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Jiaxing Li; Rui Zhang; Yingyi Luo; Lixin Na – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: In contrast to previous research that has primarily focused on gender differences in health behaviour compliance, this study explored the association between gender consciousness and sun protection in China - a cultural setting in which there is a pronounced gender bias towards sun protection. These article is the first attempt to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Gender Differences, Gender Issues
Richman, Alice R.; Torres, Essie; Wu, Qiang; Eldridge, David; Lawson, Luan – Health Education Research, 2022
We assessed human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention practices and HPV literacy of pediatricians, family physicians and medical students in North Carolina. An online survey was distributed to physicians in 2018, and paper surveys were collected among medical students in 2019. Surveys measured HPV literacy, HPV prevention practices and HPV prevention…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Physicians, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Promotion
Sacca, Lea; Doumat, George; Rihan, Alaa; Maroun, Jonathan; Ejezie, Chinenye – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Despite the availability of health resources such as immunizations on campus, HPV vaccination rates in college students remain low with existing gender disparities in HPV vaccine uptake. Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify common limitations to HPV vaccination interventions among college students, utilized…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Immunization Programs, College Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Li Jiang; Lawrence J. Cheskin; Cara L. Frankenfeld; Ziaul H. Rana; Lilian de Jonge – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To evaluate dietary and physical activity behavior in relation to loneliness among college students. Participants: Three-hundred forty-six incoming first-year students in Fall 2019 at a large state University in the US. Methods: Students completed online surveys in Fall 2019. Multivariable regression analyses were used to model…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Health Behavior, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion
Karel Frömel; Dorota Groffik; Josef Heidler; Josef Mitáš; Michael Pratt – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the impact of segment-specific physical activity (PA) recommendations during the school day on the daily PA in both boys and girls. Methods: A total of 426 Czech and 219 Polish adolescents participated in this study. They were divided into two groups: one receiving segment-specific PA recommendations for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents, Health Promotion
Cris E. Haltom; Tate F. Halverson – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examined relationships between eating disorder risk (EDR), lifestyle variables (e.g., exposure to healthy eating media), and differences among male and female college students. Participants: College students (N = 323) completed survey questionnaires (Fall, 2016). Fifty-three participants retook the survey at a later time.…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Life Style, At Risk Students, Gender Differences
Fröberg, Andreas – Physical Educator, 2022
From a health promotion perspective, schools are ideal settings for the promotion of physical activity since virtually all children and youth can be reached. Physical education is mandatory in many countries and offers unique opportunities for the promotion of physical activity among children and youth. However, since physical education represents…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Children, Adolescents
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
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
Smith, Laureen H.; Petosa, Rick L.; Sexton, Courtney – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2022
Appalachian youth are highconsumers of added dietary sugar and are very sedentary. "Mentoring to be Active" trains teens to deliver a theoretically based program to promote home-based physical activity (PA) and reduce dietary sugar among rural Appalachian youth. For this pre-test/post-test pilot study, 52 seventh graders from two…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Mentors, Adolescents, Peer Teaching
Frederick, Ginny M.; Williams, Ewan R.; Castillo-Hernández, Isaura M.; Evans, Ellen M. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To assess whether sex or school year influence physical activity and exercise (PA/EX) behaviors and perceived benefits and barriers of PA/EX among college students. Participants: Participants were 862 (78% female; 20.1 ± 1.4 years) college students. Methods: The International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Exercise Benefits and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physical Activities, Exercise, Health Behavior
Martine Kajander; Martha Therese Gjestsen; Clive Ballard; Halvor Naess; Diego Alejandro Tovar-Rios; Jane Fossey; Ingelin Testad – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Group-based educational interventions on health promotion for people with early-stage dementia have shown promising results. The aim of this study was to explore the associations between sociodemographic characteristics (e.g. sex, education, marital status) and outcomes of a 12-week group-based educational intervention on health promotion for…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Dementia, Socioeconomic Status, Individual Characteristics
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
Dinger, Mary K.; Brittain, Danielle R.; Patten, Luke; Hall, Kelly C.; Burton, Steven; Hydock, David S.; Stellino, Megan B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2020
Background: College health education professionals need a comprehensive understanding of student health outcomes to promote health for all students. Purpose: To examine health-related outcomes by gender identity in a national sample of college students. Methods: Participants (n = 85,912) completed the National College Health Assessment IIc during…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, College Students, National Surveys, Health Promotion
Sumera Ackbarali – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Young adults are very socially active. During infectious disease outbreaks, their interpersonal interactions serve as a mode of viral transmission, especially to vulnerable populations such as the elderly and immunocompromised. A lack of compliance with recommended health behaviors among college students during the early months of the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Behavior