Home and school responsibilities for children’s health literacy development: the views of Finnish and Russian parents and teachers

Sormunen, Marjorita; Goranskaya, Svetlana; Kirilina, V. M.; Bykachev, Kirsi; Tossavainen, Kerttu

doi:10.1080/19409419.2017.1381570

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“…While the original study focus was primarily on the school setting, the importance of early health promotion and primary prevention initiatives starting at earlier ages and the importance of the homes was highlighted extensively. This is in line with the findings of an earlier Finnish study showing how parents and educational personnel assigned a slightly larger role to parents (compared to teachers) in informing children on substance use [ 16 ]. The results also reflect earlier Finnish research evidence concerning views on health promotion and education as a shared responsibility between schools and homes, with greater emphasis placed on parents [ 29 ].…”

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“…However, one study examined the related theme of how parents and teachers in the Finnish and Russian Karelia region perceived home and school responsibilities associated with providing 10–11-year old children with information on different health topics. The topic of substance use was indicated by both parents and teachers to be a joint responsibility, albeit parents were given a larger role [ 16 ].…”

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Roles and responsibilities in substance use prevention in the school setting: views among Finnish school personnel representatives

Nordmyr

Forsman

2021

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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Objective: This study explores the views of Finnish school personnel representatives regarding substance use prevention responsibilities. Design: Twenty-two focus groups were conducted within the scope of a regional intervention study in 2019. Qualitative content analysis was performed. Setting: Focus group interviews were conducted in the school setting. Subjects: Focus group participants included representatives for educational personnel and student welfare personnel working in basic education, general upper secondary education or vocational education settings. Main outcome measures: Views and experiences concerning roles and responsibilities in primary prevention of substance use. Results: Findings highlight the need for intersectoral efforts and intra-school collaboration in primary prevention efforts, but also in mental health promotionon which the informants placed great emphasis. The health promotion leadership in schools, structural guidelines and the school curriculum could both challenge and support school personnel in their roles. An increased need to focus on the early years of life and related responsibilities of the homes was emphasized, along with the need to place more emphasis on health education in the first years of basic education, and responsibilities related to early risk identification. Conclusion:The findings highlight a need to develop structures and role clarity among school personnel, which can advance further development of intra-school and inter-sectoral collaboration in primary substance use prevention and mental health promotion. In the Finnish context, the successful implementation of relevant legislation, which some school representatives view as unclear or contravening, could be further supported. KEY POINTSViews regarding responsibilities in primary substance use prevention in the school setting have been less researched in the Nordic countries:The importance of inter-sectoral and intra-school collaboration is emphasized among school personnel representatives, including the role of the homes Primary prevention and mental health promotion responsibilities are viewed as less clear than secondary and tertiary prevention responsibilities Structural guidelines concerning e.g. confidentiality aspects and curriculum features can both support and challenge school representatives in their roles ARTICLE HISTORY

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Roles and responsibilities in substance use prevention in the school setting: views among Finnish school personnel representatives

Nordmyr

Forsman

2021

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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“…However, the specific researches focused on teacher candidate students, particularly biology teacher candidates in nowadays outbreak/pandemic condition are very scarce. Yet teachers play an important role in culturing health literacy (Denuwara & Gunawardena, 2017;Sormunen, Goranskaya, Kirilina, Bykachev, & Tossavainen, 2018) which should be gained and implemented in various setting (Vamos, Okan, Sentell, & Rootman, 2020). Several…”

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Exploring COVID-19 Literacy Level among Biology Teacher Candidates

Fauzi

Husamah

Miharja

et al. 2020

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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The specific researches focused on biology teacher candidates in nowadays outbreak/pandemic (COVID-19) condition are very scarce. This study aimed to describe the profile of COVID-19 literacy level possessed by biology teacher candidate students in Indonesia. The data in this survey research was collected between January and March, 2020. The selected location was Malang, one of education city and was announced as the red zone for COVID-19 spread. The total sample were 290 students. The data collection employed the questionnaire, contained of three parts i.e. information of respondent's identity, profile of information resource, attaining time profile of COVID-19 related information, and COVID-19 literacy level. The students' literacy scores were analyzed using ANOVA to analyze the presence of student's years' effect on COVID-19 literacy of biology teacher candidate students. As a result, students' years do not have a significant effect on their COVID-19 literacy. Most students had heard of COVID-19 before the disease was reported to enter Indonesia, but only few students were categorized in high level. The campus should respond immediately to these results, considering that students act as agents of information for those around them.

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“…Multiprofessional collaboration in the children's services and in the school environments have been examined in previous international studies (Ekornes, 2015;Hesjedal et al, 2016;Moon et al, 2017;Sormunen et al, 2018;Cooper et al, 2016;Brennan et al, 2008). In addition, the importance of multiprofessional collaboration has emerged in the studies on children's MH promotion and MH services (Hoffman et al, 2016;Anderson et al, 2017;Clancy et al, 2013;Huggins et al, 2016;Kanste et al 2013;Handley and McAllister, 2017).…”

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“…Teachers in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and elementary school settings are frontline professionals who promote, prevent, and identify children's MH problems (Ekornes, 2015;Hesjedal et al, 2016;Moon et al, 2017). Teachers in basic education also have an important role in supporting children's health learning and information exchange between school and home (Sormunen et al, 2018). However, children's increasing MH needs concern most teaching personnel and student welfare personnel, such as special education teachers, student councilors, special needs assistants, principals, and school psychologists, nurses, doctors, and social workers due to multiprofessional collaboration.…”

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Finnish professionals’ views of the current mental health services and multiprofessional collaboration in children’s mental health promotion

Savolainen

Sormunen

Bykachev

et al. 2020

International Journal of Mental Health

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Promotion of children's mental health (MH) plays an important role in preventing further MH problems. In Finland, the wellbeing of children is supported in early childhood education and care (ECEC), basic education, maternity clinics, and child health clinics. Providing these services for children and families requires multiprofessional collaboration. The aim of this study was to investigate the current practice of children's MH promotion, more specifically children's MH services and multiprofessional collaboration between social and health care services and ECEC/ basic education. The study focused on MH questions regarding children in 18 municipalities of Finland from the approach of socio-ecological model of health promotion. The participants of this cross-sectional study were ECEC professionals in municipal day care, basic education professionals, and primary health care professionals who work with children younger than 14. The data collected via questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-squared analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), the Brown-Forsythe robust test, and Tukey HSD post hoc comparisons. A total of 482 professionals participated in this study. Overall, respondents indicated relatively poor satisfaction toward most aspects of current MH promotion. Professionals from municipalities that provided primary health care and social services independently evaluated MH promotion most positively. However, deficiencies in multiprofessional collaboration between organizations were reported. The work experience influenced professionals' perceptions of the challenges of collaboration; respondents with the least work experience were most critically concerned. These results imply that the promotion of children's MH and MH services needs to be further developed.

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Home and school responsibilities for children’s health literacy development: the views of Finnish and Russian parents and teachers

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Roles and responsibilities in substance use prevention in the school setting: views among Finnish school personnel representatives

Roles and responsibilities in substance use prevention in the school setting: views among Finnish school personnel representatives

Exploring COVID-19 Literacy Level among Biology Teacher Candidates

Finnish professionals’ views of the current mental health services and multiprofessional collaboration in children’s mental health promotion

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