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‘Be yourself and have a ball’ : using a school and community based health education model to build young women’s resilience and connectedness

Ollis, Debbie and Meldrum, Kathryn 2008, ‘Be yourself and have a ball’ : using a school and community based health education model to build young women’s resilience and connectedness, in AARE 2008 : International Education Research Conference. Changing Climates : Education for Sustainable Futures, The Association, Coldstream, Vic., pp. 1-16.

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Title ‘Be yourself and have a ball’ : using a school and community based health education model to build young women’s resilience and connectedness
Author(s) Ollis, Debbie
Meldrum, Kathryn
Conference name Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (2008 : Brisbane, Australia)
Conference location Brisbane, Qld.
Conference dates 30 November - 4 December 2008
Title of proceedings AARE 2008 : International Education Research Conference. Changing Climates : Education for Sustainable Futures
Editor(s) [Unknown]
Publication date 2008
Conference series Australian Association for Research in Education Conference
Start page 1
End page 16
Publisher The Association
Place of publication Coldstream, Vic.
Summary Recognition of the important role schools play in the promotion of student wellbeing can be seen in the growing number of polices and programs being implemented in schools across the Australia. This paper reports on some initial data from focus group interviews with year 9 and 10 girls involved in the pilot of a health and physical activity intervention designed to connect them to their local community and reconnect them with their school and their peers. The aim of the program was to build connectedness and resilience by engaging young women in non-traditional physical activities whilst providing them with a sound understanding of health issues relevant to adolescent girls. Situated in a relatively isolated rural community 200 kilometers south east of Melbourne the program was overwhelmingly delivered by regional and local agencies in conjunction with the local secondary school. The intervention was built on a partnerships model designed with the purpose of increasing participation and access for young women whilst building a sustainable program run in partnership between the school and local agencies and services. The initial data from this pilot indicates the program is having a positive impact on the young women’s sense of self and their bodies, their relationships with their peers and in reducing bullying behaviour amongst the girls. However the data raises some important questions around the adequacy of school-based health education, and the sustainability of approaches designed to be delivered by outside agencies rather than classroom teachers.
Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.
ISSN 1324-9339
Language eng
Field of Research 130308 Gender, Sexuality and Education
Socio Economic Objective 939904 Gender Aspects of Education
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
HERDC collection year 2009
Copyright notice ©2008, AARE
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30016575

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