Upper Secondary School Pupils’ Experience of a Lifestyle Plan Based on Physical Power, Mental Harmony, and Social Capacity
2023 (English)In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN 1661-7827, E-ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 20, no 5, article id 4532Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Purpose: This study aimed to illustrate upper secondary school pupils’ experience using a self-administered web-based health-promoting tool, the Swedish Physical Power, Mental Harmony, and Social Capacity (FMS) student profile. Method: Five upper secondary schools in Sweden were included. Focus group interviews with pupils (10 girls, 5 boys, 15–19 years) were conducted, and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Result: Two themes were generated from six categories: a sense of participation and self-control of health: everyday well-being, objective formulation, disappointment, health awareness, limitations, and health-promoting change. The participants experienced that using the FMS made them aware of factors that influence their health. They also reported that being given feedback visually from the FMS, peers, and staff involved in the school was beneficial in increasing their motivation to maintain a health-promoting change regarding physical activity and lifestyle factors. Conclusion: The use of a self-administered web-based health-promoting tool is viewed as beneficial for raising awareness and motivation to implement strategies that help attain a healthier lifestyle in upper secondary school students regarding factors affecting perceived health.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2023. Vol. 20, no 5, article id 4532
Keywords [en]
Female, Focus Groups, Humans, Life Style, Male, Motivation, Peer Group, Schools, Sweden, health care, health education, lifestyle, mental health, physical activity, social behavior, student, World Wide Web, young population, adolescent, adult, article, awareness, child, clinical article, content analysis, health promotion, high school, human, human experiment, interview, physical education, pupil, self control, wellbeing, information processing, school, adolescents, web-based, youth
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-60029DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054532Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85149885704Local ID: GOA;;868715OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-60029DiVA, id: diva2:1746120
2023-03-272023-03-272023-03-27Bibliographically approved