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Heni Trisnowati; Abdillah Ahsan; Elisabeth Kramer – Health Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper describes the planning and implementation program of Remaja Berdaya Sehat Tanpa Rokok (JayaStar) or Empower Youth Healthy without Smoking (EYHWS). This is a pilot tobacco control program for smoking behavior with a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach in a rural area of Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Smoking, Health Promotion
Martin, Anne-Marie; Divane, Síle; Twomey, Sandra; O'Neill, Lucia; McCarthy, Joseph; Egan, Caroline; Dalton, Caroline; Caples, Maria – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: People with intellectual disability have a right to be involved in and make decisions that affect them. This paper presents a health promotion initiative that was co-produced with people with intellectual disability called Don't Mention the Diet! Evidence suggests this group experience challenges related to health literacy. Further,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Health Promotion, Cooperative Planning, Life Style
Andria B. Eisman; Christine Koffkey; Suzanne Brown; Christina Holmes; Barry Schmidt; Eric Swihart; Tracy Robinson; Bo Kim – Prevention Science, 2025
Drug use trends change rapidly among youth, leaving educators and researchers struggling to respond promptly. Widely adopted universal evidence-based interventions (EBIs), such as the Michigan Model for Health™ (MMH), and their delivery systems offer an opportunity to reach large youth populations and reduce the onset and escalation of emerging…
Descriptors: Administrators, Teachers, School Counselors, State Officials
Marie-Andrée Somers; Michelle Dixon; Claudia Solís-Román; Megan Schwartz; Olivia Lalanne; Bryce Marshall; Lauren Lee; Osvaldo Avila – MDRC, 2025
LifeSkills Training is the only program to prevent substance use disorder among adolescents that has evidence of effects on substance use outcomes from multiple randomized controlled trials. Evaluations have shown that the version for middle school students reduces their use of substances in high school, but these studies were conducted in the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Middle School Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Use
Ramos, Manica F.; Weber, Jennifer; Thompson, Joy A.; Werk, Lloyd; Shuell, Julie; Woods, Kenza; Bamdad, Tiffany – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
The aim of this study was to test a training and technical assistance program in early care and education (ECE) center-based programs focused on obesity prevention -- Healthy Way to Grow (HWTG). After completing a self-assessment, ECE programs develop actionable policies to improve the wellness environment. Then, they receive individualized…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Promotion, Wellness, Early Childhood Education
Margaret DeZelar; Maureen T. S. Burns; Kimberly Rosania; Amy M. Bohnert – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
Collective impact (CI) initiatives provide a promising collaborative community-based approach for addressing health disparities, but they are challenging to evaluate. This paper provides a detailed strategy for addressing these challenges through a case study, with the goal of not only of evaluating the CI, but also putting organizations in a…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Community Education, School Community Relationship, Access to Health Care
Laura H. Downey; Kristy Terp; Sylvia H. Byrd – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Social marketing campaigns are effective in promoting health behavior changes in individuals and communities. Mississippi State University Extension Service's (MSU Extension) Office of Nutrition Education launched a statewide social marketing campaign branded HappyHealthy to target nutrition and healthy lifestyle-related behaviors of Supplemental…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Welfare Services, Nutrition Instruction
McWilliams, Stephanie R.; Bulger, Sean; Keath, Adam; Elliott, Eloise – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
The Fit Family Challenge, a web-based healthy lifestyle program, was developed to motivate families to participate in more physical activity by tracking their behaviors and by providing them with educational materials and community events to attend with their families. This article is an account of the steps taken and the efforts needed to make a…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Life Style, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
Ngabirano, Tom D.; Saftner, Melissa A.; McMorris, Barbara J. – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
Adolescents in rural Uganda face unique opportunities and challenges to their health. The primary goal of this exploratory cross-sectional survey study was to describe the health behaviors of adolescents of age 13-19 living in four Ugandan fishing communities as a foundation for developing programs to reduce risky health behaviors and HIV/AIDS…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Health Behavior, Case Studies, Program Development
Peters, Mallory; Asare, Belinda; Whitaker, Connor; Rogers, Ryan; Huetteman, Helen; Espinoza, Cheyenna M.; Cortes, Claudio – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
The rapid growth of the U.S. Latinx population has led to an increased need for community organizations and academic institutions to develop partnerships focused on addressing gaps in health maintenance and education of Latinx individuals. Medical schools also have a responsibility to educate future physicians in delivering culturally sensitive…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, School Community Relationship, Medical Schools, Medical Students
Bryan, Charity; Sims, Sandra K. – Physical Educator, 2020
Physical education teacher education (PETE) programs are responsible for the development and preparation of future physical education teachers and, at the K-12 level, physical education is an essential part of a curriculum that promotes the whole child. PETE programs in colleges and universities are therefore critical to the future of K-12…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality
Steppe, Johnathan D.; Blake, Barbara J.; Dyal, Mari-Amanda; Bailey, Theresa S.; Porter, Kandice J.; Thompson, Jon – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: Each year, humanitarian groups provide health education programmes and interventions to underserved communities in Nicaragua. The purpose of this study was to identify the health education needs of a small community in rural Nicaragua to inform health education programming. Design: Mixed methods approach that used a quantitative survey…
Descriptors: Health Education, Needs Assessment, Rural Areas, Intervention
Peerbhoy, Denise; Minou, Masoumeh; Stratton, Gareth – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The aim of this project was to document a partnership working process from a cross-sectoral and cross-cultural participatory health research study focused on promoting physical activity among women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Design: A participatory health research paradigm was used to support this pilot…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Females, Blacks, Asians
Niloofar Bavarian; Banafsheh Behzad; Sheena Cruz – Grantee Submission, 2020
School health programs are united by their desire to promote health and health-related outcomes among youth. They are also united by the fact that their expected effects are contingent on successful program implementation, which is often impeded by a multitude of real-world barriers. Techniques used in management science may help optimize…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Health Education, Health Promotion, Program Implementation
Beddoes, Zack; Castelli, Darla M. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017
Physical activity declines among children in their tweens and teens. To address physical inactivity as a health risk, national organizations are endorsing the implementation of comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAPs). The purpose of this article is to describe the history of school-coordinated approaches to addressing health…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Physical Education