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Ohneck, Mallory; McKenzie, Nicole; Teeple, Karen; Copa, Claire; Thompson, Amy; Glassman, Tavis – Health Educator, 2019
Nearly all lifelong smokers start as children or young adults, and the tobacco industry targets these specific age groups. A key public health effort to limit the use of tobacco products by people under the age of 21 years is the promotion of the "Tobacco 21" initiative. This initiative promotes and supports efforts to establish bills…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Barriers, Smoking, Case Studies
Knippen, Kerri Lynn; Thompson, Amy; Masters, Andrea – Health Educator, 2018
Worksite wellness programs continue to demonstrate a high return on investment by controlling and reducing employer shares of health care expenditures. Health risk assessments (HRA) are commonly used to establish priorities. This crosssectional study utilized an online HRA grounded by constructs from the Health Belief Model and the Theory of…
Descriptors: Wellness, Work Environment, At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology)
Brey, Rebecca A.; Clark, Susan E. – Health Educator, 2015
This teaching technique asks students to evaluate the "badness" of 5-7 health-related behavioral statements of a specific health topic. Following the presentation of each statement, each students selects one of five choices: "Really Bad", "No Big Deal", "It Depends", "Go for It", or…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Health Behavior, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change
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
Cox, Carol; Haidar, Salma; Brookins-Fisher, Jodi; Thompson, Amy; Deakins, Bethany; Bishop, Chaundra – Health Educator, 2014
Advocacy for health policies and programs can impact large segments of the population with the goal of promoting and protecting the nation's health. Historically, advocacy has not been viewed as seriously as other components of health education, and involvement in public policy work has been moderate by health education practitioners and health…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Health Promotion, Health Education, Public Health
Tolma, Eleni L.; Oman, Roy F.; Vesely, Sara K.; Aspy, Cheryl B.; Boeckman, Lindsay – Health Educator, 2013
The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between youth assets and neighborhood environmental variables and future no-tobacco use among youth; examining differences by gender. Five waves of annual data were collected from 1,111 youth randomly selected to participate in the Youth Asset Study (YAS). A marginal logistic regression model…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Community Characteristics, Smoking, Correlation
Decker, Jesse; Ronay, Ashley; Telfer, Megan; Becker, Craig M.; Cremeens, Jennifer; Swinker, Marian – Health Educator, 2012
A medical school at a Southeastern university implemented a tobacco free policy to promote a healthy environment for its employees, patients, and visitors. Eighteen months post policy implementation, undergraduate students in the Department of Health Education and Promotion evaluated the satisfaction, awareness, and perceived…
Descriptors: Health Education, Smoking, Student Attitudes, Student Projects
Whipple, Kerry; Simmons, Susan J.; Caldwell, Rebecca; Dowd, Deborah – Health Educator, 2010
Introduction: Implementation of comprehensive tobacco policies has shown positive results regarding limiting exposure to secondhand smoke. While many states were moving forward with respect to implementation of tobacco policies, North Carolina has lagged behind in this regard. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess support for a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Smoking, Public Policy, College Freshmen
Thiagarajah, Krisha; Torabi, Mohammad R. – Health Educator, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine prevalence of eating breakfast and associated health compromising behaviors. This study utilized a cross-sectional survey methodology. A purposive cluster sampling technique was utilized to collect data from a representative sample of college students in a Midwestern university in the U.S. A total of 1,257…
Descriptors: College Students, Smoking, Drinking, Regression (Statistics)
Polacek, Georgia N. L. Johnston; Atkins, Janet L. – Health Educator, 2008
Smoking, when condoned as socially acceptable, overtly establishes such behavior as normal and risk-free. Scientific evidence verifies that cigarette smoking pervasively damages the body, causes early death, costs billions of dollars annually in medical care for smokers, and poses serious health risks to nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke. Yet…
Descriptors: Smoking, Behavior Change, College Students, Social Attitudes
Smith, Theresa M. Enyeart; Skaggs, Gary E.; Redican, Kerry J. – Health Educator, 2008
Research on whether health education, specifically personal health classes affects behavior change is inconclusive. In this study, a sample of students from two large southeastern universities enrolled in a required personal health course and an elective personal health course were administered the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, College Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Health Education
Burak, Lydia J. – Health Educator, 2007
This article describes three studies that were designed to provide undergraduate students with opportunities for hands-on experience in research. Students were involved in all aspects of the studies--from the development of the research questions to the reporting of the results. The studies examined the effectiveness of signs and posters in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Opportunities, Health Behavior
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Ellis, Nancy T.; Torabi, Mohammad R. – Health Educator, 1994
Ninth and twelfth graders were surveyed to identify their health concerns and primary sources of learning about health. Results were consistent with current epidemiological data. There were statistically significant differences by grade and gender. The most prevalent concerns were weight, staying healthy, and HIV/AIDS and other sexually…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Age Differences, Body Weight
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Durrant, Lynne H.; And Others – Health Educator, 1994
To determine whether new (1990s) cigarette and beer magazine advertisements target young adolescents by using younger-looking models than in the 1960s, sixth and seventh graders viewed advertisements and estimated models' ages. Most students perceived the 1990s models to be under 25 and the 1960s models to be over 25 years of age. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Drinking, Intermediate Grades
James, Delores C. S.; Chen, W. William; Lindsey, Robert – Health Educator, 2003
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a tobacco education curriculum in increasing knowledge about tobacco, attitudes toward tobacco use, and intentions to use tobacco among elementary school children. A two-stage cluster sample was used to select a representative sample of 97 schools. Forty-nine schools were in the evaluation group and 48…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Smoking, Scores, Program Effectiveness