IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/qualqt/v52y2018i1d10.1007_s11135-017-0672-7.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Evaluation of health practices in the primary education in Cyprus in history

Author

Listed:
  • Hasan Topal

    (Near East University)

  • Ali Efdal Ozkul

    (Near East University)

  • Gökmen Dagli

    (University of Kyrenia)

Abstract

School is one of the first and most important places where children take their first steps to enter into society. Healthy habits that are imparted to children during their education are of significant importance in terms of the prevention of diseases. The teaching of behaviours that promote health during this period plays an important role in the development of the awareness of responsibility as well as the growth of healthy generations. Historically, the evaluation of health practices in primary education in Cyprus has been focused on revealing the education against infectious diseases, and there are no scientific publications in the literature on health education; therefore, the aim of this study is to rectify this shortcoming and contribute to the work on the subject in this respect. The study was conducted according to qualitative research methods. The participants were selected from a sample of retired teachers aged 75–80. As a result of this study, it was found that the health education and practices that were applied to the participant teachers when they were students, became an important guide to them when they became teachers. The health education and practices that are implemented in schools have greatly contributed to the eradication of many epidemic diseases in modern society.

Suggested Citation

  • Hasan Topal & Ali Efdal Ozkul & Gökmen Dagli, 2018. "Evaluation of health practices in the primary education in Cyprus in history," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 807-819, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:52:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s11135-017-0672-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11135-017-0672-7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11135-017-0672-7
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11135-017-0672-7?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:52:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s11135-017-0672-7. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.