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Abstract:

This study was conducted to examine the knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers on school health programme. Objectives were to assess knowledge of school teachers on school health programme, to determine the attitude of school teachers towards school health programme, to determine factors contributing to participation of school teachers in school health programme, to determine level of implementation of school health programme among primary school student in selected primary schools at Ife-central local government.

The study employed a descriptive design to describe the characteristics and also assess the knowledge and attitude of school health teachers. 130 school teachers participated in the
study, which was selected through random sampling. Informed consent was obtained from the respondents without any coercion and confidentiality was assured and maintained. The
data were collected using semi structured questionnaire which was analyzed using Statistical Package for social science (SPSS).

The study found that 66.2% of the respondents had high level of knowledge about school health program while 33.8% had low level of knowledge. Majority (83.0%) displayed favorable attitude towards school health program. However, most (81.5%) of the teachers disagreed that school health program should not be included in the school's curriculum. Most (60.8%) of the teachers agreed that allocated time for teamwork and teachers collaboration contributes to their participation in school health program, while majority agreed they have school health program included in their school‘s curriculum.
Finally, the study found significant association between the knowledge and attitude of school teachers towards school health programme (P = 0.002