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Table 2 Categories and subcategories with the corresponding barriers and facilitators as experienced by children

From: Children’s experiences of participating in a school-based health promotion parental support programme – a qualitative study

Categories

Time available to work on intervention activities

Others’ interest

Abilities and interests in intervention activities

Practicing the concept of health

 

Subcategories

 

Subcategories

B: Lack of time

B: Being absent

B: Frustrating to wait

F: Getting more time

Support and help

B: Lack of support and help

F: Received support and help

F: Pedagogical support at the children's level

B: Activity or topic boring

B: Activity or topic difficult

F: Activity or topic fun

F: Activity or topic easy

Aids for learning

F: Use of symbols for recognition of the health message

F: Involvement in practical assignments

F: Use of material that facilitates learning and discussion

Enthusiasm

B: Helpers negative

B: Helpers show no enthusiasm

F: Helpers positive

F: Helpers show enthusiasm

Opportunities to apply knowledge in everyday life

F: Practicing knowledge at home

F: Relating knowledge to health behaviours of people in one’s surrounding

F: Knowledge produces certainty in own health behaviour

  1. B = Barriers
  2. F = Facilitators