Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint

While developing mental health work in schools, it is very important to consider the viewpoint of pupils. Parents can also give remarkable information on their children's viewpoint. The purpose of this study was to produce a description of the concepts used by schoolchildren aged 12–16 years an...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Puolakka, Kristiina, Konu, Anne, Kiikkala, Irma, Paavilainen, Eija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25505985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/395286
_version_ 1782347312518922240
author Puolakka, Kristiina
Konu, Anne
Kiikkala, Irma
Paavilainen, Eija
author_facet Puolakka, Kristiina
Konu, Anne
Kiikkala, Irma
Paavilainen, Eija
author_sort Puolakka, Kristiina
collection PubMed
description While developing mental health work in schools, it is very important to consider the viewpoint of pupils. Parents can also give remarkable information on their children's viewpoint. The purpose of this study was to produce a description of the concepts used by schoolchildren aged 12–16 years and their families associated with promoting mental health in schools. The research material comprised interviews with schoolchildren and mothers, and verbal answers from the school well-being profile survey (n = 426). The analysis was conducted by applying the grounded theory method as introduced by Strauss. The study was conducted in a Finnish comprehensive school.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4254067
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-42540672014-12-11 Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint Puolakka, Kristiina Konu, Anne Kiikkala, Irma Paavilainen, Eija Nurs Res Pract Research Article While developing mental health work in schools, it is very important to consider the viewpoint of pupils. Parents can also give remarkable information on their children's viewpoint. The purpose of this study was to produce a description of the concepts used by schoolchildren aged 12–16 years and their families associated with promoting mental health in schools. The research material comprised interviews with schoolchildren and mothers, and verbal answers from the school well-being profile survey (n = 426). The analysis was conducted by applying the grounded theory method as introduced by Strauss. The study was conducted in a Finnish comprehensive school. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4254067/ /pubmed/25505985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/395286 Text en Copyright © 2014 Kristiina Puolakka et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Puolakka, Kristiina
Konu, Anne
Kiikkala, Irma
Paavilainen, Eija
Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint
title Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint
title_full Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint
title_fullStr Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint
title_full_unstemmed Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint
title_short Mental Health Promotion in School: Schoolchildren's and Families' Viewpoint
title_sort mental health promotion in school: schoolchildren's and families' viewpoint
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25505985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/395286
work_keys_str_mv AT puolakkakristiina mentalhealthpromotioninschoolschoolchildrensandfamiliesviewpoint
AT konuanne mentalhealthpromotioninschoolschoolchildrensandfamiliesviewpoint
AT kiikkalairma mentalhealthpromotioninschoolschoolchildrensandfamiliesviewpoint
AT paavilaineneija mentalhealthpromotioninschoolschoolchildrensandfamiliesviewpoint

Ejemplares similares