NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 82 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fadime Hatice Inci; Ferhat Çelik – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
The aim of this study is to examine the validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Turkish version of the Adolescent Health Promotion-Short Form (AHP-SF). This cross-sectional study was completed with 1483 students. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the construct validity of the scale, demonstrating a good model fit with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Adolescents, Health Promotion
Tamara Van Der Zant; Terese Hooper; Katherine Dix; Toby Carslake – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
This report presents findings from data collected through the Reality Now program, providing a long-term study exploring tobacco and vaping behaviours among Australian secondary school students. Conducted from 2018 to 2024, the program collected nearly 30,000 responses from students in Years 7 to 11. Using a social norms approach (SNA), the…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Secondary School Students, Misconceptions
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Oliver W. A. Wilson; Christopher M. Bopp; Melissa Bopp – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between perceived weight change since high school and perceived factors contributing to weight change, or lack thereof, among college students. Students from a large university in the Northeast of the United States self-reported socio-demographic characteristics, and perceived factors…
Descriptors: College Students, Body Weight, Student Surveys, Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Haynes, Ashleigh; Nathan, Andrea; Maitland, Clover; Dixon, Helen; Nicholson, Anna; Wakefield, Melanie; Dobbinson, Suzanne – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Skin cancer prevention efforts in Australia have increasingly incorporated a focus on protection during incidental sun exposure. This complements the long-present messages promoting protection in high-risk settings and avoidance of acute intense bouts of sun exposure. Data from two waves of a cross-sectional direct observational survey was used to…
Descriptors: Incidence, Correlation, Cancer, Prevention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Peacock, Jessica – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
The emergence of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has had a major impact on higher education; however, little attention has been paid to how the virus and lockdown measures instituted to stop its spread have affected the health of faculty and staff. This study employed survey methodology to assess the impact of the coronavirus and ensuing…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Beliefs, School Closing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Eastman-Mueller, Heather P.; Habel, Melissa A.; Oswalt, Sara B.; Liddon, Nicole – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Adolescents and young adults are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This study examined the association of "GYT: Get Yourself Tested" (GYT), a sexual health social marketing campaign, with several sexual health behaviors on a nationally representative sample of high school (HS) and college students (n =…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Portman, Robert M.; Levy, Andrew R.; Allen, Sarah F.; Fairclough, Stuart J. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: There is recent evidence that exercise referral schemes (ERSs) are beginning to permit self-referral access. Notwithstanding this, to date it is unknown whether key referral characteristics, such as age, gender and socioeconomic status are associated with a greater likelihood of self-referring to an ERS, and whether self-referral…
Descriptors: Referral, Exercise, Health Behavior, Gender Differences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pirrie, Melissa; Carson, Valerie; Dubin, Joel A.; Leatherdale, Scott T. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: The comprehensive school health (CSH) framework has four components: social and physical environment; partnerships and services; teaching and learning; and policy. This study examines associations between CSH and student physical activity (PA). Methods: Using 2015/2016 COMPASS study survey data of 37,397 students (grades 9-12) from 80…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Grade 10
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ares, Gastón; Vidal, Leticia; Otterbring, Tobias; Aschemann-Witzel, Jessica; Curutchet, María Rosa; Giménez, Ana; Bove, Isabel – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Communication campaigns are expected to contribute to increase the efficacy of nutritional warnings. In this context, the aims of the present work were (a) to evaluate how citizens perceive different types of messages for a communication campaign and (b) to determine if personal characteristics such as gender, age, and educational level, as well…
Descriptors: Public Health, Public Opinion, Information Dissemination, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Van Hoye, Aurélie; Johnson, Stacey; Geidne, Susanna; Vuillemin, Anne – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: Health promotion in sports clubs is receiving increased attention, but its benefits have not been widely evaluated for two reasons: (1) the difficulty in measuring ecological approach outcomes and (2) the existing literature having focused more on coaches' efficiency rather than on health promotion. This article analyses the…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Health Promotion, Athletics, Experience
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ariail, Donald L.; Quosigk, Benedikt L. – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2021
The University System of Georgia (USG) has a state-wide initiative aimed at increasing the well-being of faculty and staff by incentivizing a decrease in tobacco product usage by employees covered by a USG healthcare plan. This incentive is positive in that aid in stopping tobacco product usage is offered to each member; and negative in that each…
Descriptors: Well Being, Health Promotion, Incentives, Smoking
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Alamari, Hanaa – College Student Journal, 2019
The purpose of this study was to assess the level of healthy nutrition awareness between college students, and its effect on their health. Healthy Nutrition plays an important role in preventing health problems associated with unhealthy diet especially overweight and obesity. Three hundred and forty undergraduate college students participated in…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Nutrition, Health Behavior, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Calise, Tamara Vehige; Ryder, Amanda; Spezeski, Jenette; Tong, Katherine; Spitzer, Natalie; Hatcher, Ashley – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: Place-based efforts offer promise in reducing childhood obesity. Yet, lack of public demand and support may hinder implementation. Aims: This study aimed to assess whether the emphasis on place-based solutions, community-wide strategies, and multisector engagement in the Healthy Schools Healthy Communities (HSHC) initiative would shift…
Descriptors: Obesity, Case Studies, Health Promotion, Correlation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Al-Khamees, Nedaa A. – College Student Journal, 2018
Nutrition labels are seen as one means of enhancing diets, but there have been no studies of attitudes towards, and use of, such labels by college students in any of the Arab countries. A questionnaire-based survey of students in several of the colleges of Kuwait University was carried out. Data were analysed using t-test, 1-way ANOVA, crosstabs,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, College Students, Questionnaires
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wippold, Guillermo M.; Tucker, Carolyn M; Smith, Tasia M.; Rodriguez, Victoria A.; Hayes, Lynda F.; Folger, Austin C. – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: Youth obesity in the United States is a major health concern. Obesity can be reduced by increasing health-promoting behaviors. Purpose: The goals of the present study were to (1) identify the strongest motivators of and barriers to health-promoting behaviors among a culturally diverse group of middle and high school students and (2)…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6