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The challenges of using of a school level questionnaire
to examine policies at post-primary school level in
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Callaghan, M., Kelly, C., Molcho, M. Clarke, N. & Nic Gabhainn, S.
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Presented by: Mary Callaghan
Health Promotion Research Centre
NUI Galway
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www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc
Overview
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• Challenges
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HBSC
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• Health behaviour in school aged children study
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• A cross-national research study conducted in 42
countries in 2010
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• Aim to gain new insight into, and increase our
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understanding of young people’s health and wellbeing, health behaviours and their social context
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Background
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• Interested in looking at the food environment
around schools
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• Link student and school level information
Aim
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Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC)
study in Ireland
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– (To link this information to HBSC student data)
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Questionnaire design
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• Questionnaire developed based on international HBSC
school level questionnaire
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• 5 themes, 25 questions
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– School characteristics, Nutrition, Physical Activity,
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• piloted with 4 post-primary schools – 3 urban, 1 rural
• Closed questions –yes/no or tick box
Data collection
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• 119 Post-primary schools took part in HBSC
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• Participate online using SurveyMonkey or by
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SurveyMonkey
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• A popular online survey tool
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– www.surveymonkey.net
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• Offers a number of different packages (licence)
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• Add question, selection of response options
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• Send link to survey in an email
• Data may be exported in a number of formats
Results
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Percent
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No Response
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Closed/Amalgamated & moved
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Email – email addresses
Schools closed or moved to a new premises
Time – Started calling in October 2012 – January 2013
Calling – how many times should I call?
Messages – better to call back at a more suitable time or
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• Number of surveys
• Access to SurveyMonkey
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Data Entry & Analysis
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– Coding of data (string variables)
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• Data was exported, coded and analysed using
IBM SPSS Statistics 20
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In conclusion
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• First time that data on policies has been collected by
HBSC Ireland
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• Next steps – link the school level data to HBSC
student level data (ongoing)
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• will inform future data collection at the school level
by HBSC Ireland not only on policies but the internal
and surrounding school environment
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– Allow us to compare cross-nationally at the school level in
next HBSC survey round – and learn from European/US
school policies/environments
Acknowledgements
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• Schools that took part in the school level
questionnaire
• Professor Candace Currie, International Coordinator,
St. Andrews University
• Professor Oddrun Samdal, Data Bank Manager,
University of Bergen
• HBSC network of researchers
• Department of Health
• Department of Children and Youth Affairs
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Thank you
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mary.callaghan@nuigalway.ie
www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc
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