AN APPRAISAL OF THE CHALLENGES FACING PROVISION OF QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the challenges of health appraisal services in some selected primary school in Guyuk L.G.A. of Adamawa state. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of teachers in the three(3) selected primary school in Guyuk L.G.A. of Adamawa state.. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposefully selected 39 respondents and 35 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables, While the hypothesis was tested using Chi-square statistical tool.  The result of the findings reveals that health appraisal services in some selected primary school in Guyuk L.G.A is ineffective. The study also revealed that the health observation services provided for primary school children in Guyuk L.G.A in Adamawa state is ineffective. Furthermore, the study revealed that the health examination/record keeping services provided for primary school children in Guyuk L.G.A of Adamawa state is ineffective. Therefore, it is recommended that a state school health policy should be developed through intersectoral collaboration of the relevant stakeholders especially Ministries of Health and Education to aid the effective implementation of SHP in the states. And each school should have a school health team in place, consisting of the head teacher, school physical/health educator or school health counsellor, school nurse, school health officer, student (health prefect), parents’ representative and community representative, and nutritionist.