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International Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volume 10, Issue 2, 2023
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International Journal of Community Health Nursing
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XXX-XXXX (Print), XXXX-XXXX (Online)
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bi-annual
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Title
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE URBAN AND RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS KNOWLEDGE, REGARDING SELECTED PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Author
S. Victor Devasirvadam* and D. Rajeswari
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asir_72@hotmail.com
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Cross sectional design, School children, School Health nurse.
Abstract
A comparative study to determine the knowledge, regarding selected problems of school children, between the Urban and Rural school teachers was undertaken using a descriptive cross sectional design. 100 school teachers, between the age group of (20 to 56 years) working in Middle and Higher Secondary schools were selected using Multistage with cluster random sampling technique. The tool used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. Validity was obtained from 5 experts in the field of Nursing, and Preventive Medicine. Reliability of the tool was established by using split half method, r=0.76.A pilot study was conducted among 10 non study subjects. Data was collected for a period of 4 weeks subsequently; visiting one school per day. The findings revealed that the level of knowledge of both urban and rural school teachers was Inadequate, but when in terms of the individual aspects of the common illnesses of school children, certain variations were observed. It can be definitely said that, the in-service education programmes for the teachers was very essential, to prevent the school children from health problems, which takes us to the saying, “Prevention is better than cure”. Appointing a School Health nurse in all schools, will go a long way in keeping an expert eye on the status of health of the school children.
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