Nurses and teachers opinions toward health education in school

Cilj ovog istraživanja je ispitati mišljenja medicinskih sestara i učitelja o provođenju zdravstvenog odgoja u školama te utvrditi razlike u mišljenjima ispitanika u odnosu na njihovu dob, spol, usmjerenje obrazovanja te kronološku dob i spol učenika. Istraživanje je ustrojeno kao presječna studija. Ispitanici i metode. Sveukupni uzorak ispitanika čini 254 medicinskih sestara i učitelja koji su putem upitnika kreiranog za potrebe ovog istraživanja izražavali svoje slaganje s tvrdnjama o zdravstvenom odgoju. Korištene su prikladne statističke metode uz razinu značajnosti 0,05. Rezultati ukazuju na postojanje značajno izraženijeg mišljenja učitelja o provođenju zdravstvenog odgoja u školama i potrebe provođenja od ranije dobi u odnosu na medicinske sestre koje značajno više smatraju da zdravstveni odgoj treba provoditi kao zasebni predmet i izvan školskih ustanova. Medicinske sestre također smatraju da zdravstveni odgoj kao zasebni predmet trebaju provoditi zdravstveni djelatnici (medicinske sestre i djelatnici timova školske medicine). Zaključak. Medicinske sestre i učitelji značajno se razlikuju u mišljenjima u odnosu na mjesto, početak i profesionalnu nadležnost provođenja zdravstvenog odgoja te su utvrđene neke razlike u mišljenjima u odnosu na spol i dob ispitanika.Objectives. The aim of this study was to examine nurses and teachers opinions toward health education in school. Also, this study examines differences betwen participants opinions about the health education implementation ways in relation to their age, gender and profesional orientation. Further, differences within groups were investigated regarding chronological age and gender of pupils. The research is structured as cross-sectional study. Participants and methods. A total sample is conducted of 254 nurses and teachers. For the purpose of this study the questionnaire was created. Participants expressed their agreement with health education claims. The differences between the category variables were tested by the Hi-square test and, if necessary, by Fisher's exact test. The normality of the distribution of numeric variables was tested by Shapiro-Wilk's test. Differences in numeric variables, due to deviations from normal distribution, were tested by Mann-Whitney's U Test. Differences in numeric variables in three and more independent groups, due to deviations from normal distribution, were tested by Kruskal-Wallis test. All P values are twotailed, and the significance level is Alpha = 0.05. Statistical program MedCalc (version 16.2.0) was used for data analysis. Results. The results point out a significantly differences betwee nurses and teachers opinions about health education. Teachers have a significantly more prominent opinion about health education implementation in schools and the need to carry out in early school classes. Nurses significantly more consider that health education should be implemented as a separate subject and beyond school institutions. Nurses also consider that health education as a separate school subject should be carried out by health care professionals. Conclusion. As shown in the results, nurses and teachers differ significantly in their opinions regarding the place and the beginning of health education. Also, there are pointed differences in opinions regarding sex and age of respondents. Nevertheless, nurses and teachers agree that the implementation of health education is necessary in school aged children population