[A nationwide survey on current conditions of school health education].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to analyze and assess the current situation of Korea's school health education program and to establish measures to efficiently carry out school health education in Korea.


METHODS
The survey was conducted through the internet with the health educators of elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide to assess the current condition of school health education programs, and 2,459 samples were collected which accounted for 23.4% of the total respondents.


RESULTS
According to school health educators on the enforcement of health education, the higher the education became, the less the health education was enforced. The enforcement rate was 96.9% in elementary schools, 76.7% in middle schools, and 67.3% in high schools. The major reasons were found as difficulty in securing class time (54.5%) and other excessive workloads (20.9%). As a result of the health education awareness survey, over 99% answered that health education is needed, over 80% answered that the education requires independent health textbooks, and over 95% answered that health educators are suitable for the person in charge of the education.


CONCLUSIONS
This study will be a useful in establishing a detailed policy on enhancing school health education in the future.
Park
Eun-Sook
ES
Korea University College of Nursing, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-705, Korea.
Park
Young-Joo
YJ
Ryu
Ho-Shin
HS
Han
Keum-Sun
KS
Hwang
Rah-Il
RI
Im
Yeo-Jin
YJ
Im
Hye-Sang
HS
Moon
So-Hyun
SH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012572:School Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires