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Miller, Kim H.; Bice, Matthew R. – Health Educator, 2014
Child health is a complex issue that requires a comprehensive approach to address the many factors that influence it and are influenced by it. In light of the complexity of children's health, the Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) was developed as a framework for a systems approach to planning and implementing school-based children's health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Rural Schools, School Districts, Elementary Schools
Whitney, Emily; Visker, Joseph; Haithcox-Dennis, Melissa J.; DeWeese, Amanda – Health Educator, 2012
Rural-dwelling older adults often have difficulty obtaining needed medical and social services due to factors such as physician shortages, lack of transportation, and financial limitations. These factors are further exacerbated during an emergency. Understanding these challenges is important to implement successful health promotion interventions…
Descriptors: First Aid, Health Promotion, Transportation, Emergency Programs
LaCursia, Nancy – Health Educator, 2011
Introduction: Quality professional development (PD) is critical for health teachers to positively impact student learning. PD elements include administrator support, teacher involvement, content-specific focus, collaboration time, and program evaluation. Purpose: This study investigated (a) whether PD was supported, (b) which PD opportunities were…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Program Evaluation, Interviews, Substitute Teachers
Peterson, Sharon L.; Bell, Toya Wilson; Hasin, Afroza – Health Educator, 2009
Healthful eating and regular physical activity are vitally important for low-income adolescents who are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM). To design a relevant, community-based intervention for these at risk adolescents, parent perceptions of barriers to healthful eating and physical activity should be assessed. Such barriers have been…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Diabetes, Motivation
McCrary-Quarles, Audrey R. – Health Educator, 2008
This study evaluated a PowerPoint home safety (PPHS) presentation in enhancing awareness, knowledge and behavior change among senior center attendees in southern Illinois. Twelve centers were utilized as data collection sites in a pretest-posttest control group design. Through stratified randomization, centers were placed into categories (high,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Behavior Modification
Teufel, James A.; Brown, Stephen L.; Birch, David A. – Health Educator, 2007
This study examined reports of self-harm by early adolescents as well as associations between salient interpersonal stressors and self-harm. While attending health education centers located in Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, early adolescents (n = 737) responded to a questionnaire measuring stressors, coping, and self-harm.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Health Education, Prevention, Early Adolescents
Broadbear, James T.; Jin, Guang; Bierma, Thomas J. – Health Educator, 2005
The present study was undertaken to measure critical thinking dispositions in students as they enter the health education program at Illinois State University (ISU). Health education undergraduate students at ISU were found to have shortcomings in critical thinking dispositions during a study from 2000-2003. Dispositions (e.g. truthseeking,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sciences, Education Majors, Education Courses