Muhammad Anwar Sulehri, Rabia Anwar, Madiha Anwar Sulehri.
Role of health literacy through schools in achievement of health education and public health promotion in Pakistan.
J Sharif Med Dent Coll Jan ;2(01):17-21.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the role of health literacy through schools in health education and public health promotion. Methodology: It was a descriptive analytical study. It was conducted in eight secondary schools, four from each district Lahore and Faisalabad from January to February 2016. A total of 160 respondents, 80 from each district were selected. A semi-structured questionnaire was delivered to the respondents for data collection. Data analysis was performed by using SPSS 21, Chi-square test was applied for calculating the results. Results: The majority of the respondents had good information regarding nutrition/ balanced diet, hygiene and hand-washing, safety, injury prevention during traveling at home and school, use of drugs, oral and dental hygiene, attitude and behavior in schools, community and family. relationships with teachers and classmates and sports and physical health. The response was poor regarding avoidance of worm infestation, availability of health facilities, parenthood and sexually transmitted diseases. Secondary school teachers had good 70(87.5%) information about health education and health promotion regarding important public health issues in comparison with secondary school students. Conclusion: The majority of the respondents had good information about nutrition/ balanced diet, hygiene and hand washing, safety, injury prevention during traveling at home and school, use of drugs, oral and dental hygiene and sports and physical health. The teachers had better knowledge about public health problems than the students. Keywords: Health literacy. Health promotion. Health education. Public health. Health promoting schools. Physical health

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