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Direct linkMaddah, Diana; Hallit, Souheil; Kabbara, Wissam; Akel, Marwan; Bowen, Keith; Hasan, Zeinab; Khasholian, Tamar Kabakian; Alami, Nael H.; Salameh, Pascale – Cogent Education, 2023
Despite the increasing recognition of positive life skills interventions to enhance the psychological and physical well-being of individuals, there is an absence of a valid and reliable Arabic measure of Life Skills (LS) amongst youth. This study aims at validating an Arabic Life Skills Scale (A-LSS) to assess the effectiveness of life skills…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Daily Living Skills, Factor Analysis, Undergraduate Students
Frida Gädda; Jessica Hemberg; Pia Nyman-Kurkiala – Cogent Education, 2023
The school environment offers a unique platform for health promotion work with children and young people. Increasingly multifaceted health problems among children and young people and their families require investments in multiprofessional collaboration in schools. The aim of this study was to investigate teaching staff's perceptions of the school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, School Nurses
Zofia Hammerin; Disa Bergnehr; Goran Basic – Cogent Education, 2023
This study explores the discourse about health promotion and the role of the teacher in Swedish upper secondary schools. The material consists of student health plans from schools and local authorities that were analysed using discourse analysis. The results show that health promotion is largely an empty or floating signifier. The teacher is…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Role
Yulong Chen – Cogent Education, 2023
Life skills (LS) training programs help individuals develop their mental health and stress-related attitudes. This study aims to build a versatile physical education program (PEP) to promote LS and examine its effectiveness. The subjects were first-year Japanese university students. We conducted the LS survey in April (pre-semester) and August…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Athletics, Daily Living Skills
Mbohjim Othniel Mobit; Lorraine Elit; Dennis Duane Palmer; Nancy Lea Palmer; Timothy Njobula Fanfon – Cogent Education, 2024
The shortage of rehabilitation health personnel in Cameroon is a limiting factor to attaining full health coverage under Sustainable Development Goal 3 of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages. This problem has been accentuated by the low level and quality of training of rehabilitation workers such as physiotherapists. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Intervention
Hadil Elsayed; Linda Bradley; Mona Lundin; Markus Nivala – Cogent Education, 2023
Schools are recognised as key arenas for health promotion (HP). The development of health literacy (HL) is one of the cornerstones of HP. HP is closely linked to democratic principles and social values. School-based HP may best be understood within the context of the socio-political spectrum in which it is embedded. This study explores how…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Social Values, Foreign Countries, Health Education
Briceño, Germán; Prieto, María Alejandra; Povea, Camilo; Moreno, Zorayda; Céspedes, Jaime – Cogent Education, 2019
This study evaluated changes in energy expenditure in six to eight-year-old children after a two year pedagogical intervention on healthy habits. Methods: This was a longitudinal descriptive observational study in children at a private school in Bogotá. Outcomes: change in the average energy expenditure(Kcal/day) and time dedicated to physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Urban Schools, Private Schools
Ho, Walter King Yan; Ahmed, Md. Dilsad; Keh, Nyit Chin; Khoo, Selina; Tan, Cheehian; Dehkordi, Mitra Rouhi; Gallardo, Mila; Lee, Kicheon; Yamaguchi, Yasuo; Wang, Jian; Liu, Min; Huang, Fan – Cogent Education, 2017
Numerous studies have been published heralding the benefits of physical education in school education. Sport and physical activities form the major content in learning and the arrangement serves as the major source of development in students. This paper identifies "quality" as an internationally concerned issue and within the concept,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Quality, Questionnaires, Teacher Surveys
Smith, William C.; Ikoma, Sakiko; Baker, David P. – Cogent Education, 2016
Education and health are both capital investments in national development, often viewed as independent factors on a country's labor force supply and productivity. This study uses the 2010-2011 Third Integrated Household Survey in Malawi to propose an Education-enhanced Health Human Capital (EHHC) model where education influences labor force supply…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Role of Education, Economic Development
Farrar, Peter; Zaidi, Ali – Cogent Education, 2018
Ill-health currently keeps a quarter of the UK's working age population out of employment, at a significant social and economic cost to both those individuals and the country as a whole. It is, therefore, essential that healthcare and business professionals have sufficient skills to manage the physical and mental health of their teams and support…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Health Services, Health Personnel
Usher, Wayne; Keegan, Richard; Edwards, Allan – Cogent Education, 2016
Australian youth (5-17) are exhibiting the most alarming statistics surrounding poor physical activity (PA) levels and increasing correlating chronic disease trends (i.e. obesity). With schools well positioned to address such concerns, this study aimed to determine the type, frequency and intensity levels of PA being undertaken by children during…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education Teachers
Lynch, Timothy – Cogent Education, 2016
This paper shares a health and wellbeing partnership, modelling implementation of physical education (PE) advocated by the United Nations (UN). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) exemplifies global efforts towards equality, specifically Goal 3 and 4 address health and wellbeing. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into cross…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, International Organizations, Partnerships in Education, Physical Education
Winslade, Matthew – Cogent Education, 2016
An emerging focus of teacher education courses within countries such as Australia centres on the development of cultural competency. An international practicum experience or student mobility programme embedded within pre-service teacher education programmes is one way to provide such an opportunity. In subject areas such as Health and Physical…
Descriptors: Health Education, Physical Education, Teacher Competencies, Cultural Awareness
