Environmental Health and Safety Status of Schools: Case Study in Paveh City of Kermanshah Province

سال انتشار: 1396
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
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JR_AHS-6-4_010

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 19 آبان 1397

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Background & Aims of the Study: A most part of children time is spent in a schoolenvironment. Important part of the basic mission of schools is promoting the health and safety.So, assessing the existing conditions is an important factor in promotion and this studyconducted to investigate the environmental health and safety status of Paveh city schools inKermanshah province, Iran.Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive-cross sectional study and has performed in Pavehcity of Kermanshah province. The study population consisted of primary, secondary and highschools of Paveh city. Data have been collected by referring to schools, direct observation andcompletion of environmental health and safety checklist. Schools conditions were determinedaccording to the environmental health and safety checklist in desirable, semi-desirable andundesirable. The collected data were analyzed, using Excel software, and data means andfrequencies sign in tables and were drawn by charts.Results: From 28 schools which have been visited, 35.6% of school buildings were old and63.7% of school buildings were new. In the study of all schools, among 8% of them,environmental health status were undesirable, 21% semi-desirable and 71% were desirable; also,safety status among 4% of all schools were undesirable and 21% were semi-desirable and 75%were desirable. Undesirable safety conditions were related to adjacent to waste accumulationareas, brick buildings without footing beam, inappropriate distance of first row bench from theboards and lack of green spaces.Conclusion: Given the importance of safety in schools, more attention should be paid to thisissue. It is essential to compliance with the principles of health and safety in schools; also, anyconsideration and action in this field can be effective in reducing the risk of many related healthproblems.

نویسندگان

SeyyedAlireza Mousavi

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Majid Faraji

Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Heidar Mesgaraf

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Zhila Abdollahi

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran