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Jike Yang; Ashley Casey; Lorraine Cale – Quest, 2024
Healthy lifestyle technologies (HLT) have gained popularity in young people's daily lives, but the long-term effect of these technologies on their physical activity (PA) participation and health learning is unclear. This systematic review (a) explores the effect of HLT use on the PA participation and health learning of young people (aged 13-18),…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Life Style, Adolescents, Behavior Change
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K. J. DeShaw; J. E. Lansing; M. L. Perez; L. D. Ellingson; G. J. Welk – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Health coaching (HC) may promote healthy behaviors in incoming college students. Participants: 187 undergraduate students (76% female; age 18.6 ± 1.6) were recruited to participate in a peer HC program. Methods: Participants received four HC sessions in eight-weeks to work toward self-selected goals of physical activity (PA), diet, or…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Peer Teaching, Undergraduate Students, Physical Activity Level
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Xiao Wei; Mengfan Xu; Li Yang; Zihan Gao; Jinke Kuang; Kexin Zhou – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Background. Health-promoting behaviors and positive lifestyle changes are crucial for effective stroke prevention. However, individuals at high risk of stroke exhibit poor health behavior due to a deficiency of individual motivation. Moreover, there are only a few studies on health-promoting behaviors that have applied behavior change theories in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, At Risk Persons, Neurological Impairments
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Mohtasham Ghaffari; Bita Sadeghi; Sara Dadipoor; Ali Safari-Moradabadi – Health Education Research, 2024
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on the transtheoretical model aimed at increasing physical activity (PA) participation among female employees in Bandar Abbas city (Iran) healthcare centers in December 2017 and August 2018. Using a semi-experimental interventional study design with a randomized and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Females, Employees, Allied Health Personnel
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Siobhan M. O'Dean; Matthew Sunderland; Scarlett Smout; Tim Slade; Cath Chapman; Lauren A. Gardner; Louise Thornton; Nicola C. Newton; Maree Teesson; Katrina E. Champion – Prevention Science, 2024
Lifestyle risk behaviours--physical inactivity, poor diet, poor sleep, recreational screen time, and alcohol and tobacco use--collectively known as the "Big 6" emerge during adolescence and significantly contribute to chronic disease development into adulthood. To address this issue, the Health4Life program targeted the Big 6 risk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, At Risk Students, Intervention
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Ridvan Elmas; Naciye Öztürk; Deniz Kahriman Pamuk; Hazal Begüm Ünal Çubukçuoglu; Savas Pamuk; Yekta Kosan; Tülin Güler Yildiz; Gelengül Haktanir – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2024
This article is dedicated to examining a bilateral project established between South Korea and Türkiye with the overarching objective of elevating awareness and endowing preschool teachers with the capacity to embed education for sustainability within their classroom practices seamlessly. For this purpose, a professional development (PD) program…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Program Development, International Cooperation
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Joca Zurc – Cogent Education, 2024
The health education in schools became the focus of public attention during the global pandemic of COVID-19. Teaching practice changed to meet the increased demand for pupils' health, triggering a reevaluation of higher education curricula for pedagogical students. Therefore, this mixed methods study aimed to investigate the lifestyle of…
Descriptors: Life Style, Behavior Change, COVID-19, Pandemics