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Woolfe, Jennifer; Stockley, Lynn – Health Education Journal, 2005
Objective: To test the feasibility and effectiveness of dietary change interventions in UK school-based settings. This overview draws out the main lessons that were learnt from these studies, for both practitioners and researchers. Design: A review and analysis of the final reports from five studies commissioned by the Food Standards Agency.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Nutrition
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Syson-Nibbs, Linda; Peters, Jean; Saul, Carol – Health Education Journal, 2005
Objective: In the UK there have been no initiatives identified to increase the use of sun safety policies in preschool establishments. This study tests the hypothesis that health visitors with appropriate sun safety training can successfully facilitate the development and implementation of sun safety policies and practices in preschool education…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Preschool Education, School Safety
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Gidlow, Christopher; Johnston, Lynne Halley; Crone, Diane; James, David – Health Education Journal, 2005
Objective: The aim of this review was to explore attendance of UK exercise referral schemes (ERS), who attends them, why participants drop out of schemes and to compare evaluations of existing ERS with randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Design: Systematic review. Method: A search of major databases was conducted to identify studies investigating…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Referral, Foreign Countries, Exercise
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Goldman, Juliette D. G.; Padayachi, Usha K. – Health Education Journal, 2005
Objective: To examine a statewide sample of school counsellors' reporting behaviour of suspected cases of child sexual abuse, and their need for further education in this area. Design: A questionnaire using four hypothetical vignettes on child sexual abuse requested information on the degree of suspicion, reporting behaviour and familiarity with…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Questionnaires, School Counselors
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Fraser, Kim; Wallis, Marianne; St. John, Winsome – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a "single session" group, early intervention, multidisciplinary, education programme (entitled the "Fun not Fuss with Food" group programme) designed to improve children's problem eating and mealtime behaviours. Design: A quasi-experimental time-series design incorporating data…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Parent Education, Foreign Countries, Eating Habits
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Audrey, Suzanne; Cordall, Kathleen; Moore, Laurence; Cohen, David; Campbell, Rona – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: To design, implement and evaluate a peer-led intervention to reduce smoking amongst secondary school students. Design: A health promotion intervention combining peer education with diffusion of innovation theory, to be rigorously evaluated by means of a cluster randomised controlled trial with concurrent process and economic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Promotion, Smoking, Foreign Countries
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McWhirter, Jenny M.; Young, Amanda J.; Wetton, Noreen – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: To describe the use of "draw, describe and write", a tool for exploring how adolescents perceive and explain their understanding of the world of drugs, as used in the development of the Blueprint project. Design: A cross-sectional study using a specifically designed research tool, including drawing and open-ended questions, used with…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Research Tools, Drug Education
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Bullen, Kathryn; Benton, David – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: To investigate the effect of a nutrition education intervention and four hours of related teaching on the nutrition concepts of a sample of 9 year-old children. Design: Prepost test design. Children's food classification concepts were assessed before and after the intervention and nutrition teaching. Setting: Year 4 class of a suburban…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Promotion, Nutrition, Classification
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Moffatt, Jenny; Whip, Rosemary – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: Decades of research into smoking cessation have created a plethora of knowledge yet quit rates continue to be low and relapse rates high. In order to better understand this complex behaviour, this paper examines incentives and barriers to smoking cessation for a high risk group. Methods: The successful and unsuccessful quitting…
Descriptors: Smoking, Incentives, Behavior Change, At Risk Persons
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