Healthy Learners in Schools Program: New Brunswick's Comprehensive School Health Approach
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify facilitating and inhibiting factors of the implementation of the Healthy Learners in Schools Program (HLSP) - a Comprehensive School Health approach - in two Elementary schools in New Brunswick, Canada. Four teachers and two principals participated in semi-structured interviews to discuss the HSLP. Factors identified included: lack of knowledge pertaining to the HLSP; environmental factors; support from the administration, school community and student’ families; teachers’ and principals’ individual attributes; and organizational factors. Health promotion in schools needs to become a priority for programs such as the HLSP to become apparent and consciously implemented in schools and for school staff and members of the school community to be aware of its existence. Support from parents, colleagues, and the administration along with health promotion policies are strongly recommended to assist the implementation of a Comprehensive School Health approach in these two New Brunswick schools.
Cette étude cherchait à cerner les facteurs qui favorisent ou défavorisent la mise en œuvre du programme Apprenants en santé à l’école (ASE) : Approche globale de la santé en milieu scolaire, dans deux écoles élémentaires du Nouveau-Brunswick, au Canada. Quatre membres du personnel enseignant et deux directions d’école ont participé à des entrevues semi-dirigées dans le but de discuter des ASE. Plusieurs facteurs sont ressortis de ces discussions, y compris le manque de connaissances au sujet du programme ASE; les facteurs environnementaux; l’appui de l’administration, de la communauté scolaire et des familles des élèves; les qualités particulières du directeur ou de la directrice de l’école; ainsi que divers facteurs organisationnels. La promotion de la santé dans les écoles doit figurer parmi les priorités de programmes comme ASE pour être prise en compte et intégralement mise en œuvre dans les écoles, et pour que le personnel et les membres de l’école s’engagent pleinement en ce sens. Il est fortement recommandé d’obtenir l’appui des parents, des collègues et des gestionnaires, et de se doter de politiques de promotion de la santé pour faciliter l’adoption d’une approche globale de la santé en milieu scolaire dans ces deux écoles du Nouveau-BrunswickDownloads
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