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The Shape Up project enhanced children's action competence through a school-community approach. This health promotion initiative fostered critical thinking and empowerment, leading to positive changes in pupils' capacity to improve their environment.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Promotion
  • Education

Background:

  • The Shape Up project utilized a school-community approach to promote healthy development in children.
  • It aimed to empower children to critically assess and improve health conditions within their schools and communities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the learning outcomes, specifically changes in pupils' action competence, resulting from the Shape Up project.
  • To examine the relationship between the project's methodology, implementation context, and its impact on learning outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • A multiple case study design was employed across five schools in different European countries.
  • Data collection involved document analysis, interviews, and observations.
  • Cross-case analysis was conducted using the Context-Mechanism-Outcome framework.

Main Results:

  • Key changes contributing to pupils' action competence included enhanced knowledge, skills, critical thinking, decision-making abilities, and a belief in their capacity to effect change.
  • Two distinct implementation models of the project's methodology were identified.
  • Both implementation models positively influenced the development of pupils' action competence.

Conclusions:

  • The Shape Up project successfully fostered pupils' action competence through a multifaceted approach.
  • The interplay between methodology and context is crucial for effective health promotion outcomes in schools.
  • Empowering children with knowledge, skills, and critical thinking is essential for improving health-related conditions.