Public Opinion Study on School Health Education Programs: Family Needs Assessment Study

Hacer Efe () and Ünsal Umdu Topsakal
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Hacer Efe: Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Education Faculty, Yildiz Technical University, 34220 Istanbul, Turkey
Ünsal Umdu Topsakal: Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Education Faculty, Yildiz Technical University, 34220 Istanbul, Turkey

IJERPH, 2025, vol. 22, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: Health education programs are important interventions aimed at the acquisition of health knowledge and behaviors that are necessary throughout the lives of individuals of all ages. Considering the importance of health education in structuring the health of the society, it is very important that health education responds to the needs of society and meets its expectations. At this point, public health is protected by providing access to families and communities through health education. In this context, a needs analysis study was conducted with families (students and parents) to establish a health education framework. The study group consisted of 289 volunteer primary and secondary school students and 60 parents who agreed to participate in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with students and parents using a descriptive approach. The needs analysis form prepared by the researchers was used in the interviews and content analysis was applied to the obtained data. The qualitative data obtained from the analyses were interpreted. As a result of the study, it was found that families have expectations and needs in first aid and daily life behaviors (nutrition, hygiene, oral health and diseases) in school health education, and accordingly, school health education can be focused on these specified areas. The fact that families found health knowledge insufficient and considered health education important emphasizes the importance of the knowledge provided by health education and the results. The family health education views obtained in the study can be used in future studies to improve family health behaviors and community health. In addition, family-based school health education can be disseminated with contemporary interventions.

Keywords: public opinion; health education; school; family; needs assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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