How to improve participation in school oriented health promotion for disadvantaged parents
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25.08.2012
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Health & Psychology
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27
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Supplement 1.4
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American Psychological Association
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Health promotion in the school setting is challenged by the fact that disadvantaged families
with low economic, cultural and social resources do hardly participate in such programs. We
investigated how to improve the reachability of disadvantaged parents in particular with
migrant background. Motivators to improve participation in a particular health promotion
program were identified by experts, and were put into practice in an elementary school
in Switzerland. A number of 109 parents filled in a questionnaire about their motivation
for participation. Parents with low motivation for participation indicated several decisive
barriers: e.g. fear (not being able to help his/her child) and former discrimination experiences.
However, the rate of participation improved from 26 to 49%, due to the implementation of the
motivators. The results showed the importance of structural factors and network building to
reach parents with high level of fear and low levels of motivation to participate in health
promotion.
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Health promotion
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360 - Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen
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1930-7810
0278-6133
0278-6133
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English
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SCHMID, Holger und Susanne ANLIKER, 2012. How to improve participation in school oriented health promotion for disadvantaged parents. Health & Psychology. 25 August 2012. Bd. 27, Nr. Supplement 1.4. DOI 10.1080/08870446.2012.707817. Verfügbar unter: http://hdl.handle.net/11654/23133