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June 4, 2026Health Education

Health and wellbeing discourses in Norwegian education policy: using Bacchi's WPR method to understand problem representations

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EMEllen Nesset Mælan

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Discourse analysis reveals five health discourses in Norwegian education policy, suggesting implications for health promotion.

Key Points

  • This study aims to explore health and well-being discourses in Norwegian education policy documents.
  • Adopts discourse analysis focusing on Bacchi's WPR approach
  • Examines three policy documents, including the Norwegian core curriculum and two White Papers
  • Identifies underlying assumptions related to health representations in the documents
  • Identified five distinct health discourses, primarily linking health issues to academic achievement
  • Limited emphasis on the impact of pedagogical practices on students' health and well-being
  • Highlighted the narrow focus on pupil agency within the health promotion context

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Ellen Nesset Mælan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a211611d499ed480b16f1e2https://doi.org/10.1108/he-06-2025-0089
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