HeaLS – Effects of the implementation of the interdisciplinary topic “Health and Life Skills” in schools

Status: Aktiv
Start: 01.10.2023
Slutt: 30.09.2028
Finansiering: ERC-European Research Council

Prosjektbeskrivelse

Mental illness is a major health burden worldwide and the health problems with the heaviest financial burden in Norway. Half of chronic mental disorders emerge before the age of 14, and mental health problems in youth are increasing. The Norwegian government has implemented the interdisciplinary topic «Health and life skills» (HLS) in primary and secondary education to provide pupils with competences to promote health and self-efficacy. School-based interventions may improve mental health and academic performance, but their effects depend on the quality of implementation. There are large variations in how HLS is implemented within and across schools due to lack of national guidelines and a reliance on teachers’ professional judgement. Delayed implementation for some grades and longitudinal nationwide registry linkages forms a natural experiment and rare opportunity to investigate the impact of diverse implementation methods of a politically determined, long-term and population-wide measure.

The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to evaluate how variations in the implementation of HLS relate to the intervention’s effect on pupils’ mental health, quality of life, school environment, academic performance and dropout. We will collect new HLS implementation data from 5-10,000 teachers/employees, 1,000 school principals and 180 school owners. Information from these key samples will be combined with prior linked data for 750 000 pupils from existing national registries and large surveys, including educational, health and background information.

The research group includes researchers specialized in education, mental and public health, health promotion, classroom research, school surveys, register-based studies and advanced multi-level methods.

The evaluation may affect further implementation and practice of HLS nationally and globally, and thereby promote pupils’ mental health and academic performance and thus also their future.

The study will collect new information regarding how HLS is implemented in Norwegian schools through questionnaires to all school owners and representative samples of Norwegian school leaders and teachers.

These new information regarding implementation will be combined with existing data from national registries and large survey studies.

All information is analysed, and results are presented, anonymized.

Resultater

År	Tittel	Type	Forfattere
2025	Inequalities in Mental Health in High-income Countries	Annen formidling	Yuan Fang
2024	Folkehelse og livsmestring under lupen	Intervju	Egil Nygaard, Tore Brøyn
2023	ERC Consolidator Grant til Psykologisk institutt.	Intervju	Egil Nygaard, Lise Paulsrud Mjørlund
2026	Refleksjonsopplegg om FoL – HeaLS og LIFE: Folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen	Annen formidling	Cathrine Pedersen, Egil Nygaard, Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Viviana Daza
2024	Forskningsprosjektet HeaLS ønsker flere skoler velkommen - Skolelederforbundet	Intervju	Alf Bjørge Aschim, Egil Nygaard
2024	Delta i undersøkelse om folkehelse og livsmestring - Skolelederforbundet	Bloggpost	Skolelederforbundet
2025	Vold og trusler i skolen – del 2, er skolene rustet?	Formidling i radio eller tv	Janne Øksnes, Egil Nygaard, Madelen Kloster, Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud
2024	Bli med i forskningsprosjekt om folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen!	Film/video	Ronnie Smith, Egil Nygaard
2025	Differential Effects of a Nationwide Curriculum-Based Intervention on Student Mental Health: The Role of Socioeconomic Status.	Konferanseforedrag	Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal, Maud Edvoll, Anne Torhild Klomsten, Siri Hausland Folstad, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Egil Nygaard
2026	Embargoed OSF preregistration; Validation of questionnaires measuring multi-level implementation of a health promotive school reform	Vitenskapelig artikkel	Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Stephan Daus, Mehdi Poornikoo, Cathrine Pedersen, Torstein de Besche, Lene Vestad, Hildegunn Fandrem, Neil Humphrey, Anne Torhild Klomstén, Egil Nygaard
2025	Differential Effects of a Nationwide Curriculum-Based Intervention on Student Mental Health: The Role of Socioeconomic Status	Konferanseforedrag	Yuan Fang, Egil Nygaard
2025	Folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen	Film/video	NIFU
2025	Livsmestring på timeplanen	Intervju	Bjelland Siv, Egil Nygaard
2025	Fem år med folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen – hvordan fungerer det?	Formidling i radio eller tv	Egil Nygaard
2026	The Effect of School Resources on Student Mental Health under the Norwegian Curriculum Reform	Vitenskapelig artikkel	Mehdi Poornikoo, Yuan Fang, Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Anne Torhild Klomstén, Siri Hausland Folstad, Maud Edvoll, Neil Humphrey, Andreas Fidjeland, Cathrine Pedersen, Lisbeth M. Brevik, Eivind Ystrom, Egil Nygaard
2025	Tall og fakta - Vold og trusler i skolen - del 1	Formidling i radio eller tv	Janne Øksnes, Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud, Egil Nygaard, Madelen Kloster
2026	Teaching health and life skills: A good idea, but does it make a difference?	Konferanseforedrag	Egil Nygaard
2025	Public health and life skills in schools – effects and practice	Konferanseforedrag	Egil Nygaard
2024	Hva vet vi om effekten av folkehelse og livsmestring?	Intervju	Alf Bjørge Aschim, Egil Nygaard
2024	Egil Nygaard om Folkehelse og Livsmestring	Intervju	Håkon Njøten, Egil Nygaard
2026	Refleksjoner og forskningsfunn om Folkehelse og livsmestring	Foredrag	Marthe Gallefoss Vanvik, Egil Nygaard, Cathrine Pedersen
2025	Implementering av Folkehelse og livsmestring i skole	Konferanseforedrag	Egil Nygaard
2024	Differential Effects of LK20 on Student Mental Health: The Role of Socioeconomic Status	Konferanseforedrag	Yuan Fang, Egil Nygaard
2025	Folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen – effekter, praksis og kompetanseutvikling	Konferanseforedrag	Egil Nygaard
2024	Skal forske på livsmestring i skolen	Intervju	Maria Gilje Strand, Hildegunn Fandrem, Egil Nygaard
2025	Vold og trusler i skolen – del 3; hva med elevene?	Formidling i radio eller tv	Janne Øksnes, Egil Nygaard, Madelen Kloster, Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud
2023	LY podden: HeaLS-folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen	Formidling i radio eller tv	Janne Øksnes, Anne Torhild Klomstén, Egil Nygaard, Einar Hanisch, Petter Andreas Longva
2023	LY podden: Folkehelse	Formidling i radio eller tv	Janne Øksnes, Egil Nygaard, Anne Torhild Klomstén
2024	Meet the researcher: Egil Nygaard	Intervju	Egil Nygaard
2024	Hvordan står det egentlig til med folkehelse og livsmestring i skolen?	Formidling i radio eller tv	Egil Nygaard, Asgeir Kabuba Kjelstad
2026	Multilevel implementation assessment of a national health and life skills curriculum policy: development and content validation	Vitenskapelig artikkel	Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Stephan Daus, Hildegunn Fandrem, Cathrine Pedersen, Torstein de Besche, Lene Vestad, Thea Steinnes, Lisbeth M. Brevik, Oda van Jole, Neil Humphrey, Frida Vennerød-Diesen, Mehdi Poornikoo, Anne T. Klomsten, Ragnhild E. Brandlistuen, Ragnhild B. Nes, Andreas Ø. Fidjeland, Janne M. Vistnes, Siri H. Folstad, Viviana Daza, Cecilie Evertsen, Geir Skeie, Yuan Fang, Maud Edvoll, Clara Timpe, Alf B. Aschim, Eivind Ystrøm, Espen Røysamb, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Kristina Kymre, Asgeir K. Kjeldstad, Inga Brenne, Janne M. Øksnes, Lene M. Bakkadal, Svein E. Engebretsen, Vigdis Holm, Egil Nygaard
2026	Webinar om FoL (04.02.2026) – HeaLS og LIFE: Refleksjoner om det tverrfaglige temaet Folkehelse og livsmestring	Annen formidling	Hildegunn Fandrem, Egil Nygaard, Cathrine Pedersen
2024	Implementering av Folkehelse og livsmestring i skole	Konferanseforedrag	Egil Nygaard
2024	Psykisk helse	Podkast	Janne Øksnes, Egil Nygaard, Klara Øverland, Madelen Kloster
2024	Folkehelse og livsmestring – Hvordan få best mulig effekt for elevene	Populærvitenskapelig artikkel	Lisbeth M. Brevik, Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Cathrine Pedersen, Stephan Daus, Cay Gjerustad, Lene Vestad, Geir Skeie, Hildegunn Fandrem, Egil Nygaard
2024	Undersøker effektene av livsmestring i skolen	Intervju	Janne Øksnes, Egil Nygaard
2026	Conference poster; A Norwegian curriculum reform: Effects for 10th graders’ academic performance	Konferanseplakat	Maud Clemson Edvoll, Siri Hausland Folstad, Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal, Mehdi Poornikoo, Yuan Fang, Eivind Ystrom, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Espen Røysamb, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Anne Torhild Klomstén, Egil Nygaard
2025	Differential Effects of a Nationwide Curriculum-Based Intervention on Student Mental Health: The Role of Socioeconomic Status	StudyProtocol	Yuan Fang, Eivind Ystrom, Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal, Mehdi Poornikoo, Maud Edvoll, Siri Hausland Folstad, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Espen Røysamb, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Anne Torhild Klomsten, Egil Nygaard
2026	OSF Embargoed Preregistrering; A Norwegian School Reform: The Effects of ‘Health and Life Skills’ for the Socioemotional School Climate	Vitenskapelig artikkel	Maud Clemson Edvoll, Mehdi Poornikoo, Anne Torhild Klomstén, Christine Sundgot-Borgen, Eivind Ystrom, Espen Røysamb, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Siri Hausland Folstad, Yuan Fang, Egil Nygaard
2026	A Norwegian curriculum reform: Effects for 10th graders’ academic performance	Vitenskapelig artikkel	Maud Clemson Edvoll, Siri Hausland Folstad, Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal, Mehdi Poornikoo, Yuan Fang, Eivind Ystrøm, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Espen Røysamb, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Anne Torhild Klomstén, Egil Nygaard
2026	Socioeconomic Differences in Student Mental Health Following a Nationwide Curriculum Reform	Konferanseplakat	Yuan Fang, Eivind Ystrom, Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal, Maud Clemson Edvoll, Siri Hausland Folstad, Espen Røysamb, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Anne Torhild Klomstén, Egil Nygaard
2025	OSF project preregistration: HeaLS - Effects of the implementation of the interdisciplinary topic "Health and life skills" in schools	Vitenskapelig artikkel	Egil Nygaard
2024	Effekten av folkehelse og livsmestring	Intervju	Tore Brøyn, Hildegunn Fandrem, Egil Nygaard, Lisbeth M. Brevik