Developing trainee school teachers' expertise as health promoters

Health Education - Tập 110 Số 6 - Trang 490-507 - 2010
VivSpeller1, JennyByrne2, SueDewhirst3, PaloAlmond4, LisaMohebati5, MelanieNorman6, SarahPolack5, AnjumMemon5, MarcusGrace2, BarrieMargetts7, PaulRoderick3
1Public Health Sciences and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
2School of Education, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
3Public Health Sciences and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
4Public Health and Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
5Division of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
6School of Education, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
7School of Medicine, Public Health Nutrition, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report the outcome of an education and public health collaboration investigating the impact of adapted training to enhance teachers' potential role to promote child health and wellbeing.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted in three phases: a survey of the health education content in universities in initial teacher training courses; a longitudinal survey at the commencement and completion of courses to capture trainees' knowledge, skills and attitudes towards health and their role in health promotion; and mapping curriculum content against qualified teacher standards and public health competencies.FindingsTraining about health varies largely between institutions. Trainees' knowledge levels remained low after training; ranked importance of key health topics – nutrition, alcohol, smoking, – decreased significantly; a majority thought that teachers and schools play an important role in health promotion, but significant increases were also noted in the minority who thought health promotion is not part of their remit (Phase 2).Originality/valueTo the best of one's knowledge, similar work has not so far been reported. While teachers are in a prime position to influence child health, trainees require knowledge and skills to realise their public health potential.

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Health Education

Tập 110 Số 6

490-507

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