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Table 4 Community Participation and Physical Environment

From: Can the concept of Health Promoting Schools help to improve students' health knowledge and practices to combat the challenge of communicable diseases: Case study in Hong Kong?

 

HSA

Non-HPS

p value

1. Schools Join community cleaning

   

Primary

43.9% (219/509)

43.1% (291/675)

0.97

Secondary

23.6% (186/787)

19.2% (139/725)

0.04

2. school organize health promoting activities

   

Primary

60.9% (310/509)

56.7% (382/674)

0.14

Secondary

53.7% (422/786)

37.0% (268/724)

<0.001

3. Parents join school cleaning activities

   

Primary

42.7% (217/508)

31.9% (215/675)

<0.001

Secondary

20.3% (160/787)

8.6% (62/723)

<0.001

4. Playgrounds perceived as very clean or clean

   

Primary

72.2% (366/507)

61.6% (415/674)

<0.001

Secondary

56.5% (444/786)

53.5% (386/721)

0.25

5. Classrooms perceived as very clean or clean

   

Primary

73.6% (374/508)

68.5% (462/674)

0.058

Secondary

51.3% (404/787)

52.5% (380/724)

0.65

6. Toilets perceived as very clean or clean

   

Primary

34.7% (176/507)

38.5% (259/673)

0.18

Secondary

29.7% (233/784)

27.6% (199/721)

0.36

7. Staircases perceived as very clean or clean

   

Primary

77.2% (392/508)

76.2% (513/673)

0.71

Secondary

68.7% (540/786)

63.3% (457/722)

0.03

8. Tuckshop perceived as very clean or clean

   

Primary

84.1% (428/509)

81.4% (407/500)

0.26

Secondary

60.2% (471/783)

53.3% (313/587)

0.01

9. Prefect for cleaning

   

Primary

75.0% (382/509)

64.4% (435/675)

<0.001

Secondary

52.5% (412/785)

34.2% (247/723)

<0.001

10. Prefects for environment Protection

   

Primary

63.1% (321/509)

59.7% (403/675)

0.24

Secondary

49.4% (388/786)

23.7% (171/723)

<0.001