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- Title
Using a Participatory Approach to the Development of a School-Based Physical Activity Policy in an Indigenous Community.
- Authors
Hogan, Lindsay; Bengoechea, Enrique García; Salsberg, Jon; Jacobs, Judi; King, Morrison; Macaulay, Ann C.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND This study is part of a larger community-based participatory research ( CBPR) project to develop, implement, and evaluate the physical activity component of a school-based wellness policy. The policy intervention is being carried out by community stakeholders and academic researchers within the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project, a well-established health promotion organization in the Indigenous community of Kahnawake, Quebec. METHODS We explored how a group of stakeholders develop a school physical activity policy in a participatory manner, and examined factors serving as facilitators and barriers to the development process. This case study was guided by an interpretive description approach and draws upon data from documentary analysis and participant observation. RESULTS A CBPR approach allowed academic researchers and community stakeholders to codevelop a physical activity policy that is both evidence-based and contextually appropriate. The development process was influenced by a variety of barriers and facilitators including working within existing structures, securing appropriate stakeholders, and school contextual factors. CONCLUSIONS This research offers a process framework that others developing school-based wellness policies may use with appropriate modifications based on local environments.
- Subjects
QUEBEC (Province); ACTION research; COMMITTEES; CONCEPTUAL structures; FOCUS groups; HEALTH promotion; CASE studies; POLICY sciences; RESEARCH funding; SCHOOL administrators; STUDENT health; EVIDENCE-based medicine; QUALITATIVE research; PROFESSIONAL practice; HEALTH of indigenous peoples; THEMATIC analysis; HUMAN services programs; PARENT attitudes; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of School Health, 2014, Vol 84, Issue 12, p786
- ISSN
0022-4391
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/josh.12214