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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
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
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
Cooper, Emily; Chen, Gina; Godsell, Sarah; Verlander, Neville Q.; Thacker, Amy; Eley, Charlotte V.; Demirjian, Alicia – Health Education Journal, 2022
Background: Evidence indicates that tailored educational resources such as e-Bug in schools can improve students' knowledge of infection prevention. This study aimed to (1) understand the feasibility of using soap use data as a proxy for measuring student handwashing behaviours and (2) refine a study method that could be implemented by local…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Behavior, Hygiene, Elementary School Students
Santina, Tania; Beaulieu, Dominique; Gagné, Camille; Guillaumie, Laurence – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: This study describes the step-by-step development of the IMove30+ programme and outlines lessons derived from the authors' experience using an intervention mapping protocol (IMP)-based programme design. The programme was designed to increase the moderate to vigorous physical activity (PA) level at school among Lebanese children, aged…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activity Level, Child Health, Preadolescents
Arthur, Keshni; Christofides, Nicola; Nelson, Gill – Health Education Journal, 2020
Background: South Africa has a high prevalence of HIV and obesity. Interventions to date have primarily focused on adolescents and adults. Prevention of obesity, in particular, is not addressed substantively in the current pre-adolescent school curriculum. Education about factors underlying these issues early in life could reach beyond children,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Obesity, Intervention, Incidence
Fairbrother, Hannah; Curtis, Penny; Kirkcaldy, Andrew – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: This article reports on a qualitative evaluation of the Love Life, "Smokefree Sports" primary school pilot intervention. This 8-week programme used sports and physical activity sessions to convey Smokefree messages to 120 children aged 10 and 11 in two primary schools in Sheffield in 2018. The study aimed to understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Critical Literacy, Literacy
Griffin, Tania L; Clarke, Joanne L; Lancashire, Emma R; Pallan, Miranda J; Passmore, Sandra; Adab, Peymane – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: There has been a wealth of childhood obesity prevention studies in school-based settings. However, few have investigated the experiences of school staff charged with delivery of such programmes. This study aimed to elicit teachers' experiences of delivering a childhood obesity prevention programme for children aged 6-7 years. Design:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Prevention, Elementary School Teachers
Beck, Jimikaye; De Witt, Peter; McNally, Janise; Siegfried, Scott; Hill, James O; Stroebele-Benschop, Nanette – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: Childhood obesity represents a significant public health problem. This study examined physical activity and nutrition behaviours and attitudes of 9-11-year-olds, and factors influencing these behaviours. Design: Study participants recorded pedometer steps for 7 days and completed physical activity enjoyment, food attitudes and food…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Habits, Physical Activities, Public Health
Dijkman, Marieke A. M.; Harting, Janneke; van der Wal, Marcel F. – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background and objective: The Good Behaviour Game (GBG) has been shown to be effective in preventing childhood disruptive behaviours and their long-term unfavourable health-related outcomes. Like many other evidence-based preventive health programmes, however, its current use in Dutch primary schools is limited, and knowledge of the factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Observation, Semi Structured Interviews
Horikawa, Haruka; Akamatsu, Rie; Horiguchi, Itsuko; Marui, Eiji – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: This study examined Japanese mothers' satisfaction with food-safety education in primary schools, compared the characteristics of mothers who were not satisfied, and identified topics that should be included in food-safety education, according to mothers. Design: An online survey was conducted in March 2011 in Japan. The questionnaire…
Descriptors: Food, Safety, Mothers, Elementary School Students
Menezes, Isabel; Ribeiro, Norberto; Cabral-Gouveia, Carmo – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: To consider the short- and medium-term impact of a school-based exhibition of prevention materials designed by adolescents in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) knowledge and attitudes and in the school's involvement in health education.
Design: Mixed-methodology that combines quantitative and…
Descriptors: Exhibits, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Education, Prevention
Urrutia-Rojas, Ximena; Ahmad, Naveed; Bayona, Manuel; Bae, Sejong; Rivers, Patrick A; Singh, Karan P – Health Education Journal, 2008
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine specific risk factors associated with obesity among African American, Hispanic and Caucasian children. Design: This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 1076 fifth grade children from 17 elementary schools at Fort Worth, Texas. Data were collected through questionnaires and physical…
Descriptors: African American Children, Obesity, Prevention, Ethnic Groups