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ArticleThe Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS2018

Understanding Female Students' Needs to Develop Health Promoting School Programme: An Exploratory Qualitative Analysis.

Fatemeh Rakhshani, Ali-Reza Ansari Moghaddam, Fariba Shahraki-Sanavi, Mahdi Mohammadi, Saeed Fakhrerahimi

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Article in The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Fatemeh RakhshaniSafety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center (SPIPRC), Public Health Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1983963113 Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
Ali-Reza Ansari MoghaddamHealth Promotion Research Center, Public Health Department, Doctor Hesabi Square, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, 9817667993 Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
Fariba Shahraki-SanaviHealth Promotion Research Center, Public Health Department, Doctor Hesabi Square, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, 9817667993 Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
Mahdi MohammadiHealth Promotion Research Center, Public Health Department, Doctor Hesabi Square, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, 9817667993 Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
Saeed FakhrerahimiParent-Teacher Association Office, Education and Training Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Zahedan, 9816913415 Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
University of Sistan and Baluchestan · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study was carried out on Iranian female adolescents to understand health needs for the purpose of designing health promoting intervention in schools.

methodsIn this exploratory qualitative study, two focus group discussion (15 teachers) and 30 individual in-depth interviews were conducted among female adolescents in the eighth grade in Zahedan, Iran. Qualitative content analysis was used for data evaluation.

resultsThe views of students and teachers demonstrated nine of needs including: informing students about the schools' health project aims, education and training all dimensions of health with an emphasis on mental health, use of experts in various fields for education from other organisations, employing capable and trusted counselors in schools, utilisation of a variety of teaching methods, activating reward systems for encouraging students' participation in group activities, teaching communication and the ability to establish good relationships with parents and strategies for resolving family conflict, teaching parents and students high-risk behaviours and strategies for handling them as well as reforming wrong attitudes and indigenous sub-culture.

conclusionThis study found the different needs of Iranian female students compared to other cultures about a health promoting school programme. Therefore, their contribution can provide an insight for formulating policies and intervention in schools.

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exploratory qualitative studyfemaleIranneedspromoting school programme

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