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Tillväxtkontroller i skolan, hur påverkas barn och ungdomar: En systematisk litteraturöversikt
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Height and weight measurements in school, how does it affect children and adolescents : A systematic review (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: En av grundstenarna i den svenska skolsköterskans arbete är hälsosamtalen och hälsokontrollerna där tillväxtkontroller ingår. Målet med hälsosamtalen och hälsoundersökningarna är att främja barn och ungdomars hälsa. Tillväxtkontroller är idag ett screeningprogram som saknar belägg för vilken nytta det egentligen har för barn och ungdomar.

Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva hur tillväxtkontroller i skolan påverkar barn och ungdomar.

Resultat: Denna integrativa litteraturöversikt resulterade i tre kategorier; Känsla av obehag, Kroppsfokus förstärks och kroppsmissnöjet ökar och Förstärkt hälsomedvetenhet.

Slutsats: Normer och utseendeideal med samhällets starka utseendekultur bidrar till att moment som bedömer våra kroppar blir problematiskt. Att avvika från normen eller att vara rädd för att avvika från normen kan bidra till sänkt självkänsla och självbild. Sänkt självkänsla och självbild kan prägla livsvärlden utifrån ett livsloppsperspektiv. Det är därför viktigt att elevhälsan och skolsköterskor arbetar med att stärka barn och ungdomar i deras fysiska, psykiska och sociala utveckling. Detta genom att motverka de dominerande skönhetsidealen genom att främja upplevelse av hälsa och en känsla av sammanhang.

Abstract [en]

Background: In Sweden, health visits including height and weight measurements are one of the signature tasks for the school nurse. The school nurse as part of the school health staff aims to support children and adolescents to good health and a sense of coherence, SOC. This to offer students the best possible chances to good education in school. Height and weight measurements in schools as a screening program still lack evidence of what benefit it actually has for the individual.

Purpose: The purpose is to describe how height and weight measurements in school affect children and adolescents.

Results: This integrative literature review resulted in three categories; Feeling of discomfort, Focus on the body is elevated and Enhanced health awareness.

Conclusion: Society's unattainable standards and ideals of beauty with a firm beauty culture contribute to the fact that screening our bodies become problematic. Deviating from the norm or being afraid of deviating from the norm can contribute to lowered self-esteem and self-image, which can affect the individuals’ experience of life and health in a life course perspective. It is therefore important that school health staff and school nurses work to support children and adolescents in their physical, psychological and social development. They also need to be aware of the importance to work with dismantle the dominant ideals of beauty because all children and adolescents have the right to experience good health and a sense of coherence.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 36
Keywords [en]
Body image, height and weight measurements, health, school nurse
Keywords [sv]
Hälsa, kroppsuppfattning, skolsköterska, tillväxtkontroll
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-23633OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-23633DiVA, id: diva2:1840703
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Nursing/Nursing Science
Educational program
School Nurse - Specialist Nursing Programme
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Available from: 2024-02-26 Created: 2024-02-26 Last updated: 2024-02-26Bibliographically approved

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