Youth Participatory Action Research as a Catalyst for Health Promotion in a Rural South African School

Autor/inn/en	Mathikithela, Maite; Wood, Lesley
Titel	Youth Participatory Action Research as a Catalyst for Health Promotion in a Rural South African School
Quelle	In: Qualitative Research in Education, 10 (2021) 2, S.144-171 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wood, Lesley)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2014-6418
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Schools; Participatory Research; Action Research; Health Promotion; Grade 10; Social Problems; Well Being; Art Activities; Consciousness Raising; Educational Environment; School Buildings; Exercise; Student Participation; Youth Programs; Social Change; High School Students; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Forschungstätigkeit; Projektforschung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Bewusstseinsbildung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; School building; Schulgebäude; Übung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Jugendsofortprogramm; Sozialer Wandel; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Rural schools in South Africa face many social and environmental challenges which impact negatively on learner wellbeing and performance. Given the severity and history of these problems, the situation is unlikely to change in the near future. Yet, schools are supposed to be enabling environments, providing holistic support to learners from communities plagued by severe economic, health and social challenges. A different strategy is clearly needed to promote the health and wellbeing of learners. Youth participatory action research (YPAR) appears to offer a plausible approach to kick start improved, health-promoting responses from within the school. We facilitated a YPAR process with volunteer learners from Grade 10 to find out how they could begin to transform their rural school. Using arts-based methods, the learners were successful in raising awareness of the negative effects they were suffering as a result of the poor social-emotional climate in the school, the unsanitary facilities and the lack of opportunities to engage in physical exercise. The actions they took to address these issues were a catalyst for ongoing positive change in the school. The findings add to literature about how YPAR can make schools more enabling spaces. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01