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Health‐Promoting School Culture: How Do We Measure it and Does it Vary by School Neighborhood Deprivation?
- Source :
- Journal of School Health; Aug2023, Vol. 93 Issue 8, p659-668, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: The context in which school‐based health‐promoting interventions are implemented is key for the delivery and success of these interventions. However, little is known about whether school culture differs by school deprivation. Methods: Using data from PromeSS, a cross‐sectional study of 161 elementary schools in Québec, Canada, we drew from the Health Promoting Schools theoretical framework to develop four measures of health‐promoting school culture (i.e., school physical environment, school/teacher commitment to student health, parent/community engagement with the school, ease of principal leadership) using exploratory factor analysis. One‐way ANOVA with post‐hoc Tukey‐Kramer analyses was used to examine associations between each measure and social and material deprivation in the school neighborhood. Results: Factor loadings supported the content of the school culture measures and Cronbach's alpha indicated good reliability (range: 0.68‐0.77). As social deprivation in the school neighborhood increased, scores for both school/teacher commitment to student health and parent/community engagement with the school decreased. Implications for School Health Policy, Practice, and Equity: Implementation of health‐promoting interventions in schools located in socially deprived neighborhoods may require adapted strategies to address challenges related to staff commitment and parental and community involvement. Conclusion: The measures developed herein can be used to investigate school culture and interventions for health equity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
STATISTICS
SCHOOL health services
STUDENT health services
CROSS-sectional method
LEADERSHIP
ONE-way analysis of variance
CRONBACH'S alpha
TEACHERS
FACTOR analysis
ELEMENTARY schools
COMMITMENT (Psychology)
DATA analysis
HEALTH promotion
NEIGHBORHOOD characteristics
CORPORATE culture
PARENTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224391
- Volume :
- 93
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of School Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164763783
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13304