Abstract
Every year, a large number of primary school students die from accidents, such as meningitis or leukemia, therefore primary school health coordinators in schools are the frst responders for emergencies and accidents during school hours. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted on(80) primary school health coordinators in AL-Hilla District of Babylon Province, including AL-Hilla Center Area, Abi Gharaq Area and Al-Kafel Area, to assess knowledge and attitudes of primary school health coordinators regarding school injuries from 1 September (2017) to1 September (2018). Findings of the study revealed that majority of the participants were correctly responded, the correct response rate ranged (71.2%-100%). Overall knowledge of the study participants about school injuries was good. And the overall attitude of the study participants was positive. None of the participants had negative attitude. No statistically signifcant differences had been found in mean knowledge scores for all domains or the overall knowledge score across the age groups, gender, residence, marital status, number of children and monthly income. The study concluded that the overall knowledge of primary school health coordinators about school injuries was good.
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