Pardis Heidari; shahla pakdaman; masoud gholamali lavasani
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to design and apply a self-care training package for elementary students’ health. According to the purpose of the study, two hypotheses were posed. The first hypothesis states that the self-care training package is effective for elementary students’ health improvement, ...
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Objective: This study aimed to design and apply a self-care training package for elementary students’ health. According to the purpose of the study, two hypotheses were posed. The first hypothesis states that the self-care training package is effective for elementary students’ health improvement, and the second hypothesis is that the self-care training package is effective in promoting the health components of elementary students.Method: This research was experimental with a pretest-posttest and control group design. The statistical population was all elementary students of public schools in Tehran city in the academic year 2019-2020. In this study, the health questionnaire and a researcher-made self-care questionnaire were used to collect the required data. In compiling the training package, the topics were divided into eight dimensions or topics for self-care, including physical, nutritional, psychological, social, sleep, virtual, sexual, and health components.Results: The results of the study showed that the self-care training package was effective in promoting primary students’ health.Conclusion: It also promotes each health component (physical health and mental health) in primary school students.
