An Investigation Into The Health Status Of Various Secondary Schools Teachers In Greater Mumbai

Abstract

 Health is the best gift, satisfaction the supreme wealth, and faithful to the best bond. The World Health Organization defined Health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. From the various meanings and aspects of health given above, health can be perceived as a multi dimensional process that involves the well being of an individual in the context of his physical condition as well as his environment. Thus health in biological terms is a state where all body parts coordinate with each other and function properly; in psychological terms, health is a state in which an individual finds it easy to adjust in his environment and in the social term, health is a state in which an individual is fit enough to participate in the socio-cultural environment as well as in the social system. From the various meanings and aspects of health given above, health can be perceived as a multi dimensional process that involves the well being of an individual in context of his physical condition as well as his environment. Thus health in biological terms is a state where all body parts coordinate with each other and function properly; in psychological terms, health is a state in which an individual finds it easy to adjust in his environment and in the social term, health is a state in which an individual is fit enough to participate in the socio-cultural environment as well as in the social system. Teaching has been considered one of the noblest professions you can take up. Teachers have always played the role of catalyst for social changes in our society. It is important to keep the country makers away from any type of problems. The study investigates the Health Status of Secondary Schools Teachers of SSC, CBSE, and ICSE boards. The researcher intended to know whether there were any differences or similarities in the Health Status between SSC, CBSE, and ICSE School Teachers of Greater Mumbai. Total 450 (150 SSC, 150 CBSE, and 150 ICSE) Secondary School Female Teachers were selected as samples for the research study. The study surveyed in nature under the heading of Descriptive Research. The questionnaire used in Health Status is EQ-5D-5L by Mandy van Reenen / Bas Janssen (April 2015). The data was analyzed by using One Way ANOVA (Analysis of variance and descriptive method of percentile) by IBM SPSS-22 Software. The F-value for comparison is 85.48 which is significant at 0.01 level with df=2/447. It reflects that the mean score of Health Status of Teachers belongs to different level of Schools differs significantly. There is significance difference in Health Status level between SSC and CBSE at 0.01 where CBSE is having higher Health Status in compare to SSC. In case of SSC and ICSE there is significant difference at 0.01 level where ICSE is having High Health Status in compare to SSC. In case of CBSE and SSC there is no significant difference in Health Status at 0.05 level. It may therefore be said that the ICSE found to be significantly high level of Health Status in compare to CBSE and SSC. In order to know the trend between SSC, CBSE and ICSE Schools.