Teachers as health promoters: Factors that influence early career teachers to engage with health and wellbeing education

Byrne, Jennifer Anne; Rietdijk, Willeke; Pickett, Karen

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2017.10.020

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“…Firstly, pre-service training of teachers on MHM with knowledge assessment at regular intervals is a crucial step in this regard since teachers are viewed as health promoters [195,207]. Teachers' knowledge assessment can be a part of the regular school education surveys [13].…”

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Menstrual Hygiene Preparedness Among Schools in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of System-and Policy-Level Actions

Sharma

Mehra

Brusselaers

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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With increasing girls’ enrolment in schools, school preparedness to ensure a menstrual friendly environment is crucial. The study aimed to conduct a systematic review regarding the existing evidence on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) across schools in India. It further aimed to highlight the actions that have been taken by the government to improve the MHM situation in India. We conducted the systematic literature search using PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science for searching the peer-reviewed articles and Google Scholar for anecdotal reports published from inception until 30 October 2019. Of 1125 publications retrieved through the search, 183 papers were included in this review, using a priori created data-extraction form. Meta-analysis was used to estimate the pooled prevalence (PP) of MHM practices in schools. Less than half of the girls were aware of menstruation before menarche (PP 0.45, 0.39 to 0.51, I2 = 100.0%, n = 122). Teachers were a less common source of information about menstruation to girls (PP 0.07, 0.05 to 0.08, I2 = 100.0%, n = 86). Separate toilets for girls were present in around half of the schools (PP 0.56, 0.42 to 0.75, I2 100.0%, n = 11). MHM in schools should be strengthened with convergence between various departments for explicit implementation of guidelines.

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Menstrual Hygiene Preparedness Among Schools in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of System-and Policy-Level Actions

Sharma

Mehra

Brusselaers

et al. 2020

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“…[68][69][70] Working for prevention and bringing health information to students represents an intrinsic ethical duty for any scholastic institution, so that teachers -who are already recognized as "promoters of culture" -should become also "health promoters" and "emotional trainers" of their students. 71 Health education should inform the ordinary teaching activities, becoming part of the daily work of school staff, who have the responsibility to guide students towards the adoption of healthy lifestyles, developing all their cognitive, affective, spiritual and social aspects, especially in a context characterized by an increasing absence of parental support at home. [72][73][74] Indeed, effective school-based preventive approaches are those that raise students' motivation towards healthy habits and foster their critical thinking about harmful consequences of the most common risky behaviours.…”

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School as ideal setting to promote health and wellbeing among young people

Pulimeno

Piscitelli

Colazzo

et al. 2020

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Background: Nowadays, young people face several health challenges. As children and teenagers spend most of their time in the classroom, schools may have the opportunity to positively influence students’ quality of life, playing a crucial role in fostering their health. The aim of this review was to analyze evidence that demonstrated why school is the ideal setting for thepromotion of young generations’ wellbeing. Methods: We have reviewed the available literature about health promotion in school setting, searching for articles and books published from 1977 to 2020. A total of 74 articles and 17books were selected and assessed. Results: The promotion of students’ wellbeing could reduce the prevalence of measurable unhealthy outcomes and improve their academic achievements. At least 80% of all cases of heart diseases, strokes, type 2 diabetes and one third of all cancers can be prevented through health education. In this perspective, primary prevention and health promotion should start as early as possible, finding in the school the ideal setting of action. Effective school-based preventive approaches should raise students’ motivation towards a personal interiorization of health knowledge and develop in young people a critical thinking about harmful consequences of the most common risky behaviours. Educators should receive adequate training concerning health topics and become expert in the most innovative approaches to effectively engage students in adopting healthy lifestyles. Conclusion: As primary educational institution, school should integrate students’ health promotion in its ordinary teaching and learning practices in the perspective of "better health through better schools".

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“…In order to understand the reasons of teachers' neglection of health-preserving competence development. Byrne et al (2018) studied the factors that influenced early career teachers' engagement with health and wellbeing education. He concluded that pre-service teachers were not enough taught the range of health preserving educational technologies that causes the misunderstanding of primary teachers' role and physical training teachers' role in the development of the health-preserving competence in children.…”

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Pre-Service Teachers Training for Efficient Health Promoting School Activities Performance

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Slyvka

Hamerska

2020

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Teachers as health promoters: Factors that influence early career teachers to engage with health and wellbeing education

Cited by 27 publications

References 45 publications

Menstrual Hygiene Preparedness Among Schools in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of System-and Policy-Level Actions

Menstrual Hygiene Preparedness Among Schools in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of System-and Policy-Level Actions

School as ideal setting to promote health and wellbeing among young people

Pre-Service Teachers Training for Efficient Health Promoting School Activities Performance

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