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Wanaporn Anuntaseree; Uthaiwan Kongkanin; Kanokpan Ruangnapa; Kantara Saelim; Pharsai Prasertsan – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Legislative smoking bans that prohibit smoking in public places have successfully reduced passive smoking in public areas. However, smokers only partially adhere to smoking restrictions in their homes. Young children are particularly vulnerable to exposure to tobacco smoke because they spend more time at home. In this study, we designed an…
Descriptors: Smoking, Telecommunications, Counseling Techniques, Intervention
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Kirk, Stacie M.; Kirk, Erik P. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: The effects of increases in physical activity (PA) on early literacy skills in preschool children are not known. Methods: Fifty-four African-American preschool children from a low socioeconomic urban Head Start participated over 8 months. A 2-group, quasi-experimental design was used with one preschool site participating in the PA…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, African Americans
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Amaugo, Lucky Gospel; Papadopoulos, Chris; Ochieng, Bertha M. N.; Ali, Nasreen – Health Education Research, 2014
HIV/AIDS is one of the most important public health challenges facing Nigeria today. Recent evidence has revealed that the adolescent population make up a large proportion of the 3.7% reported prevalence rate among Nigerians aged 15-49 years. School-based sexual health education has therefore become an important tool towards fighting this problem.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sex Education, Health Education
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Marks, Beth; Sisirak, Jasmina; Heller, Tamar; Wagner, Mark – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Health screenings conducted during Special Olympics competitions and games have consistently shown that a significant number of athletes with intellectual disabilities (IDs) were overweight or obese, and surveys have indicated that athletes need more fitness training than they receive from their sport practices. In 2002, Special Olympics initiated…
Descriptors: Program Design, Body Weight, Health Promotion, Pilot Projects