Open Letters about Health Dialogues Reveal School Staff and Students' Expectations of School Health Promotion Leadership

Autor/inn/en	Kostenius, Catrine; Lundqvist, Catarina
Titel	Open Letters about Health Dialogues Reveal School Staff and Students' Expectations of School Health Promotion Leadership
Quelle	In: Health Education, 122 (2022) 3, S.318-334 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kostenius, Catrine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-4283
DOI	10.1108/HE-06-2020-0046
Schlagwörter	Health Promotion; Student Attitudes; Expectation; Letters (Correspondence); Content Analysis; Leadership Role; Dialogs (Language); Educational Environment; Comprehensive School Health Education; Instructional Leadership; School Nurses; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Grade 7; High School Students; Teacher Attitudes; School Policy; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Schülerverhalten; Expectancy; Erwartung; Brief; Inhaltsanalyse; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lehrerverhalten; Schulpolitik; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Purpose: This study explores to what extent health promotion policy in practice and leadership engagement is reflected in school actors' experiences of health dialogues (HDs) and their ideas about promoting health and learning in schools. Design/methodology/approach: The 93 participants consisted of 44 school nurses, 37 students in grades 4, 7 or the first year of high school and 12 teachers, who shared their experiences with HDs by writing open letters. Findings: The qualitative content analysis resulted in four themes: Putting health on the agenda, Finding a common goal, Walking side by side and Pointing out a healthy direction. The participants' expectations of school health promotion leadership are revealed in suggestions on how the HDs can fulfill both the educational assignment and promote student health. Practical implications: Based on the findings, we argue that for successful school health promotion leaders need to acknowledge the field of tension where leadership has to take place, anchor health promotion policy and administer "a Sandwich approach" -- a top-down and bottom-up leadership simultaneously that facilitates school-based health promotion. Originality/value: When different school actors (school nurses, teachers and students) are given a voice, a collective picture of HDs can emerge and help develop health promotion practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01