Abstract
The health promoting school concept is now a well-established framework for the development of health promotion initiatives in schools. Increasingly, attention has focused on the evaluation of school-based health promotion and debate continues over appropriate evaluation designs for the school setting. The authors argue that the case study design provides a useful approach because of its ability to explore the real-life complexities of social contexts using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, with a strong emphasis on process as well as outcome measures. The current ENHPS project in Scotland uses a multiple-case study design to evaluate healthy eating initiatives in four schools, based on the principles of the health promoting school. Provides a description of the project and highlights the advantages of case study methodology in addressing key issues around effectiveness of school-based health promotion based on the health promoting school concept.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 200-206 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Health Education Journal |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Health
- schools
- evaluation
- diet