en تخصصي Special Original articles <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; "><strong><em><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Introduction</span></span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Primary schools are children&#39;s first social environments. Other people&#39;s attitudes towards environmental hazards play a key role in developing children&#39;s personality. This study aimed to identify and assess the environmental risks (such as emission of pollutants into the air, discharge of pollutants into water and soil, energy consumption, etc.) in Shohadaye Kork female primary school in Kashan, Iran, and also to investigate the role of environmental education in the promotion of students&#39; environmental knowledge.</span></span><br> <strong><em><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Materials and Methods:</span></span></em></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> In this quasi-experimental study, at first, environmental hazards were identified by a checklist through field visits and observing students&#39; activities, and then they were assessed through Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) method. After that, the Risk Assessment Code 1 (RAC1) was calculated. By Considering the involved hazards, environmental education was presented and then RAC2 was calculated. Environmental awareness of 172 students was investigated by a questionnaire. SPSS V 19 was used for statistical analysis.</span></span><br> <strong><em><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Results</span></span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> 26 environmental hazards were identified, including 22 acceptable and 4 unacceptable (critical) hazards; 21 of them could be directly resolved by proper education. The mean scores of students&#39; environmental tests were 5 and 18.21, respectively before and after the education. After taking control of measures all hazards were placed within the acceptable range.</span></span><br> <strong><em><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conclusion</span></span></em>: </strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Schools environmental management plays an important role in preparing students for environmental education that the results of this study showed a significant relationship between education and promotion of students&#39; environmental awareness.</span></span></p> Education,Risk Assessment,Students. 9 17 http://jehsd.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohsen Hesami Arani No Aran and Bidgol Health Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. Somayeh Bagheri baghery_edu@yahoo.com Yes Department of Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, kashan University, Isfahan, Iran. Mohammad Taghi Ghaneian No Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.