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School Principals' Role in Promoting Physical Activity for Inactive Children in School Settings: An Exploratory Study
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Felicia Augustsson; Karin Grahn – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the school principal's role in promoting physical activity for inactive children in school settings. Design: Exploratory qualitative interview study. Setting: The study was conducted in seven elementary schools in central Sweden. Method: Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Principals, Administrator Role
Understanding the Ideology of the Swedish Tax-Paid School Meal
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Persson Osowski, Christine; Fjellström, Christina – Health Education Journal, 2019
Background: Children are provided with food at school in various ways. In Sweden, free school lunches are provided to all children of compulsory school age. Internationally, Sweden is fairly unique in this sense, which makes the country an important example to study and reflect upon. Objective: This article aims to describe the welfare ideology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Taxes, Lunch Programs, Ideology
Gender and Evolutionary Theory in Workplace Health Promotion
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Björklund, Erika; Wright, Jan – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: Ideas from evolutionary theories are increasingly taken up in health promotion. This article seeks to demonstrate how such a trend has the potential to embed essentialist and limiting stereotypes of women and men in health promotion practice. Design: We draw on material gathered for a larger ethnographic study that examined how…
Descriptors: Evolution, Gender Differences, Health Promotion, Workplace Learning
Views of the Workplace as a Health Promotion Arena among Managers of Small Companies
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Wiman, Virginia; Lydell, Marie; Nyholm, Maria – Health Education Journal, 2016
Introduction: Several studies have shown that workplace health promotion leads to better health, increased productivity, as well as reduced absenteeism and presenteeism among employees. The objective of this study was to describe how managers in small companies (10-19 employees) perceive their company as an arena for promoting employees' health.…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Health Promotion, Work Environment, Administrators
School Meals Do Not Have a Given Place in Swedish School's Quality Management
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Olsson, Cecilia; Waling, Maria – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objectives: Sweden is one of three countries worldwide which has a legal requirement to ensure that pupils in compulsory school should be offered free, nutritious school meals. Furthermore, the law states that school meal provision should be included in schools' internal quality management (IQM) system. The objective of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Guidelines, Food, Educational Environment
Teacher Satisfaction with School and Psychological Well-Being Affects Their Readiness to Help Children with Mental Health Problems
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Sisask, Merike; Värnik, Peeter; Värnik, Airi; Apter, Alan; Balazs, Judit; Balint, Maria; Bobes, Julio; Brunner, Romuald; Corcoran, Paul; Cosman, Doina; Feldman, Dana; Haring, Christian; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Poštuvan, Vita; Tubiana, Alexandra; Sarchiapone, Marco; Wasserman, Camilla; Carli, Vladimir; Hoven, Christina W.; Wasserman, Danuta – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: In support of a whole-school approach to mental health promotion, this study was conducted to find out whether and how significantly teachers' satisfaction with school and their subjective psychological well-being are related to the belief that they can help pupils with mental health problems. Design: Cross-sectional data were collected…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Well Being
Sexual Harassment in a Residential Occupation: The Experiences of Women Seafarers
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Thomas, Michelle A – Health Education Journal, 2006
Objective: This paper reports women seafarers' experiences of sexual harassment. Design: Data reported in this paper were collected as part of a larger study exploring company policies and practices relating to women seafarers and the experiences of women seafarers themselves. Setting: Data reported here was collected with women from seven…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Females, Focus Groups, Semiskilled Workers