legal roles of a occuation safety and hygiene in the school, to find out how the students are informed about that roles and how the students keep the roles at the school practice. In a theoretical part of the essey there are general notions about occupation and hygiene safety, the low which is used in the school practice a few of them are there developed. In a practical part of the essey are discribed aducation in the secondary nursing school. All branches of studyies are described and defined. There are also described warnings about possible diversicifation which could rise during an education in the school and out of the school too. In the folowing part of the essey the questionaire is presented. Questionnaire is analysed and evaluate and the resultes are express by the grafs. In the end ot the essey proposals of solution were made up and presented.
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Scoggin, Peggy Ann. "The ENERGY club: A diabetes prevention project for Monterey Elementary School." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3088.
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The Monterey School Diabetes Prevention Project's (MSDPP) ENERGY Club is a pilot project for school-based health prevention curriculum targeting students with risk factors for diabetes. ENERGY is an acronym for Exercise 'n Eating Right is Good for You.
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Titus, Robert Lee. "Opinions of educators in dental hygiene schools regarding students in wheelchairs." 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/25101399.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1991.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-88).
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Huang, Hong-Ping, and 黃鴻賓. "A study on Safety and Hygiene Management in Laboratory of Industrial Vocational High Schools." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02994317817198180769.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
工業教育與技術學系
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the Safety and Hygiene Management in Laboratory of Industrial Vocational High Schools. The instrumentation was composed of two parts, including document analysis and questionnaire survey to collect substantial evidence data. Participants in this study were from six counties in central Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Cluster schools Safety and Hygiene Management, and administrative staff. The study was spread out 520 questionnaires, the usable valid returned questionnaires were 328 and the usable returned rate was 63%. The statistical techniques to analyze the data included frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, one factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe method. The findings of this study are as follows: 1. Industrial Vocational High Schools laboratory in the implementation of Safety and Hygiene Management perform well. 2. Most Industrial Vocational High Schools hired up to five laboratory safety and health managers. 3. In terms of school types, Industrial Vocational High Schools laboratory in the implementation of Safety and Hygiene Management Organization the private schools were superior than public schools. 4. Various Industrial Vocational High Schools Safety and Hygiene Facility Management responded differently because of the respondant’s jobs.
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Chen, Yi-Ching, and 陳怡靜. "The Recognition of Dental Profession Among Students of Schools of Dental Hygiene in Taiwan." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89109740739050929072.
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碩士臺北醫學大學
牙醫學系碩博士班
101
Introduction The school of dental hygiene was founded for the purpose to promote oral health and general health of all the people in Taiwan. There are few investigations about the recognition of students of school of dental hygiene for the relative short history of their establishments. The purposes of this study are to explore the recognition of dental profession, career planning in the future and satisfaction of their school among students of school of dental hygiene in Taiwan. Material and Methods This was a cross-sectional study from October to December in 2012. The study population was all the students of 1st- , 2nd- , and 3rd-year of the three schools of dental hygiene. A self-administered, structured questionnaire was applied as the study tool, which included basic demographic data, the relative factors of choosing school of dental hygiene, the recognition of dental profession, satisfaction level with their schools, and future career planning. The statistic software was SPSS14.0 and the statistical methods included of frequency analysis, the chi-square test, ANOVA and regression etc.. Differences were considered significant when p<0.05. Results One hundred and ninety seven effective questionnaires were collected and it revealed a 92.4% (197/213) response rate. The ways of entering into school and the types of high school graduated revealed statistically significant difference among those respondents . Most of them knew something about school of dental hygiene from internet information. The understanding of the job contents of a dental laboratory technician among students from Taipei Medical University were significantly higher than those from Kaohsiung Medical University, and the 3rd- year students were significantly higher than the 2nd-year students. All the3rd-year students showed significantly negative satisfaction with the curriculum of their schools. The first choice of their future working field was clinical dentistry and the last one was institution for people with disabilities. The 1st-year students from Taipei Medical University showed significantly stronger aspiration of participating oral health promoting activities than the others. The most worried conditions in future career planning were in order of licensure, job guarantee, and salary. Discussions and Suggestions Most of the researches among students of the school of dental hygiene in Taiwan were focused on their knowledge, attitude and behavior based on a single school. The sample of this study were all the 1st , 2nd and 3rd-year students from all the three schools of dental hygiene, and the response rate was 92.4% (197/213). The results were able to make generalizations about the whole population for this representative sample. From this study, the recognition of dental profession showed significantly associated with the level of satisfaction with their schools positively. In order to raise the recognition of dental profession, improve the level of satisfaction with their schools would be the best way. On account of most of the students hoped to enter the clinical dental field after their graduations, increase the curricula of clinical technique for dental auxiliaries is highly recommended.
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Hsi-Ming, Hsu, and 許錫銘. "A study of establishment of safety and hygiene management model in vocational senior high schools." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61307634073885656432.
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博士國立彰化師範大學
工業教育與技術學系
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The purpose of this research was to explore the establishment of safety and hygiene management model in industrial vocational senior high schools in Taiwan. The structure of dissertation was as follows: literature review, proposal to establish a feasible management model in which there are categories generalized by interviewing experts on the subject matter. Qualitative method was used to analyze the results of this research. In this research, the essence, model, and measurement indicators of safety and hygiene management model in vocational senior high schools in Taiwan were drawn both from expert interviews and from the conference on the establishment of safety and hygiene management model in vocational senior high schools in Taiwan. The essence of safety and hygiene management in vocational senior high schools was as follows: policy on safety and hygiene management, organization of safety and hygiene management, planning and implementation, performance evaluation, check/ management review, and action for improvement. The core for the management model was its essence, influenced by two external factors, namely government policy and school goal. Besides, measurement indicators differ in categories of the management model.
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WU, TZU-HUI, and 吳姿慧. "A Study of Competent Demands of the Chiefs of Hygiene Division at Elementary Schools in Kaohsiung City." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2jwnjb.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
工業科技教育學系
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Abstract The aim of the study was to explore the competence content of chiefs of hygiene division in public elementary schools. First of all, the references and the competence content items carried out by fifteen chiefs of hygiene division were collected, analyzed and generalized to design a draft questionaire. Next, thirteen experts and scholars validated the competence content items of the draft questionaire. Afterwards, the standard structured questionnaires were designed and then were filled out by chiefs of hygiene division in public elementary schools. A total of 149 questionnaires were distributed, of which 144 valid questionnaires (effective response rate 96.64%) were collected and were analyzed in this study. The SPSS 18.0 version was utilized to analyze the data in this study so that the competence content of current chiefs of hygiene division as well as competence needs would be interpreted. The findings of this study showed that the competence content of chiefs of hygiene division could be composed of eight dimensions, including 51 task items. Among the eight dimensions, chiefs of hygiene division must have the ability of “A Planning cleaning work of school environment”, the ability of “C Handling recycling work in schools”, the ability of “D Performing tasks of dengue fever prevention”, and “H Coordination and communication abilities of performing tasks of environmental hygiene”. “B Handling environmental education in schools”, “E Assisting with tasks related to health promotion”, “F Performing tasks of disease prevention in schools”, and “G Performing tasks of health care with health centers” are the abilities that chiefs of hygiene division should have. The most difficult dimension for chiefs of hygiene division was “B Handling environmental education in schools”; the second most difficult one was “E Assisting with tasks related to health promotion”. The third most difficult one was “D Performing tasks of dengue fever prevention”. The chiefs perceived that “C Handling recycling work in schools” was the least difficult dimension. Among the 51 tasks, “B05 Guiding students to participate in environmental education activities and contests” (e.g. Contest of Environmental Education) was considered an unnecessary task; the most difficult task was taken as “B07 Integrating annual evaluation of environmental education” while “A01 Planning of cleaning areas” was regarded as the most important task. Meanwhile, the most frequent implementation and imperative task for chiefs of hygiene division was “A02 Supervising students’ cleaning work”. Overall, communication and coordination skills were the greatest challenge for chiefs of hygiene division. The findings given above have provided an important reference for the future chiefs of hygiene division in performing their tasks, selecting the chief position, and designing courses and research studies. Key words: Chiefs of Hygiene Division, Competence Analysis, Need Assessme
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Jun-Bin, Lin, and 林浚彬. "A Study of the Foundry Work Shop Safety and Hygiene in Vocational Senior High Schools in Taiwan." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55773352705267898397.
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碩士大葉大學
工業工程與科技管理學系碩士在職專班
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The purpose of the study was to explore the teaching achievement facilities and administration management effectiveness of the foundry work shop safety and hygiene in vocational senior high school in Taiwan . All of the 31 teachers and 675 students in the department of foundry in vocational senior high schools in Taiwan were responded to questionnaires. The statistical methods used to analyze the data were descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson product-moment correlation analysis. The conclusions of this study were summarized as follows: 1. The feelings of teaching achievement and facilities on the work shop safety and hygiene in the department of foundry in vocational senior high school students were common. 2. The feelings of teaching achievement, facilities and management the work shop of safety and hygiene in the department of foundry in vocational senior high school teachers were excellent. 3. There were significant differences in teachers and students of foundry department in vocational senior high schools in teaching achievement and facilities on the work shop safety and hygiene. 4. No significant differences were found in students of foundry department in vocational senior high schools in teaching achievement and facilities on the work shop safety and hygiene concerning these students’ family environment. 5. There were significant differences in students of foundry department in vocational senior high schools in teaching achievement and facilities on the work shop safety and hygiene based on their gender, grade, different schools and study concerning the work shop safety and hygiene course. 6. No significant differences were found in teachers of foundry department in vocational senior high schools in teaching achievement, facilities and management on the work shop safety and hygiene based on their gender, experience, age, grade, license, teaching subject and study concerning the work shop safety and hygiene course. 7. There was significant correlation between perception and behavioral tendency of the work shop safety and hygiene in teachers and students of foundry department in vocational senior high schools. Focusing on the results of the study, there are some suggestions so as to strengthen the education and measures related to the work shop safety and hygiene and establish an administration management system with the work shop safety and hygiene in vocational senior high schools. More subjects concerning the work shop safety and hygiene should be added to the required curricula for vocational senior high schools to strengthen the quality and meaning of the work shop safety and hygiene in the future.
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Wang, Ya-Hui, and 王雅蕙. "The Study of Oral Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude and Practice for the Primary Schools’ Students in Taichung City." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07466142734441126740.
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碩士中臺科技大學
文教事業經營研究所
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The purpose of this study will research on the oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice for the students in the primary schools in Taichung city and the basic variables of the relationship among the above. This study used the questionnaires method, 98.2% questionnaire recovery rate, 859 effective questionnaires. The valid sample subjects, 874 primary school children at Fourth, fifth and sixth grade in Taichung city, districts with a purposive sampling method. And t-test, one-way ANOVA analysis, Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression method was used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that (1) Students’ oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice were positive. (2) The different “graders” had the significant difference in students’ oral hygiene attitude. (3) The different” genders” had the significant difference in students’ oral hygiene attitude and practice. (4) The different “responsible for the work”, “ family ranking” had no difference in students’ oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice. (5) In oral hygiene practice students who lived with parents behavior better than who lived with other relatives. (6) There was a positive correlation among The oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice. (7) The oral hygiene knowledge was predictor for the oral hygiene attitude and practice. The oral hygiene attitude was predictor for the oral hygiene practice. Proper oral hygiene education and intervention are required for the improvement of primary school students’ oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice.
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Chen, Chiung-Yun, and 陳瓊雲. "The Study of Constructing Consolidation Indicators for Elementary Schools in Taipei - The View of Motivation-Hygiene Theory." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83231277217024536010.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
教育政策與管理研究所
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This study, from the view of motivation-hygiene theory, studies the whole construction of elementary school consolidation in Taipei which targets three main purposes, including exploring the theory of the school consolidation’s theory and its applications in education, to understand the related school policies and the current status of school consolidation in our country, and the relation between motivation-hygiene theory and consolidation indicator. This study used document analysis, focus group discussion, and questionnaires survey in order to achieve the aims. After analyzing the documents, the initial construction of the consolidation indicators were completed. Next, I invited 10 elementary school principals and inspectors to form a focus group to discuss and provide advice to amend the consolidation indicators. And then, I prepared a formal questionnaire for teachers, parents, and the administrative personnel in 143 municipal Elementary Schools in Taipei to conduct a questionnaire survey, a total of 600 questionnaires were sent out, 586 of them were collected, recovery rate reaching 97.67%, including 559 valid questionnaires, 93.17% of the 600 questionnaires are available. The subjects’ information are divided into personal background information, including the status, gender, age, education as four variables; school information including school size, school age, school district, and the plan of consolidation as four variables, giving a total of eight variables. At last, I collate and analyze available information to understand if different personal backgrounds can influence their view points on motivational factors and maintenance factors and construct consolidation indicators for elementary schools in Taipei. The main conclusions of this study were as follows: 1. Motivation-Hygiene Theory can be used to construct consolidation indicators. 2. Motivational factors received a high degree of support from all subjects; the most agreed issues include "Educational Function and Value", "School Effectiveness and Quality" and "School Development in the Future." 3. Maintenance factors received a high degree of support from all subjects; the most agreed issues include "The Convenience of Students to Study ", "Education Policy and Management" and” Population Changes and Trends." 4. This study constructing consolidation indicators for elementary schools in Taipei from the view of Motivation-Hygiene Theory. 5. Parents most agree "The Convenience of Students to Study." 6. Female subjects in the "School Effectiveness and Quality," "Students Accomplishment" and "The Convenience of Students to Study" hold a higher agreed levels than men. 7. Small schools are more emphasis on "Historical and Cultural Heritage" and "Community Relations and Emotions." 8. Small schools disagree more on "Population Changes and Trends" and "Financial and Educational Burden" factor. 9. Schools of different School age hold different view points on Motivational Factors and Maintenance Factors. 10. Schools from different school districts hold different view points on Maintenance Factors. 11. Schools which encounter difficulties from consolidation agree on Motivational Factors; the support level was significantly higher than other schools. 12. Schools which encounter difficulties from consolidation agree on "Community Relations and Emotions"; the support level was significantly higher than other schools. 13. Subjects’ agreement on "Financial and Educational Burden" is of a lower level. This study provides the following recommendations to the education authority, schools and further study: 1. Suggestions for education authority (1) Constructing consolidation indicators requires taking practical theory into account. (2) Consolidation plan has to be carefully drafted to guide school to positive development. (3) Viewing the school scale to find optimal scale of operation. (4) Provide basic Maintenance Factors and satisfy Motivational Factors. 2. Suggestions for operation of schools (1) Full attention to education as to play the whole school functions. (2) Emphasis on inter-school healthy competition and actively shape the school characteristics. (3) Weigh the financial and economic efficiency and face consolidation rationally.
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Khaweka, Sakhile Melody. "Menstrual hygiene management in Mpolonjeni, Swaziland : experiences and practices of girls in a rural school." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23645.
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Thesis (M.M. (Public and Development Management))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits School of Governance, 2017Developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have revolutionised banking, in that consumers can make use of mobile devices to conduct daily banking, independent of a traditional bank branch. The adoption of mobile banking has continued to be low in South Africa, at 24%, while the mobile phone market has experienced a significant increase in market penetration to 96%. However, very few studies have investigated the impact of mobile banking among bottom of the pyramid consumers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of financial literacy, social pressure and perceived credibility on the adoption of mobile banking among the bottom of the pyramid consumers in South Africa. An empirical study on bottom of the pyramid consumers in Johannesburg, South Africa with a sample of 235 questionnaires was conducted. The measurement items were assessed through three hypotheses using Structural Equation Modelling with IBM SPSS 23 and AMOS 23. The results confirm that all three hypotheses are significant and supported by indicating that financial literacy, social pressure and perceived credibility have an impact on mobile banking among bottom of the pyramid consumers. The findings revealed that social pressure and mobile banking was the weakest significant relationship, while perceived credibility had the strongest significant relationship on mobile banking. This study adds to the theoretical knowledge of financial literacy, social pressure and credibility as the factors that impact on mobile banking among bottom of the pyramid consumers. The managerial implications of the study indicate that in order for managers to increase mobile banking adoption, they need to create strategies that will drive education around mobile banking, use other people as advocates and place emphasis on communicating the safety and privacy of the services. Recommendations, limitations and future research on mobile banking are discussed. Keywords: Mobile Banking, Financial Literacy, Perceived Credibility, Social Pressure, Bottom of the Pyramid
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Tseng, Feng-Chi, and 曾豐琪. "A Study of Oral Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior and Related Factors for Senior Graders of Elementary Schools in Taoyuan County." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80126964325104345713.
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碩士元智大學
社會暨政策科學學系
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The main aims of the study are to discuss oral hygiene behavior and related factors for senior graders of elementary schools in Taoyuan County. 960 senior graders who were chosen by stratified cluster design (valid samples 97.8%) separately accepted a questionnaire in order to collect the crucial information for the present study. The data was analyzed by the statistic methods of descriptive statistics, T-test, One-way ANOVA, Peason’s r and multiple linear regression analysis. The results show that goals for the target samples about oral hygiene knowledge are common, and some wrong ideas about hygiene knowledge need to be defined more clearly. Moreover, goals for the target samples about oral hygiene attitude and behavior are good. Significant differences are found in senior students’ oral hygiene behavior among different gender, the social-economical status of the main caregiver, whether learners have acquired lessons of oral health care or not, and whether they have a decayed tooth or not. The students who are female, having acquired lessons of oral health care, having no decayed tooth, or whose main caregivers are from higher social-economical status show better oral hygiene behavior. Additionally, oral hygiene knowledge and oral hygiene attitude of learners show significant positive correlation between each other, and moreover, the oral hygiene behavior and the previous two factors also appear significant positive correlation. However, the correlation between the attitude and the behavior of learners is more significant than the knowledge and the behavior of learners. According to the results, the present study would like to give suggestions to the administrative organizations: The crucial oral health care lessons need to be involved in national curriculum. Suggestions to the teachers of elementary schools: Teachers should focus more on hands-on learning, and some wrong ideas about hygiene knowledge need to be defined more clearly. Furthermore, teachers have to urge students to develop good oral hygiene behavior. Suggestions to the parents: Pay attention to oral health of children. Suggestions to The Department of Health: Health care guidance and free medical care have to be provided for taking care of oral health of students whose main caregivers are from lower social-economical status.
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Wang, Yen-Fen, and 王燕芬. "A Study on the Attitudes towards Lab Safety and Hygiene of Science Teachers of Senior High Schools in Taipei District." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gweu84.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
技術及職業教育研究所
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The worse and worse environment has deteriorated, threatening humanity''s survival seriously day by day; people were also aware of the importance of the environmental protection. Teachers were the key factors of nurturing students’ safety and hygiene manners. The purpose of this study was to discuss the attitudes towards laboratory safety, hygiene, and its different situations of senior high schools in Taipei district. The questionnaire survey was used for the science teachers who were working in 88 public and private senior high schools. The statistical techniques applied were the number of times assignment, the percentage, the mean value, standard deviation, the one-sample t-test, the independent samples t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The conclusions were as the follows: 1.Senior high science teachers’ attitudes towards laboratory safety and hygiene: (1)Senior high science teachers’ attitudes towards laboratory safety and hygiene were all positive in the whole and five dimentions. (2)Senior high science teachers were presenting the negative direction to this issue which was“I’ll participate in the training of hazardous general knowledge course for more than three hours in each semester.” 2.The situation toward lab safety and hygiene caused by senior high science teachers form different backgrounds: (1)The attitudes of teachers towards “the management of safety and hygiene facilities” in Taipei City were more positive than those in Taipei County. (2)The attitudes of teachers in private senior high schools were more positive than those in public senior high schools in total dimentions of attitude. (3)The attitudes of male teachers were more positive than female teachers in total dimentions of attitude. (4)The attitudes of teachers who have college diplomas were more positive than those who have master’s degrees in total dimentions of attitude. (5)Chemistry teachers were more positive than physics teachers in total dimentions of attitude; biology teachers were more positive than chemistry teachers in total dimentions of attitude. (6)The attitudes of teachers towards “safety-hygiene and education of alertness” who have taught more than fifteen years were more positive than those who have taught less than five years. (7)The attitudes of teachers who had experiences of administration towards “the management of safety and hygiene facilities” were more positive than those who didn’t. (8)The attitudes of teachers who had the management experiences of laboratories were more positive than those who didn’t. (9)The attitudes of teachers who had happened accidents towards “safety-hygiene and education of alertness” were more positive than those who ever didn’t. According to the conclusions, 10 suggestions were proposed for senior high schools, the eductional administrative authority, and science teachers.
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HUNG, CHINLIU, and 洪金柳. "A Study of the Management in Safety and Hygiene in Chemical Laboratories and the Managing Staff’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior in Senior High Schools and Vocational High Schools in Taiwan." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10604104669712855164.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
環境教育研究所
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In recent years, several incidents occurred incessantly surrounding the issue of safety and hygiene. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the status quo about the management and the managing staff’s professional knowledge about safety and hygiene as well as their attitudes and behavior. The research tool is a self-filled version of “the Questionnaire for research of the management in chemical laboratories and the managing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and behavior in safety and hygiene in senior high schools and vocational high schools”. A total of 473 copies of questionnaires were dispatched among 316 senior high schools and 157 vocational high schools nationwide. The statistical procedures adopted in the present study are the frequency distribution, percentage, means, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, scheffe method, and pearson’s product-moment correlation. It is hoped that the present study could arouse the general public’s attention to the management of chemical laboratories in senior high schools and vocational high schools (“the managing staff” hence force ) and thus provides concrete suggestions to the authorities concerned. The conclusion of this study can be mainly summarized as follows: 1. As for the current management of laboratories, the following fields of knowledge have yet to be consolidated: “the Management of the system and organization of the manpower”, “the Management of health check-up documents”, “the Installment of safety and hygiene facilities”, “the Examination and management in safety and hygiene”, “Emergency reaction”, and “Educational training”. 2. The managing staff scored highest on “Knowledge on the safety and hygiene in laboratories” and “Operational knowledge of safety behavior” but score lowest on “Knowledge of data management, recording and labeling”. The scores of the managing staff at senior high schools and vocational schools of different backgrounds of expertise show significant levels of difference. A positive relationship can be found between “the Extent of capabilities for current jobs” and “Knowledge of safety and hygiene in laboratories”. 3. The fact that the managing staff score poorly on “the Attitude toward safety and hygiene in laboratories” reveals their attitudes tend to be passive and negative. Of all the separate charts, “the Alertness to danger” ranks highest while “Knowledge of data management, recording and labeling” lowest. A negative relationship is found to exit between “Seniority” and “the Behavior of safety and hygiene in laboratories”. 4. The managing staff score poorly in “the Behavior of safety and hygiene in laboratories”, which indicates that “the Behavior of safety and hygiene in laboratories” of the managing staff falls in the danger zone. Among all the charts of separate measurements, the two items, “Knowledge of data management, recording and labeling” and “Fundamental safety behavior”, rank lowest. There is a significant negative relationship between two aspects of the managing staff: those falling in different age groups and those exhibiting different feelings of capability toward their current jobs. However, there is a positive relationship between “the Extent of anxiety about the impact of the current jobs on their physical health” and “the Behavior of safety and hygiene in laboratories”.
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林家繽. "A Survey on the Satisfaction of Practice Workshop Safty and Hygiene of Mechanical Engineering Department Students in National Industrial Vocational High Schools." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76060054422004369696.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
工業教育學系在職進修碩士班
100
The purpose of this study aims to analyze the students’ satisfaction with the practice workshop safety and hygiene in Mechanical Engineering Departments in national industrial vocational high schools. First of all, the study adopts literature review to discuss the related topics on the workshop safety and hygiene in Mechanical Engineering Departments. Secondly, proceed the questionnaires to two selected schools in northern, southern, eastern and central Taiwan respectively. The questionnaires sample 821 students of 8 Mechanical Engineering Departments in national industrial vocational high schools nationwide. To conduct the data analysis and discussion, the study utilizes statistic methods, such as standard deviation, t test and one-way ANOVA. The following are the results: 1. Students of Mechanical Engineering Departments hold an overall positive attitude toward the performance of the workshop safety and hygiene. 2. Different background factors play no significant role in students’ satisfaction with the workshop safety and hygiene, except the fact that students with higher practice scores are found significantly than those with barely 60. 3. Different background factors prove that the students’ satisfaction in every dimension with the workshop safety and hygiene is without distinction.