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Stewart, Sarah-Jane F.; Ogden, Jane – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore how individuals with overweight and obesity living in the UK respond to the public health and media messaging surrounding COVID-19 and obesity. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative interview study with a think aloud protocol. A total of 10 participants self-reported to have overweight, obesity…
Descriptors: Public Health, Obesity, Social Media, COVID-19
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Houlden, Shandell; Veletsianos, George; Hodson, Jaigris; Reid, Darren; Thompson, Christiani P. – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: Because health misinformation pertaining to COVID-19 is a serious threat to public health, the purpose of this study is to develop a framework to guide an online intervention into some of the drivers of health misinformation online. This framework can be iterated upon through the use of design-based research to continue to develop further…
Descriptors: Pandemics, Intervention, Misconceptions, Beliefs
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Gray, Nicola J.; Jourdan, Didier – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, schools closed in haste and were expected to create virtual learning opportunities for their students while they waited to see when and how they might re-open. National governments issued reopening guidance at varying speeds. The purpose of this study was to invite health and education professionals to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Reliability, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Alam, Mohammad Zahedul; Proteek, S. M.; Hoque, Imranul – Health Education, 2023
Purpose: Using smart mobile devices, called mobile health (mHealth), facilitates providing health services, speeds up the process and reduces the costs and complications of direct services. Also, mHealth has many capabilities and applications in epidemic and pandemic outbreaks. This study aimed to systematically review the mHealth adoption…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Access to Health Care, Research
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Racine, Elise E.; Bryson, Joanna J. – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: As illustrated by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), epidemic models are powerful health policy tools critical for disease prevention and control, i.e. if they are fit for purpose. How do people ensure this is the case and where does health education fit in? Design/methodology/approach: This research takes a multidisciplinary approach…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Models, Health Education
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Soomro, Bahadur Ali; Shah, Naimatullah – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: At present, almost the whole globe is facing a severe threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present study examines the intention to stay home due to COVID-19 during a second wave of the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a deductive approach based on cross-sectional data. An online survey is conducted…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Intention, Foreign Countries
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Sumaedi, Sik; Bakti, I. Gede Mahatma Yuda; Rakhmawati, Tri; Astrini, Nidya J.; Widianti, Tri; Damayanti, Sih; Massijaya, M. Azwar; Jati, Rahmi K. – Health Education, 2020
Purpose: This research aims to test the effects of attitude, perceived behavioral control (PBC), subjective norm and perceived quality of official coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) websites on intention to use official COVID-19 websites. Design/methodology/approach: This study collected data using an online questionnaire. It involved 120…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Web Sites, Intention