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Headteachers’ prior beliefs on child health and their engagement in school based health interventions: a qualitative study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Research Notes, April 2015
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Title
Headteachers’ prior beliefs on child health and their engagement in school based health interventions: a qualitative study
Published in
BMC Research Notes, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13104-015-1091-2
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Charlotte Todd, Danielle Christian, Helen Davies, Jaynie Rance, Gareth Stratton, Frances Rapport, Sinead Brophy

Abstract

Schools play an important role in promoting the health of children. However, little consideration is often given to the influence that headteachers' and school staff's prior beliefs have on the implementation of public health interventions. This study examined primary school headteachers' and school health co-ordinators' views regarding child health in order to provide greater insights on the school's perspective for those designing future school-based health interventions. A qualitative study was conducted using 19 semi-structured interviews with headteachers, deputy headteachers and school health co-ordinators in the primary school setting. All transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Whilst many participants in this study believed good health was vital for learning, wide variance was evident regarding the perceived health of school pupils and the magnitude of responsibility schools should take in addressing child health behaviours. Although staff in this study acknowledged the importance of their role, many believed the responsibility placed upon schools for health promotion was becoming too much; suggesting health interventions need to better integrate school, parental and societal components. With mental health highlighted as an increasing priority in many schools, incorporating wellbeing outcomes into future school based health interventions is advocated to ensure a more holistic understanding of child health is gained. Understanding the health beliefs of school staff when designing interventions is crucial as there appears to be a greater likelihood of interventions being successfully adopted if staff perceive a health issue as important among their pupils. An increased dependability on schools for addressing health was expressed by headteachers in this study, highlighting a need for better understanding of parental, child and key stakeholder perspectives on responsibility for child health. Without this understanding, there is potential for certain child health issues to be ignored.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 104 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 17%
Student > Master 18 17%
Student > Bachelor 14 13%
Researcher 11 10%
Other 6 6%
Other 14 13%
Unknown 24 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 15 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 12%
Social Sciences 10 10%
Sports and Recreations 6 6%
Other 20 19%
Unknown 28 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 August 2020.
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#1,148,149
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#120
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