Evaluating the Outdoor Adventure Leadership Experience (OALE) program using the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM©)
| Autor: | Julia Russell, Nancy L. Young, Mary Jo Wabano, Lawrence Enosse, Koyo Usuba, Stephen Ritchie, Debbie Mishibinijima |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Gerontology
Program evaluation 05 social sciences Adventure education 050301 education Participatory action research Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 030229 sport sciences Education 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health promotion Intervention (counseling) Well-being Global health Psychology Sociology of Education 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education. 22:187-197 |
| ISSN: | 2522-879X 2206-3110 |
| Popis: | The Outdoor Adventure Leadership Experience (OALE) is an outdoor health promotion initiative primarily designed for youth. This program was developed through community-based participatory research in a First Nations Community in northern Ontario: Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. It is a 9- or 10-day intensive program involving a wilderness canoe expedition homeward through the traditional territory of Wiikwemkoong. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the OALE on youth well-being, using a culturally appropriate measure of health: The Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM©). A pre- and post-intervention study design was used to assess the impact of the OALE on health and well-being. Twenty-eight participants completed both the ACHWM and the Global Health Rating (GHR) instruments before and after the OALE intervention. In total, 68% of participants reported higher ACHWM scores after the OALE (Δ = 3.9, p = 0.014). There were improvements in the Medicine Wheel quadrants score of the ACHWM (spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental). Although 25% of participants had higher scores on the GHR, this did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.55). However, this study highlights the value of evaluating local programming in a culturally-relevant way. Using the ACHWM, it was demonstrated that there was a significant change in the well-being of the OALE youth participants; this was something that the GHR was unable to capture. Thus, the ACHWM appears to be sensitive to short-term changes in health. More research is needed to confirm the specificity and sensitivity of the ACHWM in different populations and contexts. |
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