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Pupils' Experiences of the Annual Health Dialogue with the School Health Nurse
Author(s) -
Borup Ina K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1998.tb00492.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , health promotion , sociology of health and illness , psychology , empowerment , danish , health education , nursing , school nursing , medicine , health care , public health , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law , economics , economic growth
This study describes and analyses the health dialogue on the basis of the pupils' experience and the association with background factors such as age, sex, geographical areas, family and social class. The theoretical framework is based on empowerment and health promotion, and on Kolb's theory of experiential learning. The study, conducted in 1991, is the Danish contribution to the WHO collaborative study ‘Health Behaviour in School Children’. A nationwide random sample of pupils aged 11, 13 and 15 (n = 1860) answered a standardized questionnaire about perceived health, health behaviour, social situation and the health dialogue with the school health nurse. Among the pupils, 68% had participated in the annual health dialogue at the time of the survey (three quarters of the way through the school year). The youngest pupils, and the girls, often participated in groups and reported the greatest number of topics discussed. The health dialogue most frequently comprised 11–20 topics. Most topics discussed were related to health promotion, 31%–60% were related to prevention of illness and symptoms and the rest were related to psychosocial issues. Girls more often reported discussing personal relationships and boys more often discussed action‐related topics. Pupils from lower social classes more frequently reported topics related to prevention of illness and symptoms and psychosocial issues. The discussions are the first step in a learning process as a Concrete Experience (CE).