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Implementation of Kenyan comprehensive school health program: improvement and association with students' academic attainment.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9008939 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1460-2245 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09574824 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Promot Int Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: Eynsham, Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, c1990-
    • الموضوع:
      Schools* ; Students*; Educational Status ; Health Promotion ; Humans ; Kenya
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      There is growing evidence supporting the effectiveness of a comprehensive school health program. However, implementation in developing countries is a challenge. Furthermore, the available information on the association between a comprehensive school health program and students' academic attainment is limited. In Kenya, a project to verify the effects of a comprehensive school health program was carried out in Mbita sub-county, Homa Bay County from September 2012 to August 2017. This study aimed to clarify the improvement of school health during the project years and the association between school health and students' academic attainment. Primary schools in Mbita sub-county were selected as study sites. We assessed 44 schools' scores on a school health checklist developed from the Kenyan Comprehensive School Health Program, the students' mean score on the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), and absenteeism during the project years (2013-16). The mean school health checklist score (n = 44 schools) was 135.6 in 2013, 169.9 in 2014, 158.2 in 2015 and 181.3 in 2016. The difference of the mean score between 2013 and 2016 was significant. In addition, correlation analysis showed a significant association between mean KCPE score in the project years and school health checklist score (Pearson's coefficient was 0.43, p = 0.004). The results of this study suggest improvements of school health by the implementation of the Kenyan Comprehensive School Health Program and students' academic attainment.
      (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Africa; Kenya; children; comprehensive school health; health-promoting schools
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20200304 Date Completed: 20210728 Latest Revision: 20210728
    • الموضوع:
      20231215
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1093/heapro/daaa005
    • الرقم المعرف:
      32125374