Key aspects for the sustainable coordination of a process to facilitate holistic well-being in South African schools
| Autor: | Ansie Elizabeth Kitching, Bianke van Rooyen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Community-Based Participatory Research Health (social science) Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Health Promotion Holistic Health 03 medical and health sciences South Africa 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Action research Students Action learning media_common Schools business.industry 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 050301 education Citizen journalism Public relations Focus Groups Focus group Health promotion School Teachers business 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Health promotion international. 35(4) |
| ISSN: | 1460-2245 |
| Popis: | A holistic well-being approach, understood as an approach that pays attention to the promotion of individual, relational and collective well-being in a particular context, is proposed as a way to address the fragmented nature in which mental health and well-being programmes are implemented in school communities in South Africa. The goal of this paper is to indicate key aspects for sustainable coordination of a process to facilitate holistic well-being in South African schools. Research was conducted in six South African schools with the aim of developing an integrated, multilevel process to facilitate holistic well-being in these contexts. A participatory action learning and action research approach was applied. As part of this research, key aspects that could contribute to the sustainable coordination of holistic well-being were identified. The research comprised a cross-case analysis of the data gathered, as well as a focus group that was held with the coordinators who facilitated the development of the process in each school. In addition, the school principals completed a semi-structured questionnaire, and Skype interviews were conducted with four international experts. The five aspects identified as key to the sustainable coordination of well-being are: that ownership and responsibility should reside in the school context; that there should be a clear vision for the promotion of holistic well-being; that the connections between all involved should be deepened; that all efforts to promote holistic well-being should be integrated, and that the complexity of the process should be acknowledged. |
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