Evaluation Index System of Shenzhen Health-Promoting Schools in China based on the SPO Model

Abstract

Abstract Health-promoting schools is an important setting to publicize the concept, “Education and Health are an equal priority”, and it is an integral part of implementing the strategy of sanitation and health work jointly built and shared by the people. Based on the standards of Health-promoting schools management, this study constructed an index system of health-promoting schools in Shenzhen, China to meet the needs of management, evaluation, and development of Health-promoting schools in Shenzhen and promote the health of residents throughout the city by disseminating health concepts, knowledge, and skills to the students, their families, and their communities through the schools. By analyzing the existing literature on health-promoting schools and combining the characteristics of primary and secondary schools in Shenzhen, the index system was constructed in a preliminary way. After two rounds of the Delphi method to accept expert advice and using the analytic hierarchy process to calculate the weight of indicators at all levels in the evaluation system, the index system of Shenzhen Health-Promoting Schools was finally established. The authority coefficients of experts in the two rounds of consultation were 0.84 and 0.81, respectively, and the coefficients of concordance of experts’ importance of the index system were 0.24 and 0.25, respectively (P < 0.01). After the analytic hierarchy process test, the evaluation system consisting of 8 first-class indexes, 17 second-class indexes, and 64 third-class indexes of health-promoting schools in Shenzhen was finally determined. The system has a stable structure, coordinated expert advice, and a high degree of coherence.