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ArticleHealth promotion international2022

Peering in: youth perspectives on Health Promoting Schools and youth engagement in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Julia C Kontak, Hilary A T Caldwell, Margaret Kay-Arora, Camille L Hancock Friesen, Sara F L Kirk

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Article in Health promotion international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Julia C KontakFaculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University, 5968 College Street, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9104-0678
Hilary A T CaldwellHealthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University, 1318 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3E2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2951-4542
Margaret Kay-AroraHealthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University, 1318 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3E2, Canada.
Camille L Hancock FriesenHealthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University, 1318 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3E2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7260-8611
Sara F L KirkHealthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University, 1318 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3E2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2146-4448
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institute for Health Research 175916Public Health Agency of Canada to the UpLift Partnership
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health Promoting Schools (HPS) is a whole-school approach that shapes the conditions necessary to support student health and well-being. Youth engagement is recognized as key to HPS implementation, yet research related to the involvement of youth voice in school health promotion initiatives is limited. The purpose of this study was to understand youth perspectives on HPS and school youth engagement. Ten youth (grades 9-10, ages 14-16) were trained as peer researchers using a Youth Participatory Action Research approach. The peer researchers interviewed 23 of their peers (grades 7-10, ages 12-16) on perspectives related to HPS and school youth engagement. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and data were analysed using inductive 'codebook' thematic analysis. Themes related to a healthy school community were mapped onto the pillars of HPS: (i) Social and Physical Environment, (ii) Teaching and Learning, (iii) Partnerships and Services and (iv) School Policies. Participants placed more importance on the social and physical environment of the school including respect, inclusivity, supportive relationships and the design of spaces. Key factors for youth engagement were: (i) safe and supportive spaces, (ii) passion and interest, (iii) using their voice, (iv) power dynamics, (v) accessibility and (vi) awareness. With recognition that youth engagement is a crucial part of HPS, this work provides relevant and applicable information on areas of the healthy school community that are important to youth, and if/how they are meaningfully engaged in school decision-making.

Indexed as

School Health ServicesSchoolsAdolescentChildHealth PromotionHumansNova ScotiaStudentsComprehensive School Healthhealth educationhealth promotionschool healthyouth participation

Identifiers

PMID35862775
PMCPMC9302890
OpenAlexW4286522592

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