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Jiaxing Li; Rui Zhang; Yingyi Luo; Lixin Na – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: In contrast to previous research that has primarily focused on gender differences in health behaviour compliance, this study explored the association between gender consciousness and sun protection in China - a cultural setting in which there is a pronounced gender bias towards sun protection. These article is the first attempt to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Gender Differences, Gender Issues
Blerina Rusiti; Simone Gad Kjeld; Susan Andersen; Lotus Sofie Bast; Dina Danielsen – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: In Denmark, more students smoke in vocational schools than in upper secondary schools. Smoking-prevention initiatives may reduce the prevalence of smoking but may also introduce unforeseen challenges. This study examined the significance of smoking and dilemmas related to smokefree school hours (SFSH) among established smokers in Danish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Schools, Smoking, Prevention
Biswas, Soniya; Hense, Sibasis; Kodali, Prakash Babu; Thankappan, Kavumpurathu Raman – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: This study examined the characteristics and quality of publicly available COVID-19 information education and communication (IEC) materials in India between March and December 2020. Design: An explanatory sequential mixed-method design was employed to examine the characteristics and quality of 265 purposefully selected IEC materials.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Information Dissemination
Xu, Wen; Cheung, Monit – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: This study examined three dimensions of parental engagement in Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) prevention education (knowledge, attitudes and practices) to determine whether increased knowledge and attitudes favouring CSA education led to increases in parental behaviours while controlling for multiple factors. Design: A random, digitally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Sexual Abuse, Prevention
Jayawardene, Wasantha; Parker, Maria; Blume, Catherine; McDaniel, Justin; Agley, Jon – Health Education Journal, 2023
Background: Tobacco retailers have an important role to play in reducing access to tobacco among youth, but in the USA, their role has become more complicated because of recent developments in policies and industry, such as the Indiana Tobacco-21 law and the rising popularity of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) products. This study…
Descriptors: Smoking, Retailing, Attitudes, Electronic Equipment
Springer, Andrew E.; King, Yesmel; Field, Craig; Ojeda, Martha Alicia; Brown, Louis; Monforton, Celeste; Hernandez, Rodrigo; Diamond, Pamela; Atkinson, John; Fernández-Esquer, Maria Eugenia – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: Latino day labourers (LDLs) in the USA are at increased risk for non-fatal and fatal occupational injuries, which are compounded by stressors that include wage theft, job insecurity and discrimination. This paper describes the development and refinement of Vales+Tú (You are Worthy of More), an injury prevention programme currently being…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Laborers, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems
Rubio, Bianca; Briseño, Lisa; Kukucka, Claudia; Liggett, Langdon; Medina, Mauricio; Rodriguez, Betsy; Dicent Taillepierre, Julio; Rodriguez Lainz, Alfonso – Health Education Journal, 2023
Background: Health education materials translated for limited English proficiency audiences should be clear and easy to understand. They should be reviewed by fluent and culturally competent reviewers using a standardised and validated assessment tool. Design/Setting: A total of 139 US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19-translated…
Descriptors: Health Education, Disease Control, Prevention, Public Health
Boedeker, Peter; Newell, Alana; Moreno, Nancy – Health Education Journal, 2023
Background: Integrating public health into science courses helps students grasp the links between health recommendations and scientific principles. During COVID-19, a team of 19 educators, scientists and clinicians designed 25 science inquiry lessons to enhance disease knowledge and prevention strategies among school-aged children. The efficacy of…
Descriptors: Public Health, Science Education, Science and Society, COVID-19
King, Danielle; Miller, Carla K.; Cheavens, Jennifer S.; Fujita, Kentaro – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: Behavioural weight loss interventions demonstrate success on average, yet participants who respond more slowly may benefit from an augmented, tailored approach. Thus, an augmented intervention for early, slow weight loss responders was implemented. This qualitative analysis explored participants' perceptions of and experiences of the…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Diabetes, Prevention, Health Promotion
LaSane, Kendall; Ko, Charles; Dolatshahi, Jennifer; Nolan, Michelle L.; Libou, Molly; Barrasse, Danielle; Paone, Denise – Health Education Journal, 2022
Background: Fentanyl has become increasingly present in the illicit drug supply, including in cocaine. Interventions that target non-opioid use are a necessary component of overdose prevention due to the increased presence of fentanyl. Objectives: To assess management and staff reception to overdose prevention messaging and access to naloxone in…
Descriptors: Administration, Professional Personnel, Prevention, Narcotics
Casapulla, Sharon; Gómez-Urrego, Guillermo; Madrid, Claudia; Iles, Chelsea; Keener, Chris; Viola, Jennifer; Sanchez, Alexandra; Orquera, Cristina; Kingori, Caroline – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: To determine the efficacy of using a narrative-based intervention to reduce HIV stigma among members of the general public in a rural community in Ecuador. Design: This cross-sectional intervention study involved a convenience sample of 133 participants from Cariamanga, Ecuador. We used a post-test only comparison group design. Setting:…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Social Bias, Intervention, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Borras, Pere A.; Vidal-Conti, Josep – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objectives: This manuscript describes the rationale and protocol for an on-line, school-based randomised controlled trial of "Projecte d'Educació Postural a l'Escola" (Postural Education in School Project) (PEPE) which aims to prevent non-specific low back pain and promote healthy postural habits in children. The study will examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Children, Pain
Grose, Rose Grace; Halden Brown, Emily; Roth Bayer, Carey; Paulk, Eric – Health Education Journal, 2022
Background: In 2018, Georgia ranked fourth in the USA for the number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and first for rate of new HIV diagnoses. Structural barriers to HIV prevention and care include homelessness, inadequate access to healthcare, insufficient sexual health education, HIV criminalisation and incarceration. Objective: Georgia…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Change Agents, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Clinical Diagnosis
Brandau, Melvina; Dilley, Trevor; Schaumleffel, Carol; Himawan, Lina – Health Education Journal, 2022
Background: Nearly 60% of teenagers in the USA have experienced abusive online behaviour. Identifying effective programmes to address these behaviours and promote digital citizenship is a research priority to reduce the rate of occurrence and consequential harmful effects of abusive online behaviour. Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Antisocial Behavior, Bullying, Intervention
Clarke, Peter; Neffa-Creech, Deborah; Evans, Susan H. – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: Health apps for smartphones have largely overlooked one means of expanding effectiveness--namely, inviting access by secondary app users who can contribute positively to primary users' lives. We report on outcomes from field testing a cooking app where dissemination included both mothers who were household cooks (primary users) and…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Food, Nutrition, Dietetics