The impact of a newly designed resilience-enhancing programme on parent- and teacher-perceived resilience environment among Health Promoting Schools in Hong Kong

Wong, Martin C. S.; Sun, Jing; Lee, Albert; Stewart, Donald Edwin; Cheng, Fung Kei; Kan, Wing Shan; Ho, Mandy

doi:10.1136/jech.2008.074260

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“…Applications of the health promoting school model of WHO [32] should be utilized to develop the effective school health programmes to relieve these problems. Some papers showing the effectiveness of Health Promoting School in minimising health-risk behaviors [33-39]. Therefore attempts should be made to limit youth access to alcohol in order to reduce accidents, injuries, violence and alcohol-related health problems [40].…”

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Current drinking and health-risk behaviors among male high school students in central Thailand

Chaveepojnkamjorn

Pichainarong

2011

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundAlcohol drinking is frequently related to behavioral problems, which lead to a number of negative consequences. This study was to evaluate the characteristics of male high school students who drink, the drinking patterns among them, and the associations between current drinking and other health risk behaviors which focused on personal safety, violence-related behaviors, suicide and sexual behaviors.MethodA cross-sectional study was conducted to explore current alcohol drinking and health-risk behaviors among male high school students in central Thailand. Five thousand one hundred and eighty four male students were classified into 2 groups according to drinking in the previous 30 days (yes = 631, no = 4,553). Data were collected by self-administered, anonymous questionnaire which consisted of 3 parts: socio-demographic factors, health-risk behaviors and alcohol drinking behavior during the past year from December 2007 to February 2008.ResultsThe results showed that the percent of current drinking was 12.17. Most of them were 15-17 years (50.21%). Socio-demographic factors such as age, educational level, residence, cohabitants, grade point average (GPA), having a part time job and having family members with alcohol/drug problems were significantly associated with alcohol drinking (p < 0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis, after adjusting for socio-demographic factors, revealed that health-risk behavioral factors were associated with current alcohol consumption: often drove after drinking alcohol (OR = 3.10, 95% CI = 1.88-5.12), often carried a weapon (OR = 3.51, 95% CI = 2.27-5.42), often got into a physical fight without injury (OR = 3.06, 95% CI = 1.99-4.70), dating violence (OR = 2.58, 95% CI = 1.79-3.71), seriously thought about suicide (OR = 2.07, 95% CI = 1.38-3.11), made a suicide plan (OR = 2.10, 95% CI = 1.43-3.08), ever had sexual intercourse (OR = 5.62, 95% CI = 4.33-7.29), alcohol or drug use before last sexual intercourse (OR = 2.55, 95% CI = 1.44-4.53), and got someone pregnant (OR = 3.99, 95% CI = 1.73-9.25).ConclusionsAn increased risk of health-risk behaviors, including driving vehicles after drinking, violence-related behaviors, sad feelings and attempted suicide, and sexual behaviors was higher among drinking students that led to significant health problems. Effective intervention strategies (such as a campaign mentioning the adverse health effects and social consequences to the risk groups, and encouraging parental and community efforts to prevent drinking) among adolescents should be implemented to prevent underage drinking and adverse consequences.

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Current drinking and health-risk behaviors among male high school students in central Thailand

Chaveepojnkamjorn

Pichainarong

2011

BMC Public Health

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“…HPS teachers reported significantly higher scores in the areas of social environment, personal skills building, and schoolcommunity relations (Wong et al, 2009a(Wong et al, , 2009b. Positive outcomes, including those in the area of social-emotional wellbeing, have been demonstrated in schools adopting the HPS approach.…”

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Promoting Resilience in Hong Kong School Children: A Critical Reflection

Siu¹

2009

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

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This paper reviews work on resilience education in HongKong schools. The concept of resilience as defined in the Western literature is presented first, followed by a discussion of resilience from the Chinese perspective. The need for promoting resilience in school children and the effectiveness of the two most commonly used resilience-based programmes for current school children, Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programs and Healthy Promoting Schools, are reviewed. Suggestions for teachers and school counsellors for enhancing resilience further in school children are presented. Directions for educational researchers in refining the current prevention and intervention programmes on mental health are also highlighted.

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“…The strategies entailed developing clear policies about anti-bullying, nondiscrimination, nonsmoking, and drug use, and providing the modified intervention strategies based on the intervention model that the authors have developed for secondary school settings. 43 These strategies are detailed in Table 2.…”

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Effectiveness of a Workplace-Based Intervention Program to Promote Mental Health among Employees in Privately Owned Enterprises in China

Sun

Buys

Wang

2013

Population Health Management

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This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a workplace-based intervention program to improve mental health, work ability, and work productivity in privately owned enterprises in China. A prospective cohort intervention study design was employed in which the intervention program was implemented for 30 months (from July 2009 to December 2012). Nine privately owned retail enterprises in China participated in the intervention study. Researchers administered a self-report survey to 2768 employees. The research team measured participants' job stress, resilience, work ability, absenteeism, depression, and work performance. A comprehensive Health Promotion Enterprise Program was implemented that entailed the following components: policies to support a healthy work environment, psychosocial interventions to promote mental health, provision of health services to people with mental illness, and professional skills training to deal with stress and build resilience. Analysis of variance was used to examine preintervention versus postintervention differences in stress, resilience, and work ability. Logistic regression was used to examine absenteeism related to depression. The results suggest that the intervention program was effective at improving participants' ability to work, their sense of control over their jobs, and, in particular, their ability to meet the mental demands of work. The intervention program also reduced participants' job stress levels and reduced the probability of absenteeism related to depression. The intervention programs incorporating both individual-level and organizational-level factors to promote mental health were effective and have implications for both practice and policy regarding enterprises taking more responsibility for the provision of mental health services to their employees.

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The impact of a newly designed resilience-enhancing programme on parent- and teacher-perceived resilience environment among Health Promoting Schools in Hong Kong

Cited by 21 publications

References 22 publications

Current drinking and health-risk behaviors among male high school students in central Thailand

Current drinking and health-risk behaviors among male high school students in central Thailand

Promoting Resilience in Hong Kong School Children: A Critical Reflection

Effectiveness of a Workplace-Based Intervention Program to Promote Mental Health among Employees in Privately Owned Enterprises in China

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