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Orme, Judy; Jones, Matthew; Salmon, Debra; Weitkamp, Emma; Kimberlee, Richard – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: Health promotion programmes are widely held to be more effective when the subjects of them actively participate in the process of change. The purpose of this paper is to report on an evaluation of the Food for Life Partnership programme, a multi-level initiative in England promoting healthier nutrition and food sustainability awareness…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Public Health, Student Participation, Intervention
Cardina, Catherine; Panek-Shirley, Leah – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Teachers with subject-area knowledge and certification in their teaching content areas positively contribute to student academic achievement. This study aims to identify the trends in academic majors and subject-area certifications of K-12 US public school staff teaching health education during this century. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Health Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Quinn, Megan A; Southerland, Jodi L.; Richards, Kasie; Slawson, Deborah L; Behringer, Bruce; Johns-Womack, Rebecca; Smith, Sara – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: Coordinated school health programs (CSHPs), a type of health promoting school (HPS) program adopted by Canada and the USA, were developed to provide a comprehensive approach to school health in the USA. Community partnerships are central to CSHP and HPS efforts, yet the quality of collaboration efforts is rarely assessed. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Comprehensive School Health Education, Partnerships in Education, Public Schools
Kirby, Joanna; Inchley, Jo – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: The wide ranging physical and mental health benefits of physical activity during adolescence are well established and walking has been identified as one of only two forms of physical activity not to show a significant decrease in participation levels across the primary/secondary years. The aim of this paper is to explore the broader…
Descriptors: Females, Geographic Location, Health Promotion, Public Health
How Do Australian Junior Primary School Children Perceive the Concepts of "Healthy" and "Unhealthy?"
Brindal, Emily; Hendrie, Gilly; Thompson, Kirrilly; Blunden, Sarah – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to describe Australian children's perceptions of healthiness and sources of health knowledge in order to develop an understanding of young children's perceptions, knowledge and sources of influence to guide future behaviour change and health promotion strategies. Design/methodology/approach: One-hour interactive focus…
Descriptors: Health Education, Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Focus Groups
Ruge, Dorte; Nielsen, Morten Kromann; Mikkelsen, Bent Egberg; Bruun-Jensen, Bjarne – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how students' participation in an integrated school food program was related to the development of components of food and health-related action competence (F & HRAC). These components were understood to be the knowledge, insight, motivation, ownership and social skills that made students able to…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Health Promotion, Health Education, Food
Seddon, Toby – Health Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the research evidence on recent British trends in the use of heroin and/or crack-cocaine by young people in order to appraise the scale and nature of the contemporary health problem they pose. Design/methodology/approach: The approach consists of a narrative review of the main current data sources on…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Public Health, Drug Use, Young Adults
Tjulin, Åsa; Landstad, Bodil; Vinberg, Stig; Eriksson, Andrea; Hagqvist, Emma – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The increasingly demanding psychosocial working conditions in Swedish public sector workplaces call for implementation of workplace health promotion (WHP) interventions. There is a need to increase first-line public sector managers' capacities for health-promoting leadership. The purpose of this paper is to investigate first-line…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Health Promotion, Intervention, Work Environment
Obeng, Cecilia S. – Health Education, 2007
Purpose: The paper examines African immigrant parents' views on dental decay and whether such views affect their decision to obtain dental insurance for their children. The paper also examines the cultural underpinnings of the immigrants' oral health care practices. Design/methodology/approach: The data for the study were collected in the states…
Descriptors: Research Assistants, Public Health, Dental Health, Child Health
Whitelaw, Sandy; Watson, Jonathan; Hennessy, Sue – Health Education, 2004
"Best practice" is currently being used to enable modernisation within the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. One element of this is the Beacon programme where examples of hospitals that exemplify local "best practice" are supported to develop and disseminate learning across the wider NHS. The aims of this…
Descriptors: Health Services, Public Health, Foreign Countries, Hospitals
Sieg, Ellen – Health Education, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to discuss how sex and relationship education (SRE) could benefit from considering current levels of young women's empowerment in (hetero)sexual relationships and challenge popular notions of twenty-first century young women "having it all" and occupying powerful relational and sexual positions.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Qualitative Research, Mothers, Focus Groups
Cavill, Nick; Watkins, Francine – Health Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore views about cycling among members of identified community groups living near the Loop Line, a cycling and walking path in a deprived part of North Liverpool, UK. Design/methodology/approach: Following a literature review, qualitative focus group research was conducted among six groups of children,…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Focus Groups, Public Health, Child Health
Cho, Hyunyi; Oehlkers, Peter; Mandelbaum, Juan; Edlund, Karen; Zurek, Melanie – Health Education, 2004
This article focuses on psychosocial barriers to sexual health and their implications on the design and delivery of mass media-based public health campaigns. A family planning campaign that attempted to address barriers to seeking sexual health information and services by promoting positive attitudes toward couple's communication about sexual…
Descriptors: Family Planning, Public Health, Young Adults, Older Adults
Coleman, K. Jeanne – Health Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show how children's health and wellbeing are continuously influenced by violence, divorce, family transience, environmental concerns, terrorism within and outside the country's borders and, most recently, threats of and acts of war. This study investigates the perceived needs of fourth-grade elementary…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Qualitative Research, Comprehensive School Health Education, Child Health
Raphael, H.; Clarke, G.; Kumar, S. – Health Education, 2006
Purpose: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a serious public health problem and, although in the past research has focused mainly on the DSH patient, it is now recognised that parental involvement in the therapeutic process is beneficial. This study aimed to understand parents' concerns, expectations and experiences following an episode of deliberate…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Parent Participation, Public Health, Young Adults