Health Indicators in Person Holding Physical Education Courses in Schools in the COVID-19 Period

Despite the importance of exercise in strengthening the immune system, students may not want to exercise in schools due to concerns about coronavirus. The health of the sports field has a positive effect on student participation in physical education lessons, therefore the purpose of this research was to identify health indicators in the holding of physical education lessons in schools in person during the COVID-19 epidemics.

The research method was qualitative type of thematic analysis. The study population were academic and executive experts related to the subject, who were selected purposefully. The research tool was an unstructured interview, and the process of conducting interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached. To analyze the text of the interviews, the Clark and Braun (2006) approach of theme analysis method was used.

Using theme analysis, 57 final codes were identified in 13 concepts and 4 categories (indicators related to personal health, indicators related to public health, indicators related to management issues, and indicators related to physical education class) were classified.

Providing health conditions for holding physical education classes in schools requires efforts of students, physical education teachers, health experts, school executive staff and trustee organizations in the field of observing and providing personal hygiene. Public health, sports field health, and the organization of physical education classes are based on the special conditions of the epidemic so that the possibility of viral spread of COVID-19 is minimized and students engage in sports activities with more assurance.