Developing and Sustaining a Healthy School Community: Essential Elements Identified by School Health Champions

Autor/inn/en	Stolp, Sean; Wilkins, Emma; Raine, Kim D.
Titel	Developing and Sustaining a Healthy School Community: Essential Elements Identified by School Health Champions
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 74 (2015) 3, S.299-311 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896914541818
Schlagwörter	School Health Services; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Focus Groups; Stakeholders; Participation; Human Resources; Cooperation; Peer Influence; Administrator Role; Teacher Role; Student Role; Semi Structured Interviews; Coding; Educational Environment; Health Promotion; Rural Schools; Urban Schools; School Districts; Educational Resources; Elementary Secondary Education; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schuleingangsuntersuchung; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Teilnahme; Humankapital; Co-operation; Kooperation; Lehrerrolle; Codierung; Programmierung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsmittel; Kanada
Abstract	Background: Comprehensive School Health (CSH) approaches to developing a healthy school community can be effective in supporting chronic disease prevention while positively impacting on student behaviour and academic performance. Although a CSH framework provides principles for action, there is a lack of evidence regarding the processes that best facilitate CSH work, and enable action. Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the elements of practice-based evidence that contribute to the success and sustainability of healthy school communities, through the identification of positive practices and lessons learned from a sample of projects in Alberta, Canada. Setting: School communities in Alberta, Canada. Design and methods: Key individuals from a list of operating CSH projects were invited for interview. An exploratory, qualitative design examined the perspectives of these "school health champions". A total of 12 one-on-one interviews and one focus group with seven participants were completed, resulting in input from 19 individuals in total. Results: Elements to develop and sustain a healthy school community fall into one of two categories: (1) stakeholder buy-in and (2) adequate resources in the form of human resources, partnerships and peer support. Participants identified successful strategies for establishing buy-in from administrators, teachers, parents and students. Conclusion: To effectively mobilise a comprehensive school health framework, practical strategies for implementation are needed. While some of these strategies are context-specific, practice-based evidence that transcends the local context does exist and can be used more widely to support the development of a healthy school community. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01