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Direct linkM. Rajashekhar; Radhika Sharma; Abhishek V. Raut; Ashwini Kalantri; Subodh S. Gupta; The VCaN Collaboration Team – Health Education Journal, 2024
Introduction: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major challenge for countries, regardless of their level of development. Social branding is an emerging approach to health promotion for NCD prevention. In this paper, the process of social branding is documented as a case study to help researchers develop similar kinds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Health Promotion, Advertising
Lakshmi, Josyula K.; Shrivastav, Radhika; Saluja, Kiran; Arora, Monika – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To understand tobacco use patterns and the context, implementation and reception of a 2-year school-based behavioural intervention to promote awareness and support for tobacco control policies. Design: Qualitative exploration of participating students', parents' and teachers' perspectives, experiences and observations related to tobacco…
Descriptors: Intervention, Smoking, Health Behavior, Behavior Change
Santoso, Monique; Agrawal, Reena; Tiwari, Kritika; Manjanatha, Deepa; Austin, S. Bryn; McAdams-Mahmoud, Ayesha; Craddock, Nadia; Raffoul, Amanda – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: Strategic storytelling can be used to reframe dominant cultural narratives and improve community health outcomes. This pilot study assessed the impact of an original, online 3-week e-course, delivered from November to December 2021, in increasing learners' knowledge of and concern for the seriousness of skin-shade discrimination and the…
Descriptors: Public Health, Online Courses, Story Telling, Health Promotion
Lwin, May O.; Malik, Shelly; Kang, Vernon Beng Tat; Chen, Grace Peimin – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: This study investigated the extent to which the efficacy of a hypertension awareness programme in Singapore may differ based on age, gender, race and housing type (as proxy for income). Method: Pre- and post-programme survey responses on blood pressure (BP) knowledge and beliefs from 9,960 grade 5 students were assessed. Post-programme…
Descriptors: Hypertension, Health Education, Health Promotion, Gender Differences
Carnegie, Elaine; Whittaker, Anne; Gray Brunton, Carol; Hogg, Rhona; Kennedy, Catriona; Hilton, Shona; Harding, Seeromanie; Pollock, Kevin G.; Pow, Janette – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: To examine cultural barriers and participant solutions regarding acceptance and uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine from the perspective of Black African, White-Caribbean, Arab, Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani young people. Methods: In total, 40 young people from minority ethnic communities in Scotland took part in a…
Descriptors: Cancer, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Interviews
Trigwell, J.; Watson, P. M.; Murphy, R. C.; Stratton, G.; Cable, N. T. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: This study examined the relationship between ethnic background and parental views of healthy body size, concerns surrounding overweight and attitudes to perceived causes of overweight in childhood. Method: A self-report questionnaire was designed to explore parental attitudes towards childhood weight. Sampling deliberately…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Questionnaires, Body Weight, Sampling
Chapman, Gwen E; Ristovski-Slijepcevic, Svetlana; Beagan, Brenda L – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objective: South Asians living in western countries have increased risk for developing diet-related chronic disease compared to Caucasians of European heritage. To increase understanding of social and cultural factors associated with their food habits, this study examined the meanings of food, health and well-being embedded in the food practices…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Asians, Research Design, Qualitative Research
