Identification of Implementation of School Health Education Through Physical Education

Abstract

The implementation of important school health education is optimized. Optimization can be done if the PE teacher as the supervisor, is quite capable in implementing the program in affecting the healthy degree of students. At least PE teachers have a healthy lifestyle, weight status, health literacy, and nutritional knowledge. This cross-sectional study aims to identify the implementation of school health education based on a healthy lifestyle, weight status, health literacy, and nutritional knowledge possessed by teachers. The subjects of the study were 16 primary school teachers (f = 1, m = 15). The research instrument consists of a closed questionnaire (health related lifestyle, health literacy, and nutritional knowledge) and an open questionnaire measuring the implementation of health education in schools. Data analysis uses descriptive statistics, percentages, and qualitative. The results showed that it was still found that PE teachers who had an unhealthy lifestyle, high PE teacher health literacy, teacher nutrition knowledge had supported the optimization of the implementation of school health education. The open questionnaire revealed that there were obstacles for teachers in carrying out school health education in the form of the absence of student growth and development measuring instruments and monitoring tools outside the school (such as: physical activity, diet, and student lifestyle). An encouraging finding is that teachers have been able to collaborate with relevant agencies in implementing school health education.