Promoting health and wellbeing of school aged children – a cource for international exhange students

In co-operation with Maikkula secondary school

Ulla-Maija Seppänen OUASTiina Tervaskanto-Mäentausta OUASAnna Skytte Maikkula secondary school Aino Pitkänen Maikkula secondary school

The cource was based on “Healthy future” action model to promote wellbeing of children and teenaged in the city of Oulu

The idea of the model is to utilize better research based knowledge when preventive programs is plannedhttp://info.stakes.fi/kouluterveyskysely/EN/index.htm

Maikkula secondary school is a pilot school to develope the practical solutions with Oulu University of Applied Sciences

Background of the cource

Oulu.fi

Aims 2008 - 2011

Aims 2006 – 2009 * Increased tolerance * Stronger parenting * Improved eating habits * Less tiredness, neck and shoulder pain

Physical and mental

symptoms

Lack of parenting, lifestyle

Living conditions Schoolwork

Health Health habits

Lack of exercise

Lack of sleep and rest

Experienced physical threat

Unhealthy eating habits

Use of intoxicants, tobacco and drugs

Physical and mental conditions at school

Studies difficult & strenuous

Bullying at school

DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES BASED ON THE SCHOOL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE

2005

2011

2009

2007

ACTORS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Objective * Increasing physical, mental and social health and well-being of children and families * Strengthening a culture of life management, participation and caring * Promoting joint responsibility and multiprofessional cooperation

2013

2015

School Health Questionnaire

Aims 2010 – 2013

Aims 2012 – 2015

ACTIVE HEALTH PROMOTION Families

Other actors

Social and health care, education, youth, sports, culture, environmental and technical sector

Young people

The cource has been carried out now three times from Spring 2008 as one of our international study courses

The students has been exchange students (physiotherapy and occupational therapy) from different European countries as well Finnish. The language of the course has been English.

The target group has been one class from Maikkula secondary school. The pupils has been 14-15 years old.

The background of the lecturers from OUAS (Oulu University of Applied Sciences) was preventive health care, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.

Implementation

The aim of the course was to start the learning and reflecting process of the pupils about the issues of health and wellbeing in using different occupations to make themes more interesting and concrete

The second aim was to make the pupils work as a group and think and talk about the project themes in english

The pedagogical aim was to develop student-centered learning methods using interprofessional theory base

Aims

Project plan

Planning meeting with Maikkula teachers before starting

5 workshops with students and pupils to produce the product of ”promoting health”

Evaluating and writing a report of the project

Products and movements 2008

Implementation 2010

The aim of the project 2010 was to prepare critical movies conserning health and wellbeing of the teenaged pupils from 8. grade

-Tutors from Maikkula and OUAS

-Occupational therapist students from 3 European countries

Students aims was to learn group work, use of pupils activating methods, promoting pupils to make healthy choices in their lives

15.2.101. Session

22.2.102. Session

1.3.103. Session

15.3.104.Session

22.3.105. Session

29.3.10Film Festival

Wellcome X X X X X

IntroductionMaking a collage - common topics

Game X X X Preparing the class

Watching the movies

Survey

Sharing moment

Loughing moment

Giving the diplomas

Dividing in groups -topics

Planning the movie

X

Start to prepare the scene

Taking fotos X

Editing the movies

Finishing the movies

Ending ritual - feedback

X X X X X

Learning and production process

Starting the session….

Groups are working

Topics:SPORTS, NATURE and FOOD

…. Topis is FOOD

…Preparing and editing the movies

Evaluation

• After each session oral evaluation for planning the next session

• Survey at the end:– How important: 13 (15) , 1:/– How much affects: 9 , 5 :/– Want to change life style: 9 no, 4 yes– How to took part of the group: 12 , 1:/– To speak English: 8 , 4:/, 1 no answer

Evaluation

• What was good/bad, why:– Games +– Filming +– Speaking English + and -– Planning, taking fotos +

Evaluation

“I was surprised that I could lead a group in a proper way because I never did it before

Leading a project group was for me very pleasant. I tried to find a good combination between supporting and observing, but this are still skills were I have to grown in the future

.. after a couple of sessions we found out who was strong in what and we worked like a real team

I also tried to search for nice ideas and tried to evaluate them with ideas from the others…the others interpretive the phenomena in a different way. This gave me the opportunity to learn and think in a different way and to evaluate a new way of thinking.”

A self evaluation of one student

Thank you for your attention!

Ending ritual