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Nash, Rose; Cruickshank, Vaughan; Pill, Shane; MacDonald, Abbey; Coleman, Cheryn; Elmer, Shandell – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: To ascertain teachers' articulation and experiences of navigating dilemmas that inhibit and/or enable the fostering of health literacy in primary school settings. Design: Qualitative analysis of teachers' written reflections on introducing health literacy into their school and classroom. Setting: Tasmania, Australia. Method: Eighty-four…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes
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Peralta, Louisa R.; Cinelli, Renata L.; Marvell, Claire L. – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The ability of schools, school leaders and teachers to promote critical health literacy in teaching and learning is central to the development of health literacy in schools. However, research focusing on teachers and planning for health literacy through health programmes in school is minimal. This paper describes how one school Health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Programs, School Activities, Foreign Countries
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Meiklejohn, Sarah; Peeters, Anna; Palermo, Claire – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: School-based prevention interventions informed by the World Health Organization Health Promoting School (HPS) framework aim to improve the health and wellbeing of school-aged children, yet few studies describe factors influencing the successful implementation of this framework in secondary schools. This study sought to explore why and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Well Being, Mental Health, Physical Health
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Dinham, Judith; Williams, Paul – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
While the known health impacts of sedentary lifestyles have focused attention on children's outdoor activity, the development of their physical literacy -- the physiological, social, cultural, cognitive, expressive, and psychological dimensions of their physicality -- is much less in focus. Developing children's physical literacy is embedded in…
Descriptors: Children, Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers
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Rees, Donna; Mills, Rachel; Paatsch, Louise – Deafness & Education International, 2020
Otitis Media (OM) is an important global issue that can have a long-lasting impact on a child's life. There is no easy fix! For a family who has a child with OM, the ramifications can be short term and have minimal consequences, or they can be very complex and involve medical, educational, behavioural and wellbeing issues, and may even be…
Descriptors: Diseases, Child Health, Health Promotion, Indigenous Populations
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McGrath, Georgia; Alfrey, Laura; Jeanes, Ruth – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2017
Community development research suggests that positive partnerships and connections between groups can result in stronger, more resilient and productive communities. Despite community connections featuring increasingly at a curriculum level in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, research is only beginning to explore the nuanced processes…
Descriptors: Health Education, Physical Education, Stakeholders, Foreign Countries
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Manspeaker, Sarah A.; Wallace, Sarah E. – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2019
Context: Student interest in and national recognition for the value of global education is expanding. Opportunities for interprofessional education (IPE) are a required component of athletic training education and education of other health care professions. Objective: To describe the development of a short-term study abroad IPE course in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Interprofessional Relationship, Professional Education
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White, Katherine M.; Starfelt, Louise C.; Jimmieson, Nerina L.; Campbell, Megan; Graves, Nicholas; Barnett, Adrian G.; Cockshaw, Wendell; Gee, Phillip; Page, Katie; Martin, Elizabeth; Brain, David; Paterson, David – Health Education Research, 2015
Hand hygiene is the primary measure in hospitals to reduce the spread of infections, with nurses experiencing the greatest frequency of patient contact. The "5 critical moments" of hand hygiene initiative has been implemented in hospitals across Australia, accompanied by awareness-raising, staff training and auditing. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nurses, Hospitality Occupations, Hygiene
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Stewart, Donald – Health Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of an Australian health promoting schools (HPS) project to identify key features of the concept of resilience and how it can be used in a school setting to develop and strengthen protective factors in young people, as a mechanism for improving social functioning and reducing involvement in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Comprehensive School Health Education, Literature Reviews, Grade 3
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Leow, Anthony Chee Siong; Macdonald, Doune; Hay, Peter; McCuaig, Louise – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
While grappling with their traditional core business of imbuing students with official curricular knowledge, schools have simultaneously, increasing demands to take on health promotion responsibilities. This paper examines the mandated implementation of the Eat Well Be Active (EWBA) Action Plan and its subsidiary "Smart" policies in…
Descriptors: School Policy, Health Education, Eating Habits, Nutrition
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Hunter, Barbara; MacLean, Sarah; Berends, Lynda – Qualitative Report, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to show how "realist synthesis" methodology (Pawson, 2002) was adapted to review a large sample of community based projects addressing alcohol and drug use problems. Our study drew on a highly varied sample of 127 projects receiving funding from a national non-government organisation in Australia between 2002…
Descriptors: Evidence, Drug Use, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries
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Sun, Jing; Buys, Nicholas; Stewart, Donald; Shum, David; Farquhar, Lynette – Health Education, 2011
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of smoking amongst university students in Brisbane, Australia and associated risk factors. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional design was used for the study. A sample of 2,414 university students aged 18-30 was examined to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use. Smoking was measured by…
Descriptors: Health Education, Smoking, Incidence, Correlation
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Nelson, Alison; Abbott, Rebecca; Macdonald, Doune – Health Education Research, 2010
This paper aims to present what is currently known about Indigenous Australians and their engagement in physical activity and to then challenge some of the "taken-for-granted" ways of thinking about promoting or researching physical activity with Indigenous Australians. Major health, education and sport databases, as well as government…
Descriptors: Databases, Athletics, Web Sites, Leisure Time
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Buller, David B.; Borland, Ron; Woodall, W. Gill; Hall, John R.; Hines, Joan M.; Burris-Woodall, Patricia; Cutter, Gary R.; Miller, Caroline; Balmford, James; Starling, Randall; Ax, Bryan; Saba, Laura – Health Education & Behavior, 2008
The Internet may be an effective medium for delivering smoking prevention to children. Consider This, an Internet-based program, was hypothesized to reduce expectations concerning smoking and smoking prevalence. Group-randomized pretest-posttest controlled trials were conducted in Australia (n = 2,077) and the United States (n = 1,234) in schools…
Descriptors: Smoking, Incidence, Prevention, Foreign Countries
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Anderson, Jenny O.; Mullins, Robyn M.; Siahpush, Mohammad; Spittal, Matthew J.; Wakefield, Melanie – Health Education Research, 2009
Low socio-economic status (SES) has been associated with lower cervical screening rates. Mass media is one known strategy that can increase cervical screening participation. This study sought to determine whether a mass media campaign conducted in Victoria, Australia, in 2005 was effective in encouraging women across all SES groups to screen. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Females, Access to Information
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