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- Kostenius, Catrine, et al.
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Gamification of health education : Schoolchildren’s participation in the development of a serious game to promote health and learning
- 2018
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Ingår i: Health Education. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0965-4283 .- 1758-714X. ; 118:4, s. 354-368
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe use of modern technology has many challenges and risks. However, by collaborating with schoolchildren, ideas to effectively promote health and learning in school can be identified. This study aimed to examine how a participatory approach can deepen the understanding of how schoolchildren relate to and use gamification as a tool to promote physical activity and learning.Design/methodology/approachInspired by the concept and process of empowerment and child participation, the methodological focus of this study was on consulting schoolchildren. During a 2-month period, 18 schoolchildren (10–12-years-old) participated in workshops to create game ideas that would motivate them to be physically active and learn in school.FindingsThe phenomenological analysis resulted in one main theme, ‘Playing games for fun to be the best I can be’. This consisted of four themes with two sub-themes each. The findings offer insights on how to increase physical activity and health education opportunities using serious games in school.Originality/valueThe knowledge gained provides gamification concepts and combinations of different technological applications to increase health and learning, as well as motivational aspects suggested by the schoolchildren. The findings are discussed with health promotion and health education in mind.
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- Kostenius, Catrine, 1962-, et al.
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Open letters about health dialogues reveal school staff and students’ expectations of school health promotion leadership
- 2022
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Ingår i: Health Education. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0965-4283 .- 1758-714X. ; 122:3, s. 318-334
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)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.
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- Kostenius, Catrine
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Student-driven health promotion activities
- 2013
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Ingår i: Health Education. - 0965-4283 .- 1758-714X. ; 113:5, s. 407-419
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose - The aim was to examine how students experienced creating, leading and praticipating in student-driven health promoting activities in cooperation with their teacher. Design/methodology/approach - Inspired by the PAAR method (participatory appreciative action research) 19 Swedish students, ages 10-11 participated in health promotion work in the classroom through creating, leading, participating in and evaluating their own and their peers’ health promoting activities.Findings - The analysis of the student’s health promoting activities resulted in three themes; (i) the friendly touch (ii) the outdoor run for fun (iii) the sounds of well-being, including health promotion tools such as music, massage, physical activity and the outdoors.Originality/value - The comprehensive understanding of how students experienced creating, leading and participating in student-driven health promoting activities in cooperation with their teacher, revealed three key points; i) When students were asked to choose health promoting activities, they were not only in line with existing research but were able to reflect on how to develop praxis, ii) Students are competent to lead health promoting activities with the support of their teacher and participating in health promoting activities lead by their peers, iii) The group assignment in this study offer one example of implementing health promoting activities in school to increase health literacy
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- Kostenius, Catrine, et al.
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The power of appreciation : promoting schoolchildren’s health literacy
- 2016
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Ingår i: Health Education. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0965-4283 .- 1758-714X. ; 116:6, s. 611-626
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore Swedish children’s positive experiences of health and well-being, and their thoughts on how health literacy can be promoted.Design/methodology/approachTotally, 121 schoolchildren between the ages of 10 and 14 from three schools in two municipalities in the northern part of Sweden shared their lived experiences through individual written reflections.FindingsThe phenomenological analysis resulted in one theme, appreciation as fuel for health and well-being, and four sub-themes: feeling a sense of belonging; being cared for by others; being respected and listened to; and feeling valued and confirmed. The understanding of the schoolchildren’s experiences of health and well-being and their thoughts on how health literacy can be promoted revealed that appreciation in different forms is the key dimension of their experiences of health and well-being.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study point to the necessity of promoting health education that includes reflection and action-awareness of one’s own and others’ health as well as the competence to know how and when to improve their health. Such health education can contribute to the development of health literacy in young people, an essential skill for the twenty-first century.Originality/valueThis study’s originality is that the authors added the concepts of appreciative inquiry and student voice to the study of health literacy with children.
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