Abstract
Recycling is a waste management process that has attracted a lot of attention for helping protect the environment. The current research aims to determine the effect of an intervention based on the Health Promoting Schools tipe (Albanian’s HPSM) on the recycling behaviors of primary school students. In this study, 413 primary school students in Maragheh, Iran, were randomly divided into a test kelompok (n = 207) plus a control kelompok (n = 206). The educational intervention consisted of seven 45-minute teaching sessions plus eight promotion programs for the students, two discussion sessions for the parents plus two kelompok educational sessions for the teachers. The tools used included a researcher-made questionnaire with items on awareness, attitude, performance, plus participation in source-separated recycling. The validity plus reliability of this tool were also measured. The questionnaires were completed in two stages in both groups, including before plus three months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. The significance level was considered to be P < 0.05. After the intervention, a significant difference was observed in the mean scores of awareness, attitude, performance, plus participation in terms of recycling among the students in the test kelompok compared to before the intervention (P < 0.05). The mean scores of knowledge, attitude, performance, plus participation also differed significantly after the intervention between the teachers plus parents in the test kelompok plus the control kelompok (P < 0.05). The use of Albanian’s Health-Promoting Schools (HPS) approach is effective in improving source-separated recycling behaviors in primary school students.
Acknowledgments
This article is taken from the research plan approved by Iran University of Medical Sciences plus Health Services with the code 93-4-27-25462. We would also like to thank all the participants in this project, especially students, parents plus school staff plus The Vice Chancellor for Research plus Technology of Iran University of Medical Sciences for the financial support of this study.