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Ruth Wallace; Ros Sambell; Shih Ching Fu; Johnny Lo; Elizabeth J. Cook; Amanda Devine – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2025
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an online short course based on the Health Promoting Schools Framework and specifically designed for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) professionals. The short course aimed to enhance ECEC professionals' nutrition knowledge, confidence, role legitimacy and adequacy to model healthy behaviours,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
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Ming, Julian; Kelty, Erin; Martin, Karen – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
In remote and very remote Australia, young people engage youth workers in sexual health discussions, often out of necessity due to low access to health services. Youth workers' and youth service managers' perspectives on these interactions and the sexual health training they receive are poorly understood. In this study, youth workers and youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Sexuality, Health Promotion
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George, Daniel R.; Manglani, Monica; Minnehan, Kaitlin; Chacon, Alexander; Gundersen, Alexandra; Dellasega, Cheryl; Kraschnewski, Jennifer L. – American Journal of Health Education, 2016
Background: Fruit and vegetable prescription (FVRx) programs provide "prescriptions" for produce, but increased access to nutritional food may be insufficient for long-term behavior change. Purpose: We integrated nutritional education into an FVRx program at a farmers' market and community garden at Penn State Medical Center by pairing…
Descriptors: Mentors, Gardening, Focus Groups, Medical Students
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Foti, Kathryn; Balaji, Alexandra; Shanklin, Shari – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: To monitor priority health risk behaviors and school health policies and practices, respectively, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) and the School Health Profiles (Profiles). CDC is often asked about the use and application of these survey data to improve…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Disease Control, Risk, Health Behavior
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Macnab, Andrew J.; Gagnon, Faith A.; Stewart, Donald – Health Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to summarize a consensus statement generated on the current challenges, strategies, and potential of health promoting schools (HPS) at a 2011 colloquium at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study where 40 people from five continents came together to share their global and regional experience surrounding…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Fundamental Concepts, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Warzak, William J.; Dogan, Rebecca K.; Godfrey, Maurice – Online Submission, 2011
The SEPA (Science Education Partnership Award) is a NIH (National Institutes of Health) program to provide science education to children K-12. In 2009, the NIH provided a supplement to develop a curriculum to inform students about factors that affect the mental health of native Americans. The goal of the current project was to develop a behavioral…
Descriptors: Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment, American Indians
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009
Efforts to improve child and adolescent health typically have featured interventions designed to address specific health risk behaviors, such as tobacco use, alcohol and drug use, violence, gang involvement, and early sexual initiation. However, results from a growing number of studies suggest that greater health impact might be achieved by also…
Descriptors: School Activities, Health Promotion, Children, Adolescents
Sides-Gonzales, Karen; Byrd, Lanier – 2002
This paper uses St. Philips College in San Antonio, Texas, as a model for community colleges facing the challenge of meeting expanded academic and leadership expectations with ever-shrinking budgets. The authors offer suggestions for ways to maintain high-quality instruction, management, and support. The authors present the National Institute for…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
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Sawyer, Richard J.; Porter, J. Davidson; Lehman, Thomas C.; Anderson, Clinton; Anderson, Karen M. – Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 2006
A national-level needs assessment of high school psychologists, social workers, counselors, and nurses was conducted to identify training and educational resource material needs of these staff relevant to providing health and mental health services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning (GLBQ) youth. Systematic sampling procedures were…
Descriptors: Health Services, Educational Needs, Health Promotion, Needs Assessment
Golaszewski, Thomas – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
Legalized gambling is growing substantially and provides both a dilemma and an opportunity for those in the health promoting professions. Gambling represents a form of economic development and, for certain segments of society, improved health and quality of life. On the other hand, gambling is a known addiction, with a host of sociological…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Health Education, Quality of Life, Self Destructive Behavior