Introduction: Considering the role of green schools in maintaining the health of the environment, optimizing energy consumption, increasing the quality of indoor spaces, reducing pollution and promoting learning in students and that another aspect of the quality of life related to the health of adolescents is the school environment, in this study We investigated the level of compliance of girls' first secondary schools in Yazd city with the indicators of green schools and its relationship with the quality of life of students. Methods: The design of this study is descriptive-cross-sectional which was carried out in 2020 and its sampling was done in a two-stage cluster by randomly selecting 11 schools in the first district and 13 schools in the second education district and then randomly selecting 11 students from each school. (264 students) and Anderson and Brook (2000) quality of life questionnaire was distributed electronically among students. And the questionnaire of green schools, some of the questions of which were evaluated by observation and by the researcher, and in some other school officials and teachers were asked to answer the questions based on the information they have about their school. The data was analyzed by SPSS software version 23 and the significance level was considered less than 0.05. Results: The results of the independent t-test showed that the overall quality of life score has no statistically significant difference with the grade of the green school (p-value=0.722), and in general, the average score of the dimension of negative emotions from the dimensions of the quality of life has a statistically significant difference with the grade of the green school. has (p-value = 0.033). Also, the average score of the emotions dimension of the dimensions of quality of life was higher in grade 2 green schools compared to grade 3 green schools. Considering this point, it is necessary to pay special attention to grade 3 green schools. Conclusion: According to the results, the green rating of schools helps to improve the dimension of negative emotions from the dimensions of quality of life, so it is suggested that by taking advantage of private sector investment, support and government policies, it can improve the green rating of schools and improve the quality of life of students
Introduction: Excessive consumption of disposable containers, and specifically the plastic ones, has adverse effects on ecosystem and the community's health. To identify ecological factors (individual, interpersonal and social) related to these containers, this study aimed to specify the most important factors according to the participants. Methods: This was a qualitative content analysis conducted through interviews with participants in different age and gender groups in Khomeini Shahr, Esfahan, in 2021, and continued until data saturation with 37 participants was reached. Data analysis was performed by qualitative content analysis method, based on the steps suggested by Elo in MAXQDA20 software. Results: The results demonstrated that the factors affecting the use of disposable containers were divided into two main categories of individual factors including four subcategories: preferences and priorities, personal beliefs, information and knowledge, fear and negative emotions. The interpersonal and social factors included nine subcategories: force of using, conflict between economic advantages and health, features and efficiency, putting foodstuff in disposable containers, hygiene elements related to health, factors related to families, social norms, the effect of advertisements, and increasing places using disposable containers. Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that comfort of use, being light and unbreakabl, ease of transportation, welfare and observing hygiene issues increased the use of containers, but paying attention to the health issues and effective educational sessions on the proper consumption of these disposable containers, can decrease the use of these containers.
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