SUMMARY
THE NEED OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF ALYTUS TOWN
Author: Daiva Kubiliene
Supervisor: Linas Sumskas, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine
Aim of study. To evaluate the need of health care services in the secondary schools of Alytus.
Objectives:
1. To assess the health and health behavioral problems in school-aged children.
2. To evaluate the attitudes of parents to the need of health care services at the secondary schools.
3. To evaluate the attitudes of staff of health care services at school about the provision of health care services in school settings.
Methods. Questionnaire survey was carried out in parents of school-aged children of 3rd, 7th and 11th grades at the secondary schools in Alytus town in 2004. 216 respondents were selected for the study, 161 (74.5%) of them have filled in the questionnaire forms (response rate – 74.5%). A set of questions was addressed to parents in order to clarify parents’ attitudes about the health care services at schools. Also another questionnaire was developed for health care specialists of secondary schools: 9 from 12 have responded (75.0%). Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS 10; criterion and p<0.05 confidence level was used for comparison between the variables.
Results. Health care services were provided for students at all 18 secondary schools in Alytus. 12 health care specialists were conducting their duties... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050607_143323-51791 |
| Date | 07 June 2005 |
| Creators | Kubilienė, Daiva |
| Contributors | Petrauskienė, Jadvyga, Kalėdienė, Ramunė, Starkuvienė, Skirmantė, Misevičienė, Irena, Gendvilis, Stasys, Raškevičienė, Rita, Bagdonas, Eugenijus, Bučiūnienė, Ilona, Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050607_143323-51791 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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