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Item The relationship between environmental factors and health problems of secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria(Medwell Journals, 2008) Anyanwu, F. C.; Adio-Moses, R. O.; Obaretin, M.T.This study investigated the relationship between Environmental factors and health problems of students in Oyo state Nigeria. The environment in which a child stays and learns as a direct effect on his/her health status. The classroom environment where too many students sit together to learn is likely to predispose them to infections and other health related problems. The number of students in a classroom can affect tire condition of the environment where proper ventilation is not possible and the spread of diseases become more prominent. The condition will therefore put the health of those students in jeopardy. A sample of 2000 respondents was used for the study. Data collection involved the use of questionnaire while data analysis was done using frequency counts and percentages. The findings revealed that faulty refuse disposal, lack of toilet facilities, crowded classrooms and poor water supply as environmental factors predisposed the students to health problems. These findings have implications for curriculum planners and policy makers who are interested in the well being of the child.Item Overpopulation and communicable disease occurrence among students in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State(2008) Anyanwu, F. C.; Adio-Moses, R. O.Class size in every school system all over the world is very important with respect to the health status of students in the school. In Nigeria, large classes consist of classrooms with more than the maximum acceptable standard of forty student par class. Large classes therefore are likely to put students at greater risk of injury, reduce learning and increase the possibility of contracting infectious diseases. Other conditions include nutrition, personal hygiene, environmental sanitation, the quality of school building and health care services available in schools, that would influence the health of students. It is however a fact that students come to school with a lot of health problems most of which are infectious in nature and are transmissible through contact especially in an overpopulated classroom. The study therefore, examines the effect of overpopulation on the occurrence of communicable diseases in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State. A sample of one thousand (1000) respondents were used for the study. Data were collected using questionnaire while data analysis involved the use of frequency counts and percentages. The result showed that overpopulation predisposed student to communicable diseases. The findings have implications for policy makers, educators and all stake holders interested in the health and well being of students.Item Health education and Nigerian national development in this millennium(ICHPER-SD, 2007) Anyanwu, F. C.; Adio-Moses, R. O.This paper discussed Health education as one of the means of achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria. Health education is a basic right and the most effective means of preventing disabling conditions and diseases that might cripple the entire workforce in the nation. Indeed, the country will reduce the amount spent on sensitization programmes mounted for different diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria cancer etc. where health education exists and is made a core subject at all levels of education (kindergarten, primary, secondary/ and tertiary). It is recommended among others that health education should remain a single separate subject in both primary and secondary schools and tertiary institutions, and should be an examinable subject at senior secondary level.