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Kasper Jari Johannes Mäkelä
Coaches’ Health Promotion Activity and Substance Use in Youth Sports
There is an increasing amount of evidence suggesting youth sports clubs are an important setting for health promotion. Adolescents in sport club settings can benefit from exposures of positive and negative consequences to health. To better understand the sport club context and coaches’ health promotion activity in substance use prevention, this study compares sport club members with non-members aged between 14–16 years old on their experience and use of alcohol, smoking and snuff and coaches’ health promotion activity on substances. Methods: Adolescents (n = 671) from sports clubs and from matched schools (n = 1442) were recruited in this study. Multiple binary logistic regressions were per…
Physical Activity, Screen Time and Sleep among Youth Participating and Non-Participating in Organized Sports : The Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) Study
Objectives: The aim of this Health Promoting Sport Club (HPSC) study was to compare physical activity (PA), sleep time and screen time (ST) between sports club participants (n = 1200) and non-participants (n = 913). Design: A cross-sectional survey design was employed to assess PA, sleep and ST of adolescents. Methods: Information on these was collected from 14 to 16 year old adolescents (1200 sport club participants and 913 non-participants) through a standardized questionnaire. Results: Boys were more physically active than girls and met the PA guidelines more often than girls (p < 0.001). The proportion of youth reaching the PA guidelines was significantly higher among youth participants…
Career intentions of Australian physical education teachers
The purpose of this study was to investigate Australian physical education (PE) teachers’ career intentions and factors influencing their intentions. A sample (N = 234) of Western Australian PE teachers responded to a questionnaire determining PE teachers’ work and the primary motivators for intention to leave the profession. Half (51.3%) of the respondents wanted a change from their current PE teacher job and 39.8% were intending to leave PE teaching. The most frequent reasons for wanting to leave PE related to: non-use of expertise, workload, school administration, and lack of opportunities for personal and professional development. Consideration should be given to mediation strategies th…
Work Ability of Finnish Physical Education Teachers
Background: In the physical education (PE) teachers’ profession, physical tasks comprise a large part of their job. They identify their health as good, and they are satisfied with their job. Nevertheless, the work ability of PE teachers may be decrease. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the work ability of Finnish PE teachers. What disorders or physical problems do PE teachers experience as a result of their job, and how do they affect job satisfaction? Are there differences between men and women or older and younger teachers? Key findings: Of the Finnish PE teachers (N=655), 31% reported that they had at least one disease or disorder that hindered their work ability. The mos…
Suomalaisten liikunnanopettajien urakehitys ja työtyytyväisyys
Nykypäivänä työurat ovat monipuolistuneet ja tämä näkyy myös opettajien keskuudessa. Opettajien siirtyminen pois varsinaisesta opetustehtävästä on yleistynyt ja näin opettajaksi kouluttautuneiden työurat ovat ainakin osittain muuttumassa. Myös liikunnanopettajat ovat jo pitkään olleet paitsi opetustaitojensa myös liikunnallisten taitojensa vuoksi haluttua työvoimaa muuallakin kuin koulumaailmassa. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää liikunnanopettajaksi valmistuneiden nykyistä työnkuvaa ja ammatinvaihtoon vaikuttaneita tekijöitä. Kohderyhmänä olivat vuosina 1980–2008 valmistuneet liikunnanopettajat (N=1430). Tutkimuksen mukaan liikunnanopettajaksi valmistuneista 23 prosenttia oli …
Should I stay or should I go? Physical education teachers' career intentions
Purpose: This study investigated Finnish physical education (PE) teachers’ intentions to leave the profession and the reasons behind them. Method: A large sample (N ¼ 808) of PE teachers who graduated between 1980 and 2008 (432 women, 376 men) answered a modified job satisfaction and teacher follow-up questionnaire that elicited career perceptions, intentions, and current work duties. Results: In this sample, 26% of the respondents were contemplating leaving their jobs as PE teachers and an additional 13% were actually in the process of transferring from PE teaching but planned to remain in school teaching. To determine the reasons for considering leaving the PE teaching profession, princip…