SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME AND THE REDUCTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AKPABUYO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Adie, Boniface Undigweundeye Ph.D & Edet, Itam Ben

Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education

University of Calabar, Calabar

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Muhammed Musa & Abdu Saidu

Department of Human Kinetics

Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between school health programme and reducing communicable diseases among secondary school students in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of the study, two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Literature was reviewed based on the variable of the study. The study adopted survey design. The population of the study consisted of all secondary school students in the study area giving a total of seven thousand, one hundred and six (7,106). Systematic sampling technique was adopted in selecting the two hundred and thirty-eight (238) respondents used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a structured and validated questionnaire. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used for data analysis. The result obtained from the study revealed that school health education and school health services relate significantly to reducing communicable diseases among secondary school students in the study area. Based on these findings, it was recommended that school principals should ensure that school health services are expanded in public secondary schools in other to continually contribute to reducing the incidence of communicable diseases among students.

Keywords: School Health Programme, Reduction of Communicable Disease, School Health Education and School Health Services. Download Pdf