What is it about?
School provides a great opportunity for promoting the student’s health. School teachers have the capability of influencing the future, knowledge, attitude, and behavior of school children. This study assessed the level of involvement in the Health Promoting School (HPS) program and its related factors among high school teachers and to explore the benefits and barriers to involvement in the HPS activities among high school teachers in Myanmar.
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Why is it important?
Enhancing personal knowledge and involvement of the school teachers in school health activities are essential in ensuring the effectiveness and overall success of the Health Promoting School (HPS) program. Although school teachers have the full authority for the promotion and successful implementation of the school health services, challenges remain in the involvement of school teachers in the HPS program
Perspectives
This study can reveal that providing sufficient human resources and material, conducting the on-the-job and refresher training, enhancing parent-teacher cooperation, and strengthening the community partnerships were crucial to improve the level of involvement and reduced the barriers for the achievement of the Health Promoting School program.
Dr. Ye Minn Htun
Health and Disease Control Unit
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This page is a summary of: Involvement of high school teachers in Health Promoting School program in selected township, Yangon Region, Myanmar: A cross-sectional mixed methods study, PLoS ONE, June 2022, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270125.
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