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Bernhardt, Jay M.; Chaney, J. Don; Chaney, Beth H.; Hall, Amanda K. – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Health education researchers have continued to explore creative new ways to leverage the Internet and diverse new media applications to increase the efficacy of their interventions. The number of new media and health education studies continues to grow, as does the number of manuscripts related to new media that are submitted to "Health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Internet, Educational Research, Health Promotion
Staurowsky, Ellen J.; De Souza, Mary Jane; Miller, Kathleen E.; Sabo, Don; Shakib, Sohaila; Theberge, Nancy; Veliz, P.; Weaver, A.; Williams, Nancy I. – Women's Sports Foundation, 2015
"Her Life Depends On It III" (HLDOI) is the Women's Sports Foundation's comprehensive report that reviews existing and emerging research on the links between participation in sport and physical activity and the health and well-being of American girls and women. As with the previous editions in 2004 and 2009, this study also confirms that…
Descriptors: Womens Athletics, Physical Activities, Females, Physical Activity Level
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Moore, Michele Johnson; Werch, Chudley – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: The authors explored the relationship between self-reported vigorous exercise frequency and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use behaviors among first-year college students who self-identified as drinkers. Participants: The authors recruited 391 freshman college students in Northeast Florida to participate in an alcohol abuse…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Multivariate Analysis, Exercise, Smoking
Ungar, Barbara – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1979
A health education curriculum tailored to the needs and concerns of adolescents is described. (JD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Exercise Physiology, Habit Formation
Moller, James H. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1982
A comprehensive health education program stressing the development of sound health habits should be offered to all students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Such programs could help to prevent the development of cardiovascular disease by educating students of current practices that add to the risk of disease. (CJ)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise, Health Education
Dolan, Regina – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
Among areas covered in a health maintenance survey are: (1) health maintenance and preventive medicine; (2) unhealthy lifestyles; (3) knowledge level; (4) obesity; (5) exercise; (6) nutrition; (7) mental health; (8) smoking; (9) drinking; (10) the role of the physician; and (11) the changing role of the employer. (JN)
Descriptors: Drinking, Exercise, Health Education, Health Needs
Bonaguro, John A. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1979
Results indicate that the described program is an effective learning device for altering negative health behavior patterns and for reinforcing positive health care activities. (LH)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives
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Brownson, Ross C.; Mayer, Jeffrey P.; Dusseault, Patricia; Dabney, Sue; Wright, Kathleen; Jackson-Thompson, Jeannette; Malone, Bernard; Goodman, Robert – American Journal of Health Behavior, 1997
Describes the development and baseline evaluation data from the Ozark Heart Health Project, a community-based cardiovascular disease risk reduction program in rural Missouri that targeted smoking, physical inactivity, and poor diet. Several Ozark counties participated in either intervention or control groups, and researchers conducted surveillance…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Cardiovascular System, Community Education
Seffrin, John R.; Torabi, Mohammad R. – 1984
The nature of a healthy lifestyle and its significance to quality of life is examined. Following a discussion on what is involved in a healthy lifestyle, major health problems are described: (1) smoking; (2) alcohol and drug abuse; (3) sexually transmitted diseases; (4) diet and obesity; (5) stress; and (6) inadequate sleep. Recommendations are…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Disease Control, Drug Abuse, Exercise
Haven, Terry, Ed. – 2003
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Utah's children. The statistical portrait is based on 28 indicators of children's well-being in five areas: (1) child health (prenatal care, low birth-weight births, infant mortality, child injury deaths, injury-related hospital discharges, child abuse, childhood immunizations,…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women