20.500.12556/RUL-167880 Assessment of perceived indoor air quality in the classrooms of Slovenian primary schools and its association with indoor air quality factors, for the design of public health interventions From a public health perspective, it is necessary to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools. This study aims to assess the state of perceived IAQ in Slovenian school classrooms and its association with the selected IAQ factors to improve the understanding of perceived IAQ for designing public health interventions aimed to improve IAQ in schools. A national cross-sectional study was performed in all 454 Slovenian primary schools in the school year 2019/2020. The questionnaires were filled out by the 3rd-grade teachers with the support of the caretakers. Teachers rated the IAQ in the classroom as the worst in winter. We found that the teachers’ perceived IAQ in the classroom is statistically significantly associated with the micro location of the school and some of the IAQ factors. Poor IAQ is associated with reduced manual airing of classrooms due to the thermal comfort of the occupants. Interventions should be aimed at improving occupants’ adaptive behaviors to increase the frequency of natural ventilation in classrooms. primary schools perceived indoor air quality indoor air quality factors outdoor air quality factors questionnaire cross-sectional study osnovne šole kakovost zraka true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-03-19 10:00:07 2025-03-19 10:00:09 2025-03-20 03:53:17 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 11 str. iss. 8, art. 995 Vol. 15 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 614 2073-4433 10.3390/atmos15080995 205631235 Galicic_..._Assessment_of_perceived_....pdf Galicic_..._Assessment_of_perceived_....pdf 1 D5C88AEEC688552CE20A6D0100A86549 b451bfc318262f0350c90e2ca572b253c57b4aaf1a68f2e79334d707094c4119 65eac1cb-04a0-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200765 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/8/995#B13-atmosphere-15-00995 1 8d177e0b-049f-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200764 Fakulteta za strojništvo 0 0 0