Health Promotion enables people to increase control over their health and its determinants. When we develop healthy exercise habits, we offer ourselves the greatest opportunity to function at our best. Participation in secondary school sports has helped promote physically active lifestyle among students. As the number of people participating in sport activities in order to promote health is increasing, sports and exercises are constantly presenting dangers, involving accidents and injuries. This study examined injury control variables as correlate of health promotion practice in school sports participation among secondary schools in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Correlational survey research design was adopted. Five hundred and fourty (540) athletes from public and private senior secondary schools who participated in intramural sports in their schools were drawn as sample using simple random and proportionate sampling techniques. A validated and reliable questionnaire of sports injury control variables scale (SICVS) with reliability index of 0.76 and health promotion practice scale (HPPS) with reliability index of 0.85 wereused as instrument for data collection. Data collected was analysed using inferential statistics of multiple regressions. The result indicated that proper injury treatment, adequate nutrition and appropriate rehabilitation of injured athletes were jointly and relatively significant in correlating health promotion practice It was concluded that proper injury treatment, adequate nutrition and appropriate rehabilitation of injured athletes were factors that can control sports injuries thereby promoting health among secondary schools in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The study recommended among others that proper treatment of athletes should be provided to injured athletes by the school authority, nutrition education should be done to athletes to facilitate recovery from injury, and appropriate and timely rehabilitation of injured athletes should be done by the school authority to regain functions
H. K. Jime
Department of Physical and Health Education,
University of Maiduguri, Borno State.
hebron.kenta@gmail.com.
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