The purpose of this study was to explore the need for school nurses in the Saudi school system and to explore the current role of nurses in school health education and health promotion in Saudi Arabia. The study used a qualitative approach that was guided by implementation literature. Fifteen participants (8 nursing students; 4 nursing faculty members; 3 nurses) answered open-ended questions and participated in semi-structured interviews. From the findings, three themes emerged to identify the current role of nurses in Saudi Arabian school: “Health educator”, “Health promoter”, and “Liaison with community”. Four themes were identified based on the potential role of nurses in Saudi Arabian schools: “Leadership role”, “Care provider role”, “Educator role”, and “Liaison with community”. Five themes were identified based on facilitators and barriers to providing health and physical education in Saudi schools: “University and college level support”, “School health services”, “Governmental support”, “Lack of cultural approval”, and “Demand for nurses exceeds supply”. This study contributes to our understanding of what are the current and potential roles of nurses in Saudi Arabian schools, are nursing students currently prepared to provide health education and promotion to school staff and students, and what facilitators and barriers exist for nursing to provide health education and promotion in Saudi schools. This information can contribute to decision-making processes, formulation of necessary legislation, and government measures towards the implementation of school nursing and physical education, particularly in girls’ schools in Saudi Arabia, so as to maximize health and wellness in the Saudi community. / Graduate / 0680,0523,0714 / hebah.alqallaf@gmail.com

Essa pesquisa foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de analisar o significado que os adolescentes atribuem às estratégias de promoção da saúde e da atividade física no ambiente escolar e comunitário. Para tanto, realizamos uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva, de caráter exploratório com adolescentes de ambos os sexos do Instituto Federal do Paraná, município de Campo Largo (PR). A primeira etapa consistiu na aplicação de um questionário com questões abertas e a segunda por discussões em grupo sobre os temas: atividade física na escola e na comunidade e saúde na escola e na comunidade. A análise dos dados foi realizada de maneira qualitativa, onde as informações obtidas no questionário e nas discussões foram analisadas com o emprego da análise de conteúdo. Os achados referentes à análise do material documental das aulas de educação física escolar proposta por essa pesquisa demostraram que os estudantes significam atribuem o significado a saúde como condição atrelada às suas responsabilidades, oriundas especificamente dos determinantes biológicos como hábitos alimentares e práticas de atividades físicas; no entanto destacam-se as associações que realizam entre saúde e autopercepções positivas. Com vistas à promoção de saúde e da atividade física, os estudantes sugerem que à escola e à comunidade lhes cabem o papel de incentivá-los, demonstram decepção pela ausência de ações que tornam a escola mais dinâmica, apresentam entusiasmo ao identificar e explicar os espaços e ações que são familiarizados e esperam o desenvolvimento de conteúdos relacionados à saúde através de novas metodologias, principalmente as relacionadas às mídias / This research was developed with the purpose of analyzing the meaning that the adolescents attribute to the strategies of health promotion and physical activity in the school and community environment. To do so, we conducted a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study with adolescents of both sexes from the Federal Institute of Paraná, Campo Largo (PR). The first step consisted of the application of a questionnaire with open questions and the second by group discussions on \"physical activity in school and community\" and \"health in school and community\". Data analysis was carried out in a qualitative way, where the information obtained in the questionnaire and the discussions were analyzed using content analysis. The findings related to the analysis of the documentary material of the school physical education classes proposed by this research showed that the students mean that they attribute the meaning to health as a condition linked to their responsibilities, specifically derived from biological determinants such as eating habits and physical activity practices; however, the associations that perform between health and positive self-perceptions stand out. In order to promote health and physical activity, the students suggest that the school and the community have the role of encouraging them, they show disappointment in the absence of actions that make the school more dynamic, they are enthusiastic in identifying and explaining spaces and actions that are familiar and expect the development of health-related content through new methodologies, especially those related to the media

Essa pesquisa foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de analisar o significado que os adolescentes atribuem às estratégias de promoção da saúde e da atividade física no ambiente escolar e comunitário. Para tanto, realizamos uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva, de caráter exploratório com adolescentes de ambos os sexos do Instituto Federal do Paraná, município de Campo Largo (PR). A primeira etapa consistiu na aplicação de um questionário com questões abertas e a segunda por discussões em grupo sobre os temas: atividade física na escola e na comunidade e saúde na escola e na comunidade. A análise dos dados foi realizada de maneira qualitativa, onde as informações obtidas no questionário e nas discussões foram analisadas com o emprego da análise de conteúdo. Os achados referentes à análise do material documental das aulas de educação física escolar proposta por essa pesquisa demostraram que os estudantes significam atribuem o significado a saúde como condição atrelada às suas responsabilidades, oriundas especificamente dos determinantes biológicos como hábitos alimentares e práticas de atividades físicas; no entanto destacam-se as associações que realizam entre saúde e autopercepções positivas. Com vistas à promoção de saúde e da atividade física, os estudantes sugerem que à escola e à comunidade lhes cabem o papel de incentivá-los, demonstram decepção pela ausência de ações que tornam a escola mais dinâmica, apresentam entusiasmo ao identificar e explicar os espaços e ações que são familiarizados e esperam o desenvolvimento de conteúdos relacionados à saúde através de novas metodologias, principalmente as relacionadas às mídias / This research was developed with the purpose of analyzing the meaning that the adolescents attribute to the strategies of health promotion and physical activity in the school and community environment. To do so, we conducted a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study with adolescents of both sexes from the Federal Institute of Paraná, Campo Largo (PR). The first step consisted of the application of a questionnaire with open questions and the second by group discussions on \"physical activity in school and community\" and \"health in school and community\". Data analysis was carried out in a qualitative way, where the information obtained in the questionnaire and the discussions were analyzed using content analysis. The findings related to the analysis of the documentary material of the school physical education classes proposed by this research showed that the students mean that they attribute the meaning to health as a condition linked to their responsibilities, specifically derived from biological determinants such as eating habits and physical activity practices; however, the associations that perform between health and positive self-perceptions stand out. In order to promote health and physical activity, the students suggest that the school and the community have the role of encouraging them, they show disappointment in the absence of actions that make the school more dynamic, they are enthusiastic in identifying and explaining spaces and actions that are familiar and expect the development of health-related content through new methodologies, especially those related to the media

Title: Financing of promoting physical activity by the towns with extended scope Aims: Purpose of this work is to explore and analyze condition of financing of promoting physical activity in the towns with extended scope in Czech Republic. I am focusing on budget of towns with extended scope, analyzing of sport financing in these towns, analyzing of profit or loss of sport facilities, utilization of grants, the citizen attitude with this problem and the functionality of departments of sport. Methods: The work is descriptively-analytical. Collecting of data is done by recherché and questionnaire. Analysis and comparison will be used for evaluation of data. I will research whether the number of population is correlated with the amount of money put into the promotion of physical activity and with the number of workers in the Sports Department etc. Results: The towns with extended scope are recognized the importance of physical activities and they are very active to seek financial resources to support them. However, in many smaller municipalities with extended scope is not personnel involved in the sport at all, or this issue is passed on someone as a part-time. The survey revealed that the municipalities invest in to the sport up per head approximately three times more than the county. An interesting...