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Pattamaporn Joompa; Nattapach Thongkam; Sinee Chotiboriboon; Prapa Kongpunya – Health Education, 2025
Purpose: A health learning program relying on the scientific method was designed to promote reducing the intake of foods high in sugar, sodium and saturated fat in a group of school-aged children. Design/methodology/approach: The scientific method was a core approach for creating intervention activities. We conducted mixed-methods research…
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Eating Habits, Intervention
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Emma Oljans; Tecklah Usai; Doroth Chinofunga; Martin Mickelsson – Health Education, 2024
Purpose: The paper aims to explore how values and knowledge are expressed in student's discussions about food and health. Design/methodology/approach: Food practices present a complex phenomenon extending beyond biomedical descriptions, including social dynamics of food in families and communities. Contextual conditions of social groups and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Food, Eating Habits, Health Behavior
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Lee, Pui Yuen; Lau, Kung Wong – Health Education, 2023
Purpose: Appropriate and deliberate use of drug prevention methods is the key to educating children about the dangers of addiction and the way of prevention. With the growing prevalence of digital games among youngsters, health education and communication among children can try adopting advergames on digital television instead of traditional…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Health Education, Prevention, Health Behavior
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Soomro, Bahadur Ali; Shah, Naimatullah – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: At present, almost the whole globe is facing a severe threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present study examines the intention to stay home due to COVID-19 during a second wave of the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a deductive approach based on cross-sectional data. An online survey is conducted…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Intention, Foreign Countries
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Chudech, Surapong; Janmaimool, Piyapong – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to investigate university students' knowledge about and attitudes toward e-cigarette (EC) use. It will also examine whether students' EC use is associated with knowledge about and attitudes toward EC use. The study also aims to analyze the determinants of students' use of ECs. The effects of gender, smoking behavior and…
Descriptors: College Students, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Smoking
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Shin, YoungJu; Johnson, Nicole L. – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: To reduce the smoking rates and alleviate societal problems associated with smoking, health administrators and policy makers have attempted to promote and implement statewide smoking free policy. The present study examined how adults' awareness of and attitude toward the smoke-free air law, their perceived risks of secondhand smoke and…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Smoking, Public Health, Social Problems
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Gordali, Maedeh; Bazhan, Marjan; Ghaffari, Mohtasham; Omidvar, Nasrin; Rashidkhani, Bahram – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how transtheoretical model (TTM) constructions change through nutrition education for fat intake modification among overweight and obese women living in Shazand city, Iran. Design/methodology/approach: A semi-experimental design with intervention and control groups (50 women in each group) was…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Eating Habits, Obesity
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Anwar-McHenry, Julia; Drane, Catherine F.; Joyce, Phoebe; Donovan, Robert J. – Health Education, 2020
Purpose: The Mentally Healthy Schools Framework (MHSF), based on the population-wide Act-Belong-Commit mental health promotion campaign, is a whole-school approach primarily targeting student mental health, but it is also intended for staff. This paper presents the results of an impact survey on staff after the implementation of the Framework in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Educational Environment, Work Environment
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Barwood, Donna – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to distinguish pedagogies supporting critical health literacy development in adolescent populations. Specifically, for sun safety education in schools. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws on an exploratory intrinsic case study design to qualitatively examine the learning conditions that Pre-Service…
Descriptors: Health Education, Safety Education, Multiple Literacies, Knowledge Level
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ALamari, Hana – Health Education, 2020
Purpose: Kindergarten children are more susceptible to diseases as they are still in the process of acquiring immunity. The purpose of this study was to assess kindergarten teachers' and parents' perception of the prevalence of health problems among children in Kuwait and the role of health education in promotion of healthy habits.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Child Health, Health Promotion
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Mehay, Anita; Meek, Rosie; Ogden, Jane – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Prisons offer a public health opportunity to access a group with multiple and complex needs and return them to the community with improved health. However, prisons are not conducive to optimal health and there are few frameworks to guide efforts. This study aims to generate insights into health literacy across a young adult prison…
Descriptors: Males, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Public Health
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Chukwuocha, Uchechukwu M.; Iwuoha, Greg N.; Ogara, Chisom M.; Dozie, Ikechukwu N. S. – Health Education, 2020
Purpose: This study assessed the effectiveness of malaria classroom corner (MCC), school-based intervention in the promotion of basic malaria awareness and common control practices among children of primary school age. Design/methodology/approach: A quasi-experimental design was employed, involving 206 children of primary 5 and 6 classes from two…
Descriptors: Diseases, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Burton, Melissa; Riddell, Lynn; Worsley, Anthony – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: Food education in secondary schools can provide adolescents with essential food knowledge and skills required for healthy, independent living. The purpose of this paper is to identify food-related knowledge and skills that Australian consumers believe are required for all consumers, and to identify their demographic and psychographic…
Descriptors: Food, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Nutrition Instruction
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Patra, Shraboni; Perianayagam, Arokiasamy; Goli, Srinivas – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The level of mother's health knowledge influences not only her health, but also significantly predicts her children's health and medical care, and spending on medical care. This relationship has not yet been empirically assessed in India. The purpose of this paper is to measure the level of health knowledge of mothers in India and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Knowledge Level, Health
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Wang, Dongxu; Stewart, Donald; Chang, Chun – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the school-based nutrition programme using the health-promoting school (HPS) framework was effective to improve parents' knowledge, attitudes and behaviour (KAB) in relation to nutrition in rural Mi Yun County, Beijing. Design/methodology/approach: A cluster-randomised intervention trial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nutrition Instruction, Health Promotion, Rural Areas
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