Availability of health-promoting interventions in high schools in Quebec, Canada, by school deprivation level.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

School-based health-promoting interventions (HPIs) foster adolescent health and well-being. Access to HPIs may differ by the socioeconomic advantage of students at each school (school deprivation). We assessed the importance of health issues and availability of HPIs and extracurricular activities by school deprivation in high schools in Quebec, Canada.

Methods

In 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19, we interviewed school principals or a designee in 48 public high schools classified as disadvantaged (33%) or advantaged (67%). Schools rated whether 13 common health-related issues were important (i.e. warranted intervention) in their student population and reported whether HPIs to address these or other health issues and/or sports or special interest extracurricular activ

SUBMITTER: Kalubi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10414818 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature