scholarly journals Parent involvement with children's health promotion: the Minnesota Home Team.

1988 ◽  
Vol 78 (9) ◽  
pp. 1156-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
C L Perry ◽  
R V Luepker ◽  
D M Murray ◽  
C Kurth ◽  
R Mullis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Home Team

Parent Involvement with Children's Health Promotion: A One-Year Follow-up of the Minnesota Home Team

1989 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Perry ◽  
Russell V. Luepker ◽  
David M. Murray ◽  
Marsha D. Hearn ◽  
Andrew Halper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Home Team ◽  
One Year

Defining Taiwanese children’s health literacy abilities from a health promotion perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Ling Liao ◽  
Chieh-Hsing Liu ◽  
Chi-Chia Cheng ◽  
Tzu-Chau Chang
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Measurement Tool

Background: Health literacy is related to health inequality, health behaviors, and health status. Globally, health literacy has primarily focused on adults and has been based on the medical model. It is necessary to understand children’s life experiences as they relate to health; thus, this study attempted to evaluate and describe the health literacy abilities of sixth-graders in Taiwan. Methods: Interviews were conducted with 10 teachers and 11 caregivers, and focus groups were conducted with 32 children. Health literacy abilities corresponding to real-life situations were identified from life skills and the Taiwanese Curriculum Guidelines for health education. Three expert meetings were held to redefine children’s health literacy using a health promotion perspective and confirmed indicators. Results: An operational definition of three aspects of children’s health literacy and 25 abilities was proposed: 11 functional health literacy abilities (e.g. understands the connection between personal health care behaviors and health); seven interactive health literacy abilities (e.g. obtains and understands information from various channels); and seven critical health literacy abilities (e.g. analyzes the relationship between personal needs and diet choices for a balanced diet). These indicators cover 10 health education categories. Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of understanding Taiwanese children’s health literacy, and the urgency of developing an appropriate measurement tool. The definition and indicators in this study were identified using a child-centered approach focusing on children’s real-life experiences. The result serves as a solid basis for the development of the Taiwan Children’s Health Literacy Scale, and provides information for the decision-making sector on health education.

scholarly journals Program Usaha Kesehatan Sekolah: Upaya Kolaboratif Untuk Kesehatan Anak

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 475
Author(s):  
Nurochim Nurochim ◽  
Siti Ngaisah Nurochim
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
School Health ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
School Based ◽  
Policy Guideline

This article aims to examine the importance of school-based health promotion as an effort to improve children's health. To improve children's health through school institutions, a policy guideline that is guided by them is needed. Institutional theory is used in this article to describe how efforts to improve student health. Literature relating to students' health conditions and the implementation of health promotion is used as a database in this article. Furthermore, the data from various literatures were analyzed qualitatively based on the study group. It can be concluded that health promotion to improve the quality of health can be carried out through the School Health Promotion. Management with a Joint Regulatio of 4 (four) Ministers, namely the Ministry of Education and Culture; Ministry of Religion, Ministry of Health, and Ministry of Home Affairs. The joint regulation is one of the strengths in institutionalizing programs, namely rules or policies. Policies on school-based health education provide detailed guidance, so that actors can act systematically. With systematic action it can influence social networking and cross-sectoral coordination.

Health concepts among socially disadvantaged children in France, Germany and Switzerland

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke Grimminger-Seidensticker ◽  
Monica Aceti ◽  
Sandrine Knobé ◽  
Gilles Vieille Marchiset
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
National Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Health Concepts

Summary As health concepts develop through exposure to, and experience with particular contexts, and as health concepts influence health behaviour, it is important for actors in health promotion programmes to understand an individual’s health concepts. This study focussed on health concepts among socially disadvantaged children in France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland—a hitherto less researched population group. We conducted focus groups with a total of 167 children aged 7–11 years (mean=8.76 years, SD=0.68). The aim of this study was to explore if the life situation across four different countries leads to similar health concepts, and how the particular, national health discourses are reflected in the children’s health concepts. The data were analysed through a structured qualitative content analysis and revealed four categories: ‘Symbols/symptoms of health/illness’, ‘Emotionality’, ‘Healthy/unhealthy practices’, and ‘Consequences of health problems’. The children’s health concepts are linked to concrete events and objects, and they are able to think in logical sequences. However, the children’s causal argumentation is uni-dimensional; they do not cover the complexity of the development of health problems. In particular, overweight stands for illness and is exclusively the result of unhealthy practices. In their concepts, the children reflect the national health promotion programme discourses about overweight. They seem to understand the messages of health education as ‘behaving well means being healthy’; however, such a health education message initiates accusations of ‘unhealthy persons’. In consequence, challenges for sensitive health education programmes (at school) are discussed.

scholarly journals Integrating child’s health promotion in schools – local mechanisms and strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Kerschbaumer ◽  
S Gell ◽  
A Nesimovic ◽  
E Röthlingshofer ◽  
R Heiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
School Program ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Quality Label ◽  
Health Promotion In Schools

Abstract Background Evidence shows the importance of promoting awareness towards healthy nutrition; sports and health literacy in childhood, as early-incorporated behaviour often shape life-long behaviour patterns. Despite the legally formulated mission by the Austrian government to promote children's health, the available support for this purpose is still disproportionate and does not meet the expectations and demands of health care experts, insurances, and teaching staff regarding the pace and consistency of implementing necessary measures. Thus, local and regional stakeholders (e.g., insurances or education departments) are indispensable to accelerate implementation in the federal province of Tyrol. One measure is the “Quality Label Healthy School Program” which contains a strict set of requirements (e.g. healthy snacks/drinks; psychosocial health, sports and so forth) to promote the overall health of children. Methods We conducted 11 focus groups with five Participants on average to explore enabling and restricting factors, which may determine the successful implementation of the healthy school program. We recruited schools who joined the quality label and invited directly involved teachers as a source to provide insights into the practices, restricting and enabling factors for various health promotion measures. For processing the data, we used partially content analytical tools and the documentary method. Results Influencing factors include: a) lack of resource provision b) creativity in devising strategies for health promotion c) decision-making sovereignty d) support from local authorities & parents e) collaboration & networks f) school-specific needs & circumstances g) Workload & capacity and h) professional ethics. Conclusions Despite the lack of national support for required efforts, local authorities, health insurances and education departments developed own mechanisms and creative strategies to implement child health promotion. Key messages Local authorities, health insurances and education departments developed own mechanisms to promote child’s health and the teaching staff established creative strategies for its implementation. Despite the existing legally formulated mission to promote children's health in Austria, the national support made available for this purpose is still disproportionate to the required efforts.

scholarly journals Parental Self-Efficacy—A Predictor of Children's Health Behaviors? Its Impact on Children's Physical Activity and Screen Media Use and Potential Interaction Effect Within a Health Promotion Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Kieslinger ◽  
Olivia Wartha ◽  
Olga Pollatos ◽  
Jürgen M. Steinacker ◽  
Susanne Kobel
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Intervention Effect ◽  
Screen Media ◽  
Screen Media Use

Insufficient physical activity (PA) and increased screen media use (SMU) can have detrimental effects on children's health. Parental self-efficacy (PSE) can act as an important predictor for a healthy upbringing. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of PSE on children's PA and SMU. Additionally, a moderating effect of PSE on the intervention effect of the health promotion program “Join the Healthy Boat” was examined. Using a prospective randomized controlled trial, 558 kindergarten children (3.6 years [SD = 0.6]) were examined. Data was collected using parental self-report. A significant influence of PSE on children's PA (B = 0.33, p = 0.025) and children's SMU (B = 0.42, p = 0.006) was found. The moderating effect of PSE on the intervention effect was neither significantly related to children's PA (p = 0.360) nor to children's SMU (p = 0.531). This confirms the importance of PSE on children's health development. Despite the lack of a moderating effect, interventions should also promote healthy activity behaviors and self-efficacy for parents in order to engage children in a healthy lifestyle.

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