HealthSpeaks: Using Poetry in Development of Health Education Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Robinson, Jenelle N.; Stanford, Jevetta; Webb, Fern Jureidini
Titel	HealthSpeaks: Using Poetry in Development of Health Education Curriculum
Quelle	In: Journal of Health Education Teaching, 9 (2018) 1, S.37-49 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2333-4851
Schlagwörter	Poetry; Health Education; Adolescents; Satisfaction; Curriculum; Teaching Methods; Health Behavior; Health Promotion; Eating Habits; Exercise; Substance Abuse; Mental Health; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Junior High School Students; Summer Programs; Likert Scales; Student Evaluation; Scoring Rubrics; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lyrik; Poesie; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Zufriedenheit; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Übung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Psychohygiene; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Sommerkurs; Likert-Skala; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to evaluate adolescent satisfaction with the curriculum HealthSpeaks. HealthSpeaks was designed to use poetry to increase awareness about healthy behaviors and health conditions. Research has shown that using poetry in education and related fields promotes social connections, information retention, and awareness among adolescents. Using poetry may also assist with increasing knowledge about health behaviors and certain conditions. Methods: HealthSpeaks is a four-lesson curriculum that focused on healthy eating and exercising, substance abuse, mental health, and sexually transmitted infections. The curriculum was developed and implemented by a health sciences professor to focus on junior high school students participating in a community organization's summer program. Students completed an evaluation after all four lessons were complete. The evaluation form included Likert-scale responses as well as open-ended questions to assess students' satisfaction with HealthSpeaks. Results: A total of 17 adolescents completed HealthSpeaks as part of a summer program in Charleston, West Virginia and the subsequent evaluation. The majority of participating adolescents felt that incorporating poetry into health education lessons was an effective teaching method. Conclusions: HealthSpeaks, and similarly styled curricula, may be a valuable way to present health education topics. Health educators must be creative when teaching health education to adolescents. Recommendations: Health educators should incorporate poetry or similarly designed curricula like HealthSpeaks, to influence adolescents' health behavior practices. Research recommendations include assessing knowledge and awareness levels pre- and post- poetry-based health education curricula. Other recommendations include exploring whether self-reflective poetry influences health behaviors more than when students read poetry relevant to health conditions written by others. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01