GailGail CumminsCummins

Institute of Technology SligoInstitute of Technology SligoDept of Applied ScienceDept of Applied Science

The Health Behaviour in School-agedChildren (HBSC) study is an internationalsurvey (www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc).

Funded by the Department of Healthand Children.

The study aims to gain new insight into,and increase our understanding ofyoung people's health and well-being,health behaviours and their socialcontext.

3rd time study was conducted in Ireland

School based study

HBSC

During the HBSC survey, children voluntarily give theirtime and information about themselves.

Beyond the data collection phase children are notinvolved in the study.

Other stakeholders are provided with variousdissemination options.

To explore young people’s ideas in relation tohow the HBSC Ireland data can be disseminatedas a youth friendly resource.

Mixed gender schools Primary and post primary schools Rural & urban schools Deis & Non Deis schools *

* Schools that are part of the Department of Education and Science’s SupportProgramme, under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) andschools that are not part of this programme (Non-Deis).

Galway County (Rural) Dublin City (Urban)

PrimarySchool(DEIS)

PrimarySchool(Non-DEIS)

PostPrimarySchool(DEIS)

PostPrimarySchool(Non-DEIS)

PrimarySchool(DEIS)

PrimarySchool(Non-DEIS)

PostPrimarySchool(DEIS)

PostPrimarySchool(Non-DEIS)

Number of Schools 1 1 1 1 1 2* 1 1

Number ofWorkshops

1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1

Number of Groups 1 2 2 4 2 4 2 2

Workshops

Workshopprotocol

1. HBSCIntroduction

2. GroupContract

3. Ice –breaker Game

4.Snap Game

5. Pizza ChartGame

6. BrainstormSession &

Closing

1.•Each group was given a pack containing 51 HBSC cards.

2.

•Youngest person in the group was asked to deal thecards evenly among group.

3.

•Person next to dealer was asked to lay down a card andsay where they felt it was interesting or not.

4.

•Entire group joined in discussion. Card then placed ininteresting or non interesting pile.

5.

•Each group asked to look through interesting pile andrank the topics they found most interesting.

Liking

School

Tooth

brushing

Injuries

1.

A pre preparedblank pizza chartwas given out toeach group. Thischart was a largecircle with 10segments(resembling a pizza).

2.

Students wereasked to glue oneof their highestranked topiccards in eachpizza segment.

3.

Students wereasked to writedown in each

segment whatthey would like toknow about that

specific topic.

Using a large flipchart each group were asked tobrainstorm the following question “How can we giveyou this information – what type of resource/formatwould you like?”.

BrainstormSession

Ranking Topic

1 Alcohol

2 Puberty

3 Drugs

4 Being really drunk

5 Smoking

Highest Rank Interesting Topics - Snap Game

1.

Alcohol

2.

Puberty

3.

Drugs

4.

drunk

4.

Beingreallydrunk

5.Smoking

6.

Fighting

7.

health

7.

Yourhealth

Image

8.

BodyImage

Health

9.

PhysicalHealth

10.

health

10.

Emotionalhealth

with life

11.

Happywith life

12.

Closefriends

Highest ranked HBSC topic among all the schools,

16 out of the 19 groups.

3 exceptions to this were all groups from non-deisschools; two were post primary (1 urban and rural) anda rural primary.

1.

Alcohol

1. DVD

2. Presentations& talks

3.Books/Reports

4. Internet

5. Factsheets

The diagramillustrates preferreddisseminationmethods andresources that werespecifically identifiedby the young peoplein order todisseminate HBSCinformation to them.

DVD was the most discussed resource with all schoolsmentioning it.

Four general themes emerged from these DVDdiscussions and included: what they “want” if a DVDis developed, what they “don’t want” from a DVDresource, “advantages and disadvantages” ofdeveloping a DVD resource.

HPRC Team in NUI, Galway

Dr. Colette Kelly, Priscilla Doyle, Dr. Michal Molcho, Dr. Saoirse NicGabhainn, Dr. Jane Sixsmith

Health Promotion Team, Institute of Technology, SligoMargaret McLoone, Dr. Etain Kiely, Gail Cummins