School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
Center for Clinical Research (CKF), Dalarna, Sweden.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2021 Dec;80(1):1893534. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2021.1893534.
: Little is known about how younger schoolchildren in a rural setting experience their sense of coherence (SOC), how they think and reason about health and what they perceive as important to achieve health goals. This study aimed to investigate children's SOC and their health perceptions.: In this mixed-method study 94 children (8-12 years) from three rural schools answered several questionnaires: The Child-SOC (CSOC), Positive Health Scale (PHS) and Cantril's ladder of life scale. Another 23 children (of 94) participated in four focus group interviews. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the interview transcripts.: High SOC was reported by 48% of the boys and 22% of the girls. However, no significant gender differences were found. Four themes were generated from the qualitative analysis: Understanding health, Managing health, Doing bodily health and Socialising health. Both younger and older children had a holistic view of health in which health was seen as an individual's living habits in which social contacts mattered.: In a rural context children need to adapt to activities that exist in their immediate environment. Thus, activities during school hours can be an important complement in health promotion.
关于农村地区的小学生如何体验他们的综合感（SOC）、他们如何思考和推理健康问题以及他们认为实现健康目标的重要因素，目前知之甚少。本研究旨在调查儿童的 SOC 和他们的健康观念。
在这项混合方法研究中，来自三所农村学校的 94 名儿童（8-12 岁）回答了几个问卷：儿童 SOC（CSOC）、积极健康量表（PHS）和 Cantril 的生活阶梯量表。另外 23 名儿童（94 名中的 23 名）参加了四次焦点小组访谈。采用主题分析方法从访谈记录中识别主题。
48%的男孩和 22%的女孩报告了 SOC 较高。然而，没有发现显著的性别差异。从定性分析中生成了四个主题：理解健康、管理健康、保持身体健康和促进社交健康。无论是年龄较大的孩子还是年龄较小的孩子，他们对健康都有一个整体的看法，认为健康是个人的生活习惯，社会交往很重要。
在农村环境中，孩子们需要适应他们所处的环境中的活动。因此，学校时间内的活动可以成为促进健康的一个重要补充。
