Abstract
Children have the right to express their views on all issues related to their health and development. The aim was to explore health-promoting factors voiced by 8- to 12-year-old children, to determine how the children prioritize those factors and inform school personnel how to develop health-promoting approach based on those findings. Focus groups, with the use of photographs, were conducted with 15 children. A deductive content analysis was used, with overall results showing that health-promoting factors are meaningful relationships and recreational activities. The results add new perspectives to the earlier model of health-promoting factors. By highlighting children’s experience of what promotes health, measures at the individual, group and community level can be adapted to children’s priorities, based on their own needs.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Health Promotion International |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Swedish Standard Keywords
- Health Sciences (303)
Keywords
- Bronfenbrenner
- child’s perspective
- deductive content analysis
- health promotion
- photographs