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Key agencies in school health

  • Ghana Health Service
  • Ghana Education Service
  • Ministry of Local Government and rural Development

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Other agencies

  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Ministry of women and children affairs now Ministry of gender and social protection
  • Ministry of Food and Agriculture
  • NGOs

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Environmental Hygiene Inspection �

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  • The school environmental hygiene inspection is the standard of cleanliness of the school‘s surroundings such as:
  • The compound
  • Buildings
  • Food vendors
  • Dining area
  • Latrines
  • Refuse disposal site
  • Source of drinking water.

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Aims of Environmental Inspection �

  • To ensure that the school environment does not become a threat to the pupil‘s health.
  • Anything that posses a treat to the health of the pupils affect the pupils concentration on academic work
  • To ensure that there is proper provision and maintenance of sanitary facilities such as latrines, refuse disposal sites and hand washing facilities

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Areas of the Environmental Inspection School building �

  • The site
  • Ventilation
  • Lighting
  • Furniture
  • Chalkboard
  • Drinking facilities

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  • Hand washing facilities
  • Refuse disposal Wet refuse
  • Urinals
  • Drains/Drainage system
  • Dry refuse
  • School compound

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�Benefits of the school hygiene inspection for the school child �

  • - Early detection of abnormalities and the treatment or referral of such abnormalities
  • - Enables the pupils to observe proper hygiene at home
  • - It helps the pupils to learn healthful living and also ensure that some of the people they come in contact with also do the same.

 

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Poor health in school children�

  • CAUSES
  • poor nutrition
  • worm infestation
  • accidents
  • injuries
  • poor vision
  • hearing problems
  • non-use of iodated salt, etc

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�Some Psycho-Social Problems of the School Child �

  • Learning problems or under-achievement
  • School phobia
  • Absenteeism
  • Delinquency
  • Truancy
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Drug abuse
  • Teenage pregnancy