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Direct linkGunter, Katherine B.; John, Deborah H. – Journal of Extension, 2014
The Better Balance, Better Bones, Better Bodies (B-Better©) program was developed to disseminate simple home-based strategies to prevent falls and improve functional health of older adults using a train-the-trainer model. Delivered by Family & Community Education Study Group program volunteers, the lesson stresses the importance of a…
Descriptors: Safety, Older Adults, Health Promotion, Training
Taylor, Catherine G. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2012
"Gallup's Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Lifestyle" is a set of 15 volumes addressing lesbian, gay, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGTQ) topics of concern to young LGTQ readers. Each volume is attractively produced, is well presented, and answers questions systematically avoided in most school curricula. It would be a valuable…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Life Style, Social Attitudes, Social Bias
Vander Schee, Carolyn – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2009
By drawing on interviews with administrators, faculty and staff at one school in the northeastern United States, this qualitative work considers the ways in which school leaders negotiate, resist or draw upon discourses associated with health, weight, nutrition and fitness to understand and experience their own bodies and interpret their roles and…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, School Personnel
Li, Han Z.; Sun, Huisheng; Liu, Zhenqi; Zhang, Yu; Cheng, Qingchun – Health Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find out the anti-smoking counselling frequency and its correlates in a sample of Chinese physicians. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, 268 physicians in Baoding, a city near Beijing, filled out a questionnaire asking about their own smoking status, their anti-smoking behaviors as well as their…
Descriptors: Smoking, Physicians, Patients, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBarta, Kathleen; Totten, Samuel – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Health and medical researchers have conclusively proven that smoking and secondhand smoke constitute a major health danger. Students get mixed messages when school staff smoke or use other tobacco products on campus. This article advocates a total ban on tobacco use in school settings, offers policymaking guidelines, summarizes state legislation,…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Health Promotion, Role Models, School Policy
Peer reviewedHarris, Jean L.; Ludwig, Michael – Journal of Health Education, 1996
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a program to positively influence students about substance use. Drug-free high school students modeled behaviors and social competencies for elementary students through ongoing relationships. Elementary students' surveys supported the use of role models to create a social norm that nonuse is acceptable.…
Descriptors: Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Bopp, P. Jayne; Juday, Timothy R.; Charters, Cloudia W. – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2004
Chrysalis is a weekly after-school drop-in group on O'ahu high school campuses for transgendered and questioning youth. Nine Chrysalis members, nine demographically matched TG youth, and five key informants participated in a study to evaluate program effectiveness in improving life skills and preventing HIV infection. Chrysalis members scored…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Promotion, After School Programs, High School Students
