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- Title
KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF SCHOOL TEACHERS ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF CARRYING HEAVY SCHOOL BACK PACKS IN STUDENTS FROM SELECTED SCHOOLS OF KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT, SOUTH TAMIL NADU.
- Authors
Bruce, Praythiesh; Bobhate, Prateek; Boratne, Abhijit Vinodrao; Balan, K. U. Suresh
- Abstract
Background: School education is an important part of child's overall growth. But, during the process of attaining school education, children are burdened with heavy back packs which can cause serious health issues. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge and attitude of school teachers about the ill effects of carrying heavy back packs in children. Materials and Methods: A school based cross sectional study was done among 264 school teachers teaching 6th to 8th standard selected through multistage stratified random sampling technique from selected schools of Kanyakumari district from May 2022 to May 2023. Data collected using a predesigned pre tested and self-administered questionnaire was entered into MS Excel and was analysed using SPSS version 26.0. Results: The results revealed that only 31.8 % of the school teachers knew that the ideal proportion of back packs, 56.4 % knew that the heavy bag packs can cause headache, neck pain and leg pain, 49.2 % knew that it causes shoulder pain and 43.6% knew that it causes back pain in students. For questions on attitude, 20.5 % and 42% of them agreed that heavy back packs can be a reason for tiredness and that it can cause mental stress, respectively. Conclusion: While only half of the participants were knowledgeable about the physical effects of heavy back packs in students, less than half of them were of the attitude that it can have mental and emotional effects.
- Subjects
TAMIL Nadu (India); BACKPACKS; TEACHERS; TEACHER attitudes; LEG pain; SHOULDER pain; ATTITUDES toward illness
- Publication
International Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 1, p300
- ISSN
2230-8598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5530/ijmedph.2024.1.57