Smith Anne B, Gaffney Michael, Nairn Karen
Children's Issues Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand.
Health Educ Res. 2004 Feb;19(1):85-97. doi: 10.1093/her/cyg007.
This paper examines the perspectives of secondary school students and staff about the extent to which young people's health rights are catered for at school. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the concept of Health-Promoting Schools encourage the provision of healthy school environments. A postal survey of secondary schools in New Zealand elicited responses from 821 Year 11 (15-16 year olds) students and 438 staff in 107 schools. Most students and staff reported that sources of health advice were available at their schools, but only a minority of students saw these sources as accessible or trustworthy. In every area of health promotion, students saw information and advice as less accessible than staff did. Most staff and students identified mental health problems such as depression as a source of concern in schools, but only a quarter of students (compared to half of staff) thought that this topic was covered during classtime. Students in lower-income schools reported the school environment as slightly less healthy than did students in high-income schools. The paper concludes that schools and policy makers should seek the voices and opinions of young people in order to improve effectiveness in catering for health rights.
本文探讨了中学生和教职员工对于学校在何种程度上满足年轻人健康权利的看法。《联合国儿童权利公约》以及健康促进学校的理念都鼓励提供健康的学校环境。对新西兰中学进行的一项邮寄调查收到了来自107所学校的821名11年级（15 - 16岁）学生和438名教职员工的回复。大多数学生和教职员工表示学校有健康咨询来源，但只有少数学生认为这些来源易于获取或值得信赖。在健康促进的各个领域，学生认为信息和建议的获取比教职员工更难。大多数教职员工和学生都认为诸如抑郁症等心理健康问题是学校令人担忧的一个来源，但只有四分之一的学生（相比之下教职员工有一半）认为这个话题在课堂上有涉及。低收入学校的学生报告称学校环境的健康程度略低于高收入学校的学生。本文得出结论，学校和政策制定者应该听取年轻人的声音和意见，以提高在满足健康权利方面的成效。
