School Health Promotion at the Time of COVID-19: An Exploratory Investigation with School Leaders and Teachers

Abstract

The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted the entire school population’s emotions and the disruption of the organization of the school world. In this context it is important to reflect on the role of health promotion at school. The present study aimed at exploring school leaders’ and teachers’ perspectives and experiences about COVID-19 pandemic and its effects in the school and education system. The first objective was to gather the experience of school leaders regarding the change in school organization, with particular attention to organizational and health promotion aspects. The second was to investigate the perception of health promotion and self-efficacy of teachers in primary, middle and high schools. The research was conducted using qualitative (focus groups for the school leaders) and quantitative methods (questionnaires for the teachers). The findings showed new ways of improving wellbeing at school and implementing health promotion through the sharing of good practice between school leaders. The need for time and space to reflect among school leaders on the educational and didactic aspects of school organization also emerged. Teachers showed a low to medium level of self-efficacy regarding the adoption of strategies in line with health promotion; specificities for each grade and level will be discussed.

A Grounded Theory on School Nursing Experiences With Major Pandemic Diseases

“…21 Due to the pandemic, reduced physical activity, irregular sleep patterns, unbalanced diet, long-term stress, and isolation negatively affected the health of students. 18 The actions of nurses in schools showed that health education played an important role in promoting physical activity, nutritional habits and social interaction, and developing healthy coping skills. 31 Health professionals during the pandemic had a significant impact on supporting student health through distance learning about health.…”

“…In addition, students’ overall health is worsening due to the pandemic. 18 This means that school nurses need a new approach for health promotion. 19 Therefore, we intended to explore the accessibility of school nurses as a health promotion tool in the context of a school pandemic.…”

Influence of Resilience on Burnout Syndrome of Faculty Professors

“…Specifically, in the hypotheses examined, results followed the predicted pathway [ 90 , 92 ]. in previous research, they were treated as subsets of latent variables [ 93 , 94 ].…”

“…Professors who suffer high levels of indolence have a low service rate and produce a higher rate of complaints and less motivation in students. On the contrary, Evidence also indicates that resilience is essential in managing indolence in teachers [ 93 , 94 ].…”

Educational Effects of Simulation and Non-Simulation Training in Airway Management according to Levels of the Kirkpatrick Model: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

“…Nevertheless, Sim in airway management has been adopted by many healthcare organizations and is expected to become increasingly popular in the coming years [ 6 , 7 , 15 ]. However, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected various educational settings and the availability of in-person instruction, including medical education [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Sim conducted face to face is often withheld to prevent the spread of infection between instructors and learners or between learners.…”