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Hikita, Naoko; Haruna, Megumi; Matsuzaki, Masayo; Shiraishi, Mie; Takehara, Kenji; Dagvadorj, Amarjargal; Sumya, Narantuya; Bavuusuren, Bayasgalantai; Baljinnyam, Purevdorj; Ota, Erika; Mori, Rintaro – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: This study investigated the use of a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook, and related factors, in Mongolia. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study. Setting: Bulgan Province, Mongolia. Method: MCH handbook use was determined by examining whether participants had read it or recorded their health-related information into it.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Health, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Dijkman, Marieke A. M.; Harting, Janneke; van der Wal, Marcel F. – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background and objective: The Good Behaviour Game (GBG) has been shown to be effective in preventing childhood disruptive behaviours and their long-term unfavourable health-related outcomes. Like many other evidence-based preventive health programmes, however, its current use in Dutch primary schools is limited, and knowledge of the factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Observation, Semi Structured Interviews
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McLean, Scott – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: To address a critical gap in health education scholarship by exploring the contexts in which self-help reading takes place, the motivations of self-help readers and the processes through which such readers engage with books on mental health. Design: Structured, in-depth interviews conducted with participants recruited through online…
Descriptors: Self Help Programs, Reading, Mental Health, Motivation
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Jalloh, Chelsea; McMillan, Barbara; Ormond, Margaret; Casey, Catherine; Wylie, John L. – Health Education Journal, 2013
Introduction: Street-involved youth are one of the populations most at risk for elevated rates of sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections. This paper evaluates the suitability and success of a resource focused on health education with a population of street-involved youth in Winnipeg, Canada. Method: Using a mixed method approach,…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Information Sources, At Risk Persons, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Becker, Sara J.; Spirito, Anthony; Vanmali, Roshani – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: Several national organisations in the USA have recently developed educational materials that encourage substance use disorder treatment consumers to seek out approaches supported by scientific evidence in order to promote the use of "evidence-based practice" (EBP). This study aimed to explore how adolescents (young people aged…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Qualitative Research, Substance Abuse, Adolescents
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Wijaya-Erhardt, Maria; Muslimatun, Siti; Erhardt, Juergen G. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: To assess the effects of a health and nutrition educational intervention on maternal knowledge, attitudes and practices. Design: Pre- and post-test design using structured interviews of pregnant women. Setting: Thirty-nine villages in Central Java Province, Indonesia. Method: Pregnant women (N = 252) at 12-20 weeks of gestation were…
Descriptors: Risk, Prevention, Diseases, Nutrition