A sense of health and coherence in young rural schoolchildren in Sweden
Background: Little is known about how younger schoolchildren in a rural setting experience their sense of coherence (SOC), how they think and reason about health and what they perceive as important to achieve health goals. This study aimed to investigate children’s SOC and their health perceptions.M...
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ftmittuniv:oai:DiVA.org:miun-41604 2023-05-15T15:55:25+02:00 A sense of health and coherence in young rural schoolchildren in Sweden Randell, Eva Udo, Camilla Warne, Maria 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41604 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1893534 eng eng Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap Högskolan Dalarna Högskolan Dalarna; Center for Clinical Research (CKF), Dalarna, Sweden; Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden , 2021, 80, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021, 80, http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41604 doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1893534 ISI:000627591400001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85102433585 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess health perception rural school children sense of coherence Health Sciences Hälsovetenskaper Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftmittuniv https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1893534 2023-04-07T06:11:43Z Background: Little is known about how younger schoolchildren in a rural setting experience their sense of coherence (SOC), how they think and reason about health and what they perceive as important to achieve health goals. This study aimed to investigate children’s SOC and their health perceptions.Method: In this mixed-method study 94 children (8-12 years) from three rural schools answered several questionnaires: The Child-SOC (CSOC), Positive Health Scale (PHS) and Cantril’s ladder of life scale. Another 23 children (of 94) participated in four focus group interviews. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the interview transcripts.Results: High SOC was reported by 48% of the boys and 22% of the girls. However, no significant gender differences were found. Four themes were generated from the qualitative analysis: Understanding health, Managing health, Doing bodily health and Socialising health. Both younger and older children had a holistic view of health in which health was seen as an individual’s living habits in which social contacts mattered.Conclusion: In a rural context children need to adapt to activities that exist in their immediate environment. Thus, activities during school hours can be an important complement in health Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Mid Sweden University: Publications (DiVA) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 1893534 |
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Background: Little is known about how younger schoolchildren in a rural setting experience their sense of coherence (SOC), how they think and reason about health and what they perceive as important to achieve health goals. This study aimed to investigate children’s SOC and their health perceptions.Method: In this mixed-method study 94 children (8-12 years) from three rural schools answered several questionnaires: The Child-SOC (CSOC), Positive Health Scale (PHS) and Cantril’s ladder of life scale. Another 23 children (of 94) participated in four focus group interviews. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the interview transcripts.Results: High SOC was reported by 48% of the boys and 22% of the girls. However, no significant gender differences were found. Four themes were generated from the qualitative analysis: Understanding health, Managing health, Doing bodily health and Socialising health. Both younger and older children had a holistic view of health in which health was seen as an individual’s living habits in which social contacts mattered.Conclusion: In a rural context children need to adapt to activities that exist in their immediate environment. Thus, activities during school hours can be an important complement in health |
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A sense of health and coherence in young rural schoolchildren in Sweden |
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A sense of health and coherence in young rural schoolchildren in Sweden |
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A sense of health and coherence in young rural schoolchildren in Sweden |
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A sense of health and coherence in young rural schoolchildren in Sweden |
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