［Background］Health education in kindergartens plays an important role in resolving various health issues. Enhancing health education in kindergartens necessitates investigation of the current situation and issues related to health education in kindergartens.

［Purpose］This study was conducted to clarify the current status and issues of health education in kindergartens and to clarify factors influencing the implementation of health education.

［Method］In November 2021, we conducted a survey of kindergarten teachers working in the Kanto area using the Google Forms WEB questionnaire. The survey included motivation for health education, the current state of health education, the content of health education for young children, the current state of health education for parents, and the content of health education for parents. The number of respondents was 134. The percentage giving valid responses was 100%.

［Results］Health education with a high implementation rate was“guidance on clothing control,”“guidance on diet,”“toilet training,”and“instruction for hand washing and gargling.”However, the implementation rate of“sex education”and“guidance on viewing time of TV and games”was low.

　Multiple regression analysis results indicate that factors directly affecting［implementation of health education］ were［physical resources］（β＝0.30, p＝0.003）, and［Situations in which teachers are preparing］（β＝0.19，p＝ 0.043）（adjusted R2＝0.41）. Furthermore, it was possible that［motivation of health education］（β＝0.046, p＝0.070）was influential．

［Conclusions］Results suggest that preparing an environment for conducting health education and developing teachers who provide health education are important to enhance health education in kindergartens.

　In recent years, an increasing number of Yogo teachers are required to perform professional roles as organizational leadership behavior. This study aims to analyze the recognition of the leadership behaviors of Yogo teachers, focusing on the collaboration in school health programs among homeroom teachers in elementary and junior high schools. In February and March of 2022, we asked 400 elementary and junior high schools in the Tokai and Hokuriku regions to complete an online survey, and an anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 102 homeroom teachers.

　The collected data are used to analyze the relationship between the recognition and evaluation of the school health programs. Based on the results of the questionnaire survey of homeroom teachers, factor analysis is conducted to examine the subscales of the leadership behaviors of Yogo teachers.

　Findings show that the leadership behaviors of Yogo teachers as recognized by homeroom teachers have a three-factor structure, named as follows:“actions to actively interact with teachers”;“actions to build trust with teachers”; and“management actions for school health organizations by Yogo teachers.”These three leadership behaviors are positively associated with several questionnaire items regarding homeroom teachers’evaluation of school health programs. By recognizing and practicing these leadership behaviors, Yogo teachers may improve their school health evaluation.

　Records of visits to the school health room(health room records)are invaluable for understanding the health status of students who visit the health room. However, the current situation is that yogo teachers input data from handwritten health room records into computers, and there is a need to make the task of totaling and analyzing the visitors to the health room more efficient. We believe this would be possible by creating a software application for health room records. In the present study, we conducted an anonymous survey of 312 currently employed yogo teachers in order to clarify the current status of health room records and the demand for the creation of such an application.

　The survey results show that among the 59 respondents using health room records, the most common media for the records were both paper and electronic data(44 respondents, 74.6%), indicating that records are handwritten on paper and then input into computers for data management. In addition, 45 respondents(76.3%)responded that they would like to use an application, and there was a particular need for an application among yogo teachers employed at junior high and senior high schools(p <0.05). Among the respondents from elementary schools, 12(33.3%)responded that they did not wish to use an application, citing concerns over privacy and less direct involvement as reasons.

　A limitation of the present study is the size of the study population. We will increase the number of subjects to see if the same results as the present study are obtained and to gain a better understanding of the current situation, and based on the results we will consider a health room record application matched to the school type and the students’developmental stage.