A Study of Effectiveness Health Visitors in Environmental Health and Safety of Primary Schools

Maintaining and promoting childrenchr('39')s health is one of the most fundamental goals of many international organizations. The purpose of this research was to study of effectiveness health visitors in environmental health and safety of primary schools.

The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population was all governmental female primary schools across the country (8775 primary schools) in academic year 2016-2018. According to Chocran formula, 400 primary schools (200 schools with health visitor and 200 schools without health visitor) were selected multistage random cluster. The data ghatered by a researcher-made checklist based on hygienic environmental regulations that included 11 major components and 37 specific components. Its validity was confirmed based on school health experts and its reliability was calculated by Cronbachchr('39')s alpha (0.78). Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) and inferential statistics (using factor analysis, multiple regression and z Fisher).

The findings showed that there was a significant difference between status of environmental health and safety in schools with & without health visitor (P ≤ .01).

Status of environmental health and safety in schools with health visitor is more desirable than schools without health visitor.