Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
Health Promot Int. 2013 Jun;28(2):244-56. doi: 10.1093/heapro/das004. Epub 2012 Feb 27.
A variety of legislation, initiatives and organizations exist to support, encourage and even oblige schools to collaborate more effectively with parents or guardians. However, there is minimal understanding of the experiences and opinions of parents and school staff about their roles, especially in relation to children's health education. This study examined how parents of 10-11-year-old children perceive the roles of both home and school in educating children about health. A questionnaire, based partly on the Finnish national core curriculum for basic education, was administered to 348 parents; the response rate was 53%. Factor analysis was used to define sum variables, which were then used as dependent variables in an analysis of variance examining the effects of children's gender and health; parents' education, gender, work status and year of birth; and school location (urban/rural). The results suggested that parents considered that either health education was mainly their responsibility, or it was a mutual responsibility with the school. Parents living in rural areas and the youngest group of parents were more likely to consider that health education should be shared with schools than were parents living in cities, or older parents. To expand awareness about the role of home and school in children's health education and to develop further health promotion within the whole school community, it is important to gather parents' views regarding health issues. This study was conducted as part of a broader program in the health promotion network of the Schools for Health in Europe (SHE).
存在各种立法、倡议和组织，以支持、鼓励甚至强制学校与家长或监护人更有效地合作。然而，对于家长和学校工作人员在其角色方面的经验和意见，尤其是在儿童健康教育方面，人们的理解非常有限。本研究考察了 10-11 岁儿童的家长如何看待家庭和学校在儿童健康教育中的作用。该研究基于芬兰基础教育国家核心课程的一部分，向 348 名家长发放了问卷，回应率为 53%。采用因子分析来定义总和变量，然后将这些总和变量用作方差分析的因变量，以检验儿童性别和健康、家长教育程度、性别、工作状况和出生年份以及学校地点（城市/农村）的影响。结果表明，家长认为健康教育主要是他们的责任，或者与学校共同承担责任。与居住在城市的家长或年长的家长相比，居住在农村地区和最年轻的家长群体更倾向于认为健康教育应该与学校共享。为了提高对家庭和学校在儿童健康教育中的作用的认识，并在整个学校社区内进一步开展健康促进，了解家长对健康问题的看法非常重要。本研究是在“欧洲学校促进健康网络”（SHE）健康促进网络的更广泛计划中进行的。
