Health Promotion Evaluation and Research in Schools: Issues for Consideration

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nyanda McBride
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Practical Implications

Schools offer an attractive means for health promotion practitioners interested in improving the health of young people and therefore schools play a critical role as a setting for health promotion and public health program implementation. As a consequence schools are also settings in which evaluation and research is undertaken. This paper will discuss some broad issues that the literature suggests are important considerations for evaluation and research undertaken in school settings and discusses some of the practical implications of these considerations. Evaluation of school health promotion requires a balance between systematic, regulated research design and the variable, uncontrolled environment inherent in naturalistic settings. A clear understanding about the nature of the school setting, coupled with an evaluation targeted at the appropriate research phase and incorporating lessons learnt from previous interventions are various issues that need to be considered in well planned evaluations. A planning approach that takes into consideration the evaluation issues raised in this paper will help to ensure that appropriate and useful interventions and evaluations are developed, which also play an important role in contributing to the development of the field as a whole.

What does co-creation mean? An attempt at definition informed by the perspectives of school health promoters in France

2021 ◽  
pp. 001789692110135
Author(s):  
Emily Darlington ◽  
Julien Masson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
School Health ◽  
Added Value ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
School Settings ◽  
School Based ◽  
Health Promoting

Background: Capacity building and community-level participation are important to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of health promotion programmes, as well as to promote empowerment and decision-making power. However, stakeholders’ participation in the design and implementation of health promotion projects often involves the provision of information and consultation rather than partnership or citizen control, especially in school settings. Co-creation could be a means to support higher levels of participation, yet its definition remains unclear. A further challenge relates to the methods needed to promote participation. Examining what co-creation represents for health promoters could help in both of these respects. Objectives and goals: This study explored how school health promotion professionals perceived and defined co-creation to gain insight into how to encourage co-creation processes in school-based health promotion. Methods: Qualitative data including documents and illustrations were collected during creative thinking activities undertaken with school health promotion professionals. All data collected were transcribed and analysed using a three-stage screening process. Results: Co-creation is a multi-dimensional construct. Based on our findings, it is a voluntary-based process of bottom-up collaboration informed by values of diversity, mutual trust, openness, autonomy, freedom, respect and shared expertise, responsibility and decision-making. Co-creation can result in out-of-the-box, new or improved tailored health-promoting practices and projects, which address a co-defined need, for the benefit of all members of the group. Conclusion: Co-creation is timely and key in school health promotion practices. Further research is needed into the specific competences needed to promote co-creation, as well as the methods used to evaluate achievements and added value of co-creation at different levels of implementation.

scholarly journals Health promotion actions in the School Health Program in Ceará: nursing contributions

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adna de Araújo Silva ◽  
Fabiane do Amaral Gubert ◽  
Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho ◽  
Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas ◽  
Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira-Meyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
School Health Program

ABSTRACT Objectives: to compare health promotion actions carried out by Family Health teams in Ceará, linked to the School Health Program. Methods: a cross-sectional study involving the first and second cycles of an external assessment of 910 and 1,626 teams from 184 municipalities, which joined the Brazilian National Program for Improvement of Access and Quality of Primary Care. Eight clinical assessment and seven health promotion indicators were assessed, together with health professionals working in schools. Results: the interviewees were nurses (95.6% and 98.3%). Between the cycles, there was an increase in clinical assessment (78.7% and 91.3%), health promotion and disease prevention (82.5% and 89.3%) and survey of students for follow-up (41.4% and 66.4%) in schools. Conclusions: health actions at school advanced between cycles, with nurses as protagonists in school health, which can reduce vulnerabilities in children and adolescents and qualify Primary Care.

Implementing and Evaluating the National Healthy School Program in England

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 250-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly K. Wicklander
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Program ◽  
Whole School ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Health Promotion In Schools ◽  
Whole School Approach

The purpose of this article is to trace development of the National Healthy School Program (NHSP) from a global concept to implementation at the local school level in England with a view toward clarifying and, more importantly, determining if implementation is proceeding as planned, as evidenced by the presence of process evaluation. The NHSP is designed to serve as a catalyst for health promotion in schools by identifying core health themes linked to evaluation principles in the whole-school approach. In this analysis, process evaluation of the NHSP whole-school approach indicates that program data are collected and recorded, but these data are not used to form an evidence-based program implementation strategy to transform the data into action. The NHSP brings valuable concepts to the global school health community that should be embraced because schools are increasingly being recognized as key settings for health promotion activities.

Abstract

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 180-181
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
School Setting ◽  
World Health ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Health Promoting Schools ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Organization

In Latin America, comprehensive health promotion programmes and activities are being implemented in the school setting, which take into account the conceptual framework of the Health-Promoting Schools Regional Initiative of the Pan American Health Organization, Regional office of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). These programmes help to strengthen the working relationships between the health and education sectors. The Health-Promoting Schools Regional Initiative, officially launched by PAHO/WHO in 1995, aims to form future generations to have the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary for promoting and caring for their health and that of their family and community, as well as to create and maintain healthy environments and communities. The Initiative focuses on three main components: comprehensive health education, the creation and maintenance of healthy physical and psychosocial environments, and the access to health and nutrition services, mental health, and active life. In 2001, PAHO conducted a survey in 19 Latin American countries to assess the status and trends of Health-Promoting Schools in the Region, for the appropriate regional, subregional, and national planning of pertinent health promotion and health education programmes and activities. The results of this survey provided information about policies and national plans, multisectoral coordination mechanisms for the support of health promotion in the school settings, the formation and participation in national and international networks of Health-Promoting Schools and about the level of dissemination of the strategy. For the successful development of Health-Promoting Schools is essential to involve the society as a whole, in order to mobilise human resources and materials necessary for implementing health promotion in the school settings. Thus, the constitution and consolidation of networks has been a facilitating mechanism for the exchange of ideas, resources and experiences to strengthen the work and commitment of all involved with the strategy. The Latin American and Caribbean Networks of Health-Promoting Schools were created to promote these exchanges and to support the integration of the national networks, to constitute multidirectional channels of communication that are linked and that converge for the improvement of education and health in the school setting. Networks meetings have been held between 1996 and 2004, where the work and topics of priority and interest have been addressed, methodologies have been disseminated, good practices have been shared, and National Commissions and participants have been strengthened. This article synthesises successful examples of countries that reflect health promotion activities in the school settings, as well as the development of Networks. It also notes the future prospects for strengthening the Health-Promoting Schools Regional Initiative.

Children as visionary change agents in Danish school health promotion

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. e18-e27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Tolnov Clausen ◽  
Carina Schmidt ◽  
Jens Aagaard-Hansen ◽  
Helene Christine Reinbach ◽  
Ulla Toft ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
School Environment ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Social Imagination ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Health Related

Summary This paper describes children’s perceptions and visions for a healthier social and physical environment in the setting of a primary school on the Danish island of Bornholm. Guided by an everyday-life perspective and applying participatory action research methods including social imagination and visual techniques within the framework of future creating workshops, the study engaged 50 children aged 6–9 years in creative processes of identifying health-related problem areas and solutions in their school setting. The study observed that the children were very capable of articulating their thoughts, ideas and visions for a better and healthier school environment. Identified problem areas and solutions differed widely and represented a broad perspective of health including social, physical, environmental and emotional aspects. The paper discusses advantages and challenges of involving children in decision-making processes and concludes that children are visionary and creative agents of change in health promotion projects provided that applied participatory methods are appealing to the children.

scholarly journals Collaborating With Youth in School Health Promotion Initiatives With Photovoice

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
Saria Lofton ◽  
Martha Dewey Bergren
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Critical Dialogue ◽  
School Settings

Photovoice, a community-based approach that is being embraced in school settings, can help to nurture collaborations with youth, particularly adolescents, and engage them in the development of social policy and health promotion projects. Photovoice is an approach that positions school nurses to inspire youth to take ownership of health promotion issues that directly affect them in the school and in their communities. Engaging youth in Photovoice not only allows advocates to directly work with youth but also promotes critical thinking and the exploration of topics that may not otherwise be considered. Photovoice raises awareness about issues through critical dialogue and is well suited to engage youth and provide a channel for youth to assert their voices.

Understanding the social context of school health promotion program implementation

2006 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Cargo ◽  
Jon Salsberg ◽  
Treena Delormier ◽  
Serge Desrosiers ◽  
Ann C. Macaulay
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
The Social

Bilingual and Monolingual Students' Perceptions of the CSD Major: A Qualitative Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Keshishian ◽  
Rebecca Wiseheart
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
School Setting ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bilingual Students ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Diverse Environment ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Areas Of Interest

There is a growing demand for bilingual services in speech-language pathology and audiology. To meet this growing demand, and given their critical role in the recruitment of more bilingual professionals, higher education institutions need to know more about bilingual students' impression of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) as a major. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate bilingual and monolingual undergraduate students' perceptions of the CSD major. One hundred and twenty-two students from a large university located in a highly multicultural metropolitan area responded to four open-ended questions aimed at discovering students' major areas of interest (and disinterest) as well as their motivations for pursuing a degree in CSD. Consistent with similar reports conducted outside the United States, students from this culturally diverse environment indicated choosing the major for altruistic reasons. A large percentage of participants were motivated by a desire to work with children, but not in a school setting. Although 42% of the participants were bilingual, few indicated an interest in taking an additional course in bilingual studies. Implications of these findings as well as practical suggestions for the recruitment of bilingual students are discussed.

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