How Are We Preparing Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Teachers to Be Health Promotors? Examining Physical Activity, Sleep and Sun Safety in Initial Teacher Education
Findings reveal significant variance in what is being offered in Australian and NZ initial teacher education programs. Findings highlight potential gaps in graduate's knowledge of various health behaviours and confidence to plan and teach related content and their preparedness for health promotion. SO WHAT?: Findings highlight a need to include more targeted health promotion education in initial teacher education in Australia and NZ to enable teachers to deliver consistent health promotion messages when they enter school settings to properly support young people's health needs.
Authors
- Sally Blane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4747-3481)
- Justine Osborne
- Bronwen McNoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3314-5604)
- Alexandra P. Metse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8641-1024)
- Joseph J. Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5238-7460)
- Nita Muir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5600-3815)
- Sharyn Chin Fat
Institutions
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- University of the Sunshine Coast (AU)
- Cancer Council Queensland (AU)
- Cancer Council Victoria (AU)
- Cancer Council Western Australia (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70022
- Primary Topic
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of the Sunshine Coast