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Marshall, S. Alexandra; Hudson, Heather K.; Stigar, Lorraine V. – Health Educator, 2020
School-based sexuality education is widely supported by most Americans. However, there is debate over the topics that should be taught. Also, a better understanding of desires adolescents and parents have for equipping youth to make healthy decisions is needed. This study gathered perceptions from parents and students about the sexuality education…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, High School Students
Yu, Hairui; Sheu, Jiunn-Jye – Health Educator, 2020
About three in ten Americans with hypertension do not take medication to control their blood pressure. The risk and protective factors of non-adherence to prescribed anti-hypertensive medication have not been well investigated. Participants who were aware of their hypertension, advised by healthcare professional to take anti-hypertensive…
Descriptors: Risk, Drug Therapy, Adults, Hypertension
Pember, Sarah E.; Usdan, Stuart L.; Guyotte, Kelly W.; Birch, David A.; Nickelson, Jen; Knowlden, Adam P. – Health Educator, 2019
Graduate students are an ever-growing population in the United States that has historically lacked targeted health behavior research and promotion. This paper presents findings from a larger study based on a qualitative application of the Integrated Model of Behavioral Prediction to interpret the eating behaviors of graduate students. Through a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Health Behavior, Intention, Eating Habits
Carreon, Amie Klein; Peoples, JaNiene; Shipley, Meagan; Wilson, Kelly; Ramirez, Cameron – Health Educator, 2016
Excessive drinking among college students, which is influenced by an array of factors ranging from campus norms to membership in student organizations, has been linked to consequences including motor vehicle accidents, cognitive deficits, arrests, overdoses, assaults, and death. Considering the severity of consequences related to drinking,…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Social Media, Health Promotion
Hall, Cougar; West, Joshua; Herbert, Patrick C. – Health Educator, 2015
Adolescent consumption of screen media continues to increase. A variety of theoretical constructs hypothesize the impact of media content on health-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. This study uses a coding instrument based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey to analyze health behavior contained in…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Programming (Broadcast), Eating Habits
Hackett, Alexis; Renschler, Lauren; Kramer, Alaina – Health Educator, 2014
The purpose of this project was to determine if a brief workplace conflict resolution workshop improved employee conflict resolution knowledge and to examine which conflict handling strategies (Yielding, Compromising, Forcing, Problem-Solving, Avoiding) were most used by employees when dealing with workplace conflict. A pre-test/post-test control…
Descriptors: Health Education, Conflict Resolution, Workshops, Employees
James, Delores C. S.; Efunbumi, Orisatalabi; Harville, Cedric; Sears, Cynthia – Health Educator, 2014
The goals of the study were to identify the barriers and motivators for physical activity (PA) and to assess whether these factors vary by weight status. A self-administered survey was completed by 413 African American women. Each woman provided verbal informed consent and was weighed and measured by a research team member. The participants' mean…
Descriptors: Barriers, African Americans, Females, Physical Activity Level
Payton, Erica; Price, James H. – Health Educator, 2014
Racial/ethnic health disparities start early in life and become exacerbated throughout the life cycle. Schools have the opportunity to reduce the severity of disparities. The purpose of this study was to examine whether journals in school health cover racial/ethnic health disparities and to identify what leading authorities in school health…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Role, Public Health, Racial Differences
Hunter, Theresa – Health Educator, 2014
The "Photo Elicitation Project" teaching idea applies the techniques of photo elicitation to stress prevention and management. This activity is designed to help students identify their personal stressors and to determine which stress prevention strategies are most useful for them. Objectives: students will be able to (a) identify current…
Descriptors: Identification, Stress Variables, College Students, Photography