ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGERAMME (SHP) AND HEALTH STATUS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OBINAGU, UDI LOCALGOVERNMENT AREA, ENUGU STATE.

The study was done to ascertain the implementation of the five components of SHP as well as the health status of school children in Obinagu, I-Idi LGA, Enugu State. Population of study was all the school children in primary and junior secondary school in Obinagu which -was 329. Using a multistage sampling techniques sample size of 117 was drawn from the total population after calculations using Taryho Yamane formulae. The 3 head teachers of the various schools were interviewed to gather data on the SHP. Data was collected using a 55 item check list partly adopted and partly adapted from the implementation guidelines on National SHP check-list. Data were analyzed with the aid of SPSS version 19 and simple percentage and presented in tables. ()nly the school home and community Relationship component of the SHP was well implemented with the 3(100%) of the schools having PTA though with less impact. The study found that the healthy school environment component of the SHP received moderate implementation with a grand mean of 38.67 (using a decision rule of 01 — Poor, to 42moderate and >42 to 63 — good) w'th deficiencies including lack of school fence, inappropriate record keeping lack of water among others. three components including skill-base-health education, school health service and school feeding service were poorly implemented total score of 5, 7 and I (using decision rule of score 6 — good and Score