scholarly journals A Critical Examination of School-based Physiotherapists’ Perceived Aptitude and Willingness to Facilitate Health and Wellness Promotion

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Jessica Bender ◽  
Chris Cale ◽  
Shannon Groff ◽  
Sunddip Panesar-Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Wellness Programs ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Wellness Promotion ◽  
School Based

Placing value on the health and wellness of Children with Disabilities (CWD) should be a core societal value. Twenty percent of children with disabilities aged 10 to 17 are obese. Decreased access to developmentally appropriate recreational activities, and inexperienced instructors lack of knowledge to effectively support their inclusion are barriers to their participation. School-based Physical Therapists (SBPT) are in a distinctive position to provide appropriate and modified fitness programs for children with disabilities. The purpose of this basic qualitative design study was to determine SBPTs’ perspectives on their aptitude and willingness to facilitate fitness, health, and wellness promotion programs for CWD. Social cognitive theory was used as the theoretical grounding for the conceptual framework of this research. The conceptual framework that guided this research was constructed from a combination of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health for Children and Youth and the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program conceptual framework. Purposive sampling yielded 12 participants who took part in semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed through Colaizzi’s seven step method. Results showed that SBPTs felt capable and willing to provide fitness, health, and wellness programs for CWD. Results support findings from the literature that suggest SBPTs are underutilized in the school setting and are equipped to facilitate fitness, health, and wellness initiatives for CWD. Findings inform stakeholders on strategies to steer SBPTs’ role as healthcare professionals in an educational environment. This research brings increased awareness to the potential contribution of SBPTs to partner with schools and families to facilitate fitness, health, and wellness programs for CWD.

scholarly journals Critically Examining the Person–Environment Relationship and Implications of Intersectionality for Participation in Children's Rehabilitation Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meaghan Reitzel ◽  
Lori Letts ◽  
Briano Di Rezze ◽  
Michelle Phoenix
Keyword(s):  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Positive Functional ◽  
Intersectionality Theory ◽  
Outcomes For Children ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Children’S Rehabilitation

Participation of children in rehabilitation services is associated with positive functional and developmental outcomes for children with disabilities. Participation in therapy is at risk when the personal and environmental contexts of a child create barriers to accessing services. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides a framework for conceptualizing the personal and environmental factors linked to a child. However, it does not facilitate critical examination of the person–environment relationship and its impact on participation in children's rehabilitation. This perspective study proposes the use of intersectionality theory as a critical framework in complement with the ICF to examine the impact of systemic inequities on the participation in therapy for children with disabilities. Clinicians are called to be critical allies working alongside children and families to advocate for inclusive participation in children's rehabilitation by identifying and transforming systemic inequities in service delivery.

Childhood Weight Management for School Health Nurses and School Children in Malaysia: A conceptual framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (13) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Norimah Said ◽  
Norazmir Md Nor ◽  
Siti Sabariah Buhari ◽  
Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Health ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Childhood Weight

In developing an effective Chidhood weight management, it needs to be based on a theory. The Social Cognitive theory (SCT) and Urie Bronfenbrenner model with integrated Kolb's model of Learning Styles and Experiential Learning is used in this study to modify and make changes to the personal factor influences such as knowledge, attitude and expectations, behavior modification and environmental influences among overweight and obese school children. The aim of this study is to provide a new model for the professional development role of the nurses in the School Health Program (SHP) and health education promotion towards obese school children to improve their quality of life. Furthermore, in this study SHP and future health education and promotion are integrated with the role of SHN to facilitate the effective management of childhood obesity. Keywords: obesity; school children; school nurses; conceptual framework;weight management eISSN 2514-7528 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v4i13.331

scholarly journals Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1008
Author(s):  
Patricia Grady-Dominguez ◽  
Jo Ragen ◽  
Julia Sterman ◽  
Grace Spencer ◽  
Paul Tranter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
School Based Intervention ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Shared Beliefs ◽  
School Based ◽  
Risky Play ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Cross Case Analysis

Risky play is challenging, exciting play with the possibility of physical, social, or emotional harm. Through risky play, children learn, develop, and experience wellbeing. Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities than their typically developing peers to engage in this beneficial type of play. Our team designed a novel, school-based intervention to address this disparity; however, our intervention yielded unexpected quantitative results. In the present study, we qualitatively examined divergent results at two of the five schools that participated in the intervention. Specifically, we aimed to explore how staff culture (i.e., shared beliefs, values, and practices) influenced the intervention. To explore this relationship, we employed a retrospective, qualitative, multiple case study. We used thematic analysis of evaluative interviews with staff members to elucidate the cultures at each school. Then, we used cross-case analysis to understand the relationships between aspects of staff culture and the intervention’s implementation and results. We found that staff cultures around play, risk, disability influenced the way, and the extent to which, staff were willing to let go and allowed children to engage in risky play. Adults’ beliefs about the purpose of play and recess, as well as their expectations for children with disabilities, particularly influenced the intervention. Furthermore, when the assumptions of the intervention and the staff culture did not align, the intervention could not succeed. The results of this study highlight the importance of (1) evaluating each schools’ unique staff culture before implementing play-focused interventions and (2) tailoring interventions to meet the needs of individual schools.

The Delphi Process: Involving Parents of Children With Disabilities in Participatory Consensus Building

2021 ◽  
pp. 105345122110249
Author(s):  
Vita L. Jones ◽  
Randall Boone ◽  
Regina R. Brandon ◽  
Nicole Dobbins ◽  
Kyle Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
School Policy ◽  
Delphi Process ◽  
Parental Participation ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
School Based ◽  
Diverse Background

Educators recognize that parental participation is a critical factor in the success of children within a school setting. This is particularly true for parents who have children with disabilities or who are from a culturally or linguistically diverse background. However, reaching out to these families can be a difficult task even for the most empathetic and concerned educator. And while communicating directly with individual parents about their children’s academic and social welfare provides some degree of effective engagement and communication between them and the school, the parents often remain isolated from the concerns and thoughts of other parents who are in similar situations. The Delphi process described in this article creates a collaborative workspace that moves parents from being a “watcher” of school policy or school-based decisions to a “developer” of school policy or school-based decisions. The article outlines and illustrates the steps in the process and further elaborates through an ongoing commentary depicting the creation and implementation of a Delphi with the goal of better engagement with parents.

scholarly journals The Potential Contribution of Current Health Care Zeitgeists to the Success of Health and Wellness Coaches

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 456-458
Author(s):  
Jon P. Gray ◽  
Katherine R. Arlinghaus ◽  
Craig A. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Extended Care

Chronic disease is challenging to treat because treatment often requires lifestyle behavior changes. In recent years the use of health and wellness coaches (HWC) has emerged as a way to support patients making behavioral changes. The use of HWCs has resulted in improved management of chronic disease for many patients. The success of HWCs is often thought to be due to the extended care they provide and the behavioral modification techniques they promote such as goal setting and self-monitoring. This article describes how HWC’s conformity to the current health care zeitgeist of personalized, holistic care may be another reason for their success.

scholarly journals Towards Corporate Wellness: Health Culture and Wellness Programs

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Mazur ◽  
Marta Mazur-Małek
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Wellness Programs ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Health It ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Corporate Wellness ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
Company Culture ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Promoting

AbstractThe aim of the article is to present wellness programs as means leading to the creation of culture of health in organizations. The notion of culture of health is becoming increasingly important for companies as statistics show that the number of health-related work problems is steadily increasing. As a result, labor costs are systematically increasing. To tackle this problem, companies began to introduce health and wellness programs to improve the psychophysical health of their employees. The article includes an overview of the concept of health-promoting company culture. It also identifies factors determining its success among employees, defines factors that limit employee participation and presents good practices for disease prevention through employee-oriented programs. This article is based on a literature review, including both: literature and statistical data available in official data bases. In many cases, research confirms the usefulness of wellness programs in the process of building a corporate culture of health. It also shows factors limiting the usability of such programs, which leads to companies being able to develop and improve.

scholarly journals Using the ICF-CY to Support Inclusive Education in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiana Okyere ◽  
Catherine Donnelly ◽  
Heather Michelle Aldersey
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The World ◽  
Education In Ghana ◽  
Health Organization

The international classification of functioning, disability, and health for children and youth (ICF-CY) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) is a framework for understanding concepts of disability specific to children and youth. This framework has been used in countries around the world to support the education of children with disabilities. In this article, we argue that the ICF-CY has the potential to inform and support Ghana’s education system and to improve the implementation of education for children with disabilities, particularly inclusive education, in Ghana. Specifically, we use children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) as an exemplar to examine how the ICF-CY can support inclusive education for children with disabilities within its main components: Body Functions and Structures, Activities and Participation, Environmental Factors, and Personal Factors. Examining the ICF-CY in these areas is significant, as many similar low- and middle-income contexts have yet to adopt the framework and may draw insights and lessons for its significance in educational contexts.

scholarly journals Ideology, Discourse, and Cultural Studies: The Contribution of Michel Pêcheux

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Montgomery ◽  
Stuart Allan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Current Movement ◽  
A Current

Abstract: This article offers an evaluative assessment of the potential contribution of Michel Pêcheux's research to a current movement within cultural studies to secure a conceptual framework for the critical discourse analysis of the linguistic mechanisms of ideology (examples of which are drawn from news accounts). Résumé: Cet article propose une appréciation et une évaluation de la contribution potentielle qu'apportent les travaux de recherche de Michel Pêcheux à un courant actuel des études sur la culture qui vise à appuyer sur un cadre conceptuel toute analyse critique du discours et des mécanismes linguistiques d'une idéologie (des exemples sont tirés des compte rendus de nouvelles).

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