Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica, Deporte y Salud, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Front Public Health. 2023 Aug 25;11:1217177. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1217177. eCollection 2023.
Several universities around the world have adopted the settings approach to health to create a Health Promoting University (HPU) initiative. Health promoting initiatives are built on the values of health promotion, with participation being one of the most important. Despite the above, there is little information on how university community members participate in HPU initiatives. This study aims to describe the participation of university community members in HPU initiatives in universities around the world.
An online questionnaire was sent to representatives of universities that have implemented a HPU initiative. The questionnaire inquired about the level and nature of participation of university community members (students, professors, and administrative/technical staff) at different levels. Three levels of participation ranged from lower to higher levels were considered: (a) information delivery strategies; (b) consultation strategies and (c) involvement in design, planning and decision-making processes.
At least the 50% of the universities implemented strategies so that all the members of the community could participate at all levels. Information delivery strategies were the most often used, with students being the main target group. Consultation strategies were aimed mainly at students and professors, whilst professors participated most actively in the design, planning and decision-making.
Different participation strategies are used in the HPU initiatives. Information delivery strategies, which represent the lowest level of participation, were the most often reported. Higher levels of participation were less used in the HPU initiatives. HPU initiatives should seek for strategies to provide more high-level participation to all university community members.
世界上有几所大学采用了环境方针来创建促进健康的大学（HPU）计划。促进健康的计划建立在健康促进的价值观基础上，参与是最重要的价值观之一。尽管如此，关于大学社区成员如何参与 HPU 计划的信息却很少。本研究旨在描述世界各地大学社区成员参与 HPU 计划的情况。
向已经实施 HPU 计划的大学代表发送了在线问卷。问卷询问了大学生、教授和行政/技术人员等不同层次的大学社区成员的参与程度和性质。参与程度分为三个层次，从低到高依次为：（a）信息传递策略；（b）咨询策略；（c）参与设计、规划和决策过程。
至少有 50%的大学实施了策略，以使社区的所有成员都可以在各个层次上参与。信息传递策略是最常用的策略，学生是主要的目标群体。咨询策略主要针对学生和教授，而教授则最积极地参与设计、规划和决策。
HPU 计划中使用了不同的参与策略。信息传递策略是最常用的策略，代表了最低程度的参与。在 HPU 计划中较少使用更高层次的参与策略。HPU 计划应寻求策略，为所有大学社区成员提供更高层次的参与。
