ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to examine the knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers
on school health programme. Objectives were to assess knowledge of school teachers on
school health programme, to determine the attitude of school teachers towards school health
programme, to determine factors contributing to participation of school teachers in school
health programme, to determine level of implementation of school health programme among
primary school student in selected primary schools at Ife-central local government.
The study employed a descriptive design to describe the characteristics and also assess the
knowledge and attitude of school health teachers. 130 school teachers participated in the
study, which was selected through random sampling. Informed consent was obtained from
the respondents without any coercion and confidentiality was assured and maintained. The
data were collected using semi structured questionnaire which was analyzed using Statistical
Package for social science (SPSS).
The study found that 66.2% of the respondents had high level of knowledge about school
health program while 33.8% had low level of knowledge. Majority (83.0%) displayed
favorable attitude towards school health program. However, most (81.5%) of the teachers
disagreed that school health program should not be included in the school's curriculum. Most
(60.8%) of the teachers agreed that allocated time for teamwork and teachers collaboration
contributes to their participation in school health program, while majority agreed they have
school health program included in their school‘s curriculum. Finally the study found
significant association between the knowledge and attitude of school teachers towards school
health programme (P = 0.002
