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Implementing Health-Promoting Activities in Diverse Primary School Contexts in the Netherlands: Practical Lessons Learnt
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Hahnraths, Marla T. H.; Willeboordse, Maartje; van Schayck, Onno C. P. – Health Education, 2023
Purpose: To gain insight into factors enhancing or obstructing implementation in various school-settings, which is vital for widespread dissemination and sustainable integration of school-based health-promoting interventions. Design/methodology/approach: A mixed methods multisite comparative case study to investigate (factors influencing) the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Elementary Schools, Intervention
Growing Healthy Kids: A School Enrichment Nutrition Education Program to Promote Healthy Behaviors for Children
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Vierregger, Alyssa; Hall, Johnna; Sehi, Natalie; Abbott, Mary; Wobig, Karen; Albrecht, Julie A.; Anderson-Knott, Mindy; Koszewski, Wanda – Journal of Extension, 2015
The Growing Healthy Kids Program is a school-based nutrition education program that teaches students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade about healthy eating, physical activity, and how their body uses food. Pre- and post-knowledge data is collected from the students to measure changes in nutrition knowledge. In the first 2 years of the program,…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Enrichment Activities, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
Setting the Stage: Coordinated Approaches to School Health and Physical Education
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Kelder, Steven H.; Karp, Grace Goc; Scruggs, Philip W.; Brown, Helen – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
Is there anything more important than the health, well-being and education of a nation's children? This paper takes the position that school is the most important place to educate children about health and to develop lifelong health promoting skills. We believe that health promotion programs and activities are integral to the school's…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Promotion, Health Programs, Comprehensive School Health Education
Disseminating a Successful Dietary Intervention to Faith Communities: Feasibility of Using Staff Contact and Encouragement to Increase Uptake
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Hannon, Peggy A.; Bowen, Deborah J.; Christensen, Catherine L.; Kuniyuki, Alan – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2008
Objective: To test the feasibility of a dissemination strategy to increase faith communities' (FCs) adoption and implementation of a tested dietary intervention. Design: The study was a randomized, controlled trial that took place over a 9-month period. Setting: Seattle, Washington, metropolitan area. Participants: Seven FCs assigned to an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Promotion, Health Education, Nutrition
AIDS Prevention through Education: Sample Curriculum. Elementary.
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South Dakota State Dept. of Education and Cultural Affairs, Pierre. – 1988
This sample curriculum guide has been developed to assist districts in planning and implementing an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education program. Classes are to be conducted within the context of comprehensive health education. This document, which provides K-6 guidelines, is organized into 8 sections: (1) purpose, planning, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
AIDS Prevention through Education: Sample Curriculum. Secondary.
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South Dakota State Dept. of Education and Cultural Affairs, Pierre. – 1988
This sample curriculum guide has been developed to assist districts in planning and implementing an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education program. Classes are to be conducted within the context of comprehensive health education. This document, which provides grades 7-12 guidelines, is organized into 8 sections: (1) purpose,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Class Activities, Health Activities, Health Education