School Health Promotion Policies and Adolescent Risk Behaviors in Israel: A Multilevel Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 435-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riki Tesler ◽  
Yossi Harel-Fisch ◽  
Orna Baron-Epel
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Promotion Policies ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Adolescent Risk Behaviors

scholarly journals Clustering Lifestyle Risk Behaviors among Vietnamese Adolescents and Roles of School: A Bayesian Multilevel Analysis of Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quynh Long Khuong ◽  
Ngoc-Anh Hoang Thi ◽  
Hong Phuong Nguyen ◽  
Tuyet Hanh Tran Thi ◽  
Kidong Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
School Health ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Student Health ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
School Based ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
Lifestyle Risk

Background: Adolescence is a vulnerable period for many lifestyle risk behaviors. In this study, we investigated the clustering of risk behaviors and role of the school health promotion programs among adolescents in Vietnam. Methods: We analyzed data of 7,541 adolescents aged 13-17y from the 2019 nationally representative Global School-based Student Health Survey, conducted in 20 provinces and cities in Vietnam. We applied the latent class analysis to identify groups of clustering and used Bayesian 2-level logistic regressions to evaluate the effects of school health promotion programs on these clusters. We reassessed the school effect size by incorporating different informative priors to the Bayesian models. Findings: The most frequent lifestyle risk behavior among Vietnamese adolescents was unhealthy diet (~67%), followed by sedentary behavior (37% in boys and 48% in girls) and low fruit/vegetable intake (~31%). More than half of students had a cluster of at least two risk factors and a quarter with three risk factors. Latent class analysis detected 18% boys and 15% girls being at high-risk of lifestyle behaviors. Consistent through different priors, high quality of health promotion programs associated with lower the odds of lifestyle risk behaviors (highest quality schools vs. lowest quality schools; boys: Odds ratio (OR) = 0.69, 95% Highest Density Interval (HDI): 0.49 - 0.99; girls: OR = 0.62, 95% HDI: 0.42 - 0.92). Interpretation: Our findings demonstrated the clustering of specific lifestyle risk behaviors among Vietnamese adolescents, suggesting a special need for required courses in schools and join interventions that target sex-specific multiple risk behaviors.

scholarly journals Associations between Perceived Child-Parent Relationships and School Engagement among 9–11 Aged Children

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 595
Author(s):  
Pirita Markkula ◽  
Anja Rantanen ◽  
Anna-Maija Koivisto ◽  
Katja Joronen
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Confidence Intervals ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
School Health ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Parent Relationships ◽  
School Burnout ◽  
Finnish Study

School engagement has been shown to protect students from dropping out of education, depression and school burnout. The aim of this Finnish study was to explore the association between child-parent relationships and how much 99,686 children aged 9–11 years liked school. The data were based on the 2019 School Health Promotion Study, conducted by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. This asked children whether they liked school or not and about their child-parent relationships. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine the data separately for boys and girls and the results are presented as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). According to the results, girls showed more school engagement than boys (81.9% versus 74.0%), and it was more common in children who felt that their parents communicated with them in a supportive way. This association was slightly stronger for girls than boys (OR 2.46 95% CI 2.33–2.59 versus OR 2.10 95% CI 2.02–2.20). It is important that child-parent relationships and communication are considered during school health examinations, so that children who have lower support at home can be identified.

Predicting Adolescent Risk Behaviors Based on an Ecological Framework and Assets

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda M. Reininger ◽  
Alexandra E. Evans ◽  
Sarah F. Griffin ◽  
Maureen Sanderson ◽  
Murray L. Vincent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Adolescent Risk Behaviors

The role of principals in school health promotion in South Africa: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siphokazi Kwatubana ◽  
Velaphi Aaron Nhlapo ◽  
Nomsa Moteetee
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Professional Teacher

PurposeSchool principals are presumed to be pillars of school health promotion implementation. Their understanding of their role could enhance school health promotion. This study aims to investigate how principals understood their role in school health promotion.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six school principals who participated and completed the first cycle of the Continuous Professional Teacher Development programme that was offered by the South African Council of Educators. Snowball sampling was used to sample participants.FindingsThe findings of this study showed that principals did not differentiate between concepts of health-promoting schools and school health promotion, the meaning was the same for them. They focused on any health improvement within the schools, regardless of its conceptual nature. The second finding pertains to the role of the principal as a manager, while the third was on expedition of collaborations and partnerships.Research limitations/implicationsThis research was limited to school principals who completed the Continuous Professional Teacher Development programme. It, therefore, does not include perceptions of other principals.Originality/valueThe study findings suggest that despite inability of schools in poor communities to implement effective school health programmes, the principals of the sampled schools were aware of their roles. This is positive, as the efforts to enhance health promotion initiatives would focus on developing and empowering principals to improve their performance.

Children as change agents for family health

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 498-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisette Burrows
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Family Health ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agents Of Change

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore ways in which children and young people are being positioned as change agents for families through school health promotion initiatives in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach The paper maps and describes the kinds of policies and initiatives that directly or indirectly regard children as conduits of healthy eating and exercise messages/practices for families. Drawing on post-structural theoretical frameworks, it explores what these resources suggest in terms of how healthy families should live. Findings Families are positioned as central to school health promotion initiatives in New Zealand, especially in relation to obesity prevention policies and strategies. Children are further positioned as agents of change for families in many of the resources/policies/initiatives reviewed. They are represented as key transmitters and translators of school-based health knowledge and as capable of, and responsible for, helping their families eat well and exercise more. Social implications While recognising children’s agency and capacity to translate health messages is a powerful and welcome message at one level, the author need to consider the implications of requiring children to convey health information, to judge their family practices and, at times, to be expected to change these. This may create anxiety, family division and expect too much of children. Originality/value The paper takes a novel post-structural perspective on a familiar health promotion issue. Given the proliferation of family-focussed health initiatives in New Zealand and elsewhere, this perspective may help us to explore, critique and understand more fully how children are expected to be engaged in these initiatives, and the potentially harmful implications of these expectations.

scholarly journals Mindful Parenting and Parents’ Emotion Expression: Effects on Adolescent Risk Behaviors

Mindfulness ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 246-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin C. Turpyn ◽  
Tara M. Chaplin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Emotion Expression ◽  
Mindful Parenting ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Adolescent Risk Behaviors
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