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Teisovinuo Semou; Sandra Roshni Monteiro; Meena Hariharan; Meera Padhy; Usha Chivukula – Health Education Journal, 2025
Background: This study aimed to establish the effectiveness of a hypertension knowledge education intervention among Indian adolescents to foster lifestyle changes aimed at preventing hypertension. Methods: The Hypertension Knowledge Test (HKT) was used to assess changes in knowledge using a repeated-measures one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Hypertension, Knowledge Level
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Gutiérrez-Zornoza, Myriam; Sánchez-López, Mairena; García-Hermoso, Antonio; González-García, Alberto; Chillón, Palma; Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine (a) whether distance from home to school is a determinant of active commuting to school (ACS), (b) the relationship between distance from home to heavily used facilities (school, green spaces, and sports facilities) and the weight status and cardiometabolic risk categories, and (c) whether ACS has a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Body Weight, At Risk Persons, Rural Areas