Health Education beyond the School Gates: Use of School Newsletters to Communicate Health Messages to Parents and Their Families

Autor/inn/en	Merga, Margaret K.; Hu, Qi Mei
Titel	Health Education beyond the School Gates: Use of School Newsletters to Communicate Health Messages to Parents and Their Families
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 60 (2016) 1, S.73-85 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
DOI	10.1177/0004944115627567
Schlagwörter	Health Education; Health Promotion; Newsletters; Communication Strategies; Family School Relationship; Parent School Relationship; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; Mental Health; Physical Health; Nutrition; Body Weight; Bullying; Traffic Safety; Prevention; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Kommunikationsstrategie; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Psychohygiene; Gesundheitszustand; Ernährung; Körpergewicht; Mobbing; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Western Australian schools are expected to educate beyond the classroom context, promoting the health of students, their families and their communities. Little is known about the frequency with which schools employ newsletters to communicate health messages. This content analysis draws from a sample of 70 newsletters from 46 diverse Western Australian schools, to explore the frequency with which health messages were communicated. Across an average of 1.3 newsletters per school during the November period, 48 instances of a health-promoting message were identified, giving an average of 0.69 health-promoting messages per newsletter. This result suggests that school newsletters may be under-utilised as a mechanism for health promotion within school communities. While mental health issues were explored to the greatest extent, a number of areas, such as smoking, alcohol and substance abuse and sun safety received limited attention. Health-promoting messages about driver road safety were comparatively highly represented in the sample, which was unanticipated. While this paper offers insight into the frequency of health message communication through newsletters, and the kinds of messages being transmitted, longitudinal research in this area could provide further insight, in addition to examination of parental perceptions of school newsletter mediated health messages. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01