Investigation of Environmental Health and safety situations in elementary and guide schools of Zabol, 2010

Attention to physical، healthy، and safety objects in acknowledgement learning places is the most effective agent in natural growth of students. In point of importance، present study investigated the Environmental Health and Safety situations in elementary and guide schools of Zabol، 2010. In this descriptive and cross sectional study 37 schools were chosen and their Environmental Health variables such as building، classes، solid waste disposal، wastewater disposal and etc. were investigated. The whole Environmental Health variables were 11 and the safety were 8 such as; Fire capsules، stairs safety and Electricity power safety. For data collection we used «schools Environmental Health investigation forms» that were according to schools Environmental Health law. After completing the forms data were inputted to SPSS، version 17، and statistically were analyzed. p<0. 05 Results show that 49. 38 percent of schools had suitable Environmental Health situation and 63. 30 percent of them had also good safety. The biggest problem in view of Environmental Health was about lavatory with 68. 2 percent unsuitable situation. The 88. 7 percent of schools had not good safety and their main problem was emergency exit door. The Environmental Health and safety are two important subjects and we must attend them especially in poor areas like Zabol.