| Autor: |
Tomokawa S; Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Faculty of Education, Shinshu University, Nagano City, Nagano, Japan.; Japanese Consortium for Global School Health and Research, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan., Asakura T; Japanese Consortium for Global School Health and Research, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.; Department of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan., Njenga SM; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya., Njomo DW; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya., Takeuch R; Japanese Consortium for Global School Health and Research, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan., Akiyama T; Japanese Consortium for Global School Health and Research, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.; Department of Health Science, Nagano College of Nursing, Nagano, Japan., Kazama H; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan., Mutua A; Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya., Barnett W; Ministry of Education, Nairobi, Kenya., Henzan H; Department of Global Health, School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan., Shimada M; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan., Ichinose Y; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan., Kamiya Y; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan., Kaneko S; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan., Miyake K; Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Faculty of Education, Shinshu University, Nagano City, Nagano, Japan., Kobayashi J; Japanese Consortium for Global School Health and Research, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.; Department of Global Health, School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. |
| Abstrakt: |
The Kenyan government established the Kenyan Comprehensive School Health Program (KCSHP) on the basis of Kenyan National School Health Policy. A KCSHP pilot project was carried out in eight primary schools in Mbita Sub-County of Homa Bay County in the Nyanza Region from 2012 to 2017. This pilot project provided health facilities and support for evaluation with a school health checklist, and organized teacher training on health education, a child health club, and school-based health check-ups. The present study aimed to examine the appropriateness and reliability of the strategy of the second KCSHP pilot project in Kenya. We analyzed data from self-administered questionnaires targeted at pupils in seventh-grade in the eight primary schools. The questionnaire consisted of questions on health-related knowledge, attitudes and practices, self-evaluated physical and mental health status, self-awareness of health control, subjective happiness, recognition on the importance of learning about health in school, absenteeism, and sense of school belongingness. The project contributed to improving health-related knowledge, attitudes and practices, self-evaluated health status, sense of school belongingness, recognition on the importance of learning about health in school, self-awareness of health control, and absenteeism. On the contrary, subjective happiness did not improve significantly. |
