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LiveLighter® 'Junk Food' Mass Media Campaign Increases Behavioural Strategies to Reduce Consumption
Direct linkMorley, Belinda; Nuss, Tegan; Gascoyne, Claudia; Dixon, Helen; Wakefield, Melanie – Health Education Research, 2022
The LiveLighter® 2016 'Junk Food' campaign ran for 5 weeks in Western Australia (WA) and urged adults to reduce their junk food consumption to avoid weight gain and associated chronic disease. A cohort design assessed campaign impact on knowledge, beliefs and behaviour. Pre-campaign (n = 1501) and post-campaign (n = 737) telephone surveys of WA…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Food, Health Behavior, Health Programs
Tsakpounidou, Kalliopi; Proios, Hariklia – Health Education Journal, 2021
Background: FAST (Face, Arm, Speech, Time) 112 Heroes is an educational programme that delivers information to children and their extended families helping them identify the principal signs of stroke and informing them how to respond appropriately in the event of a stroke. Objectives: To examine the baseline stroke literacy that extended families…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Brain, Neurological Impairments, Knowledge Level
Cunningham-Erves, Jennifer; Campbell, Lanese; Barlow, Calvin; Barajas, Claudia; Mayo-Gamble, Tilicia; Perry, Michel; Johnson, George – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: The "Healthy Men, Health Communities" program aims to improve preventive behaviors among African American men to reduce HPV-related cancer disparities. Purpose: We describe the development of an educational intervention using cultural-targeting strategies (i.e., linguistics, peripherals, evidence, socio-culture, and…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cancer, Learner Engagement, African Americans
Morley, B.; Niven, P.; Dixon, H.; Swanson, M.; Szybiak, M.; Shilton, T.; Pratt, I. S.; Slevin, T.; Hill, D.; Wakefield, M. – Health Education Research, 2016
The Western Australian (WA) "LiveLighter" (LL) mass media campaign ran during June-August and September-October 2012. The principal campaign ad graphically depicts visceral fat of an overweight individual ("why" change message), whereas supporting ads demonstrate simple changes to increase activity and eat healthier…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Programs, Mass Media, Advertising
Hill, Barry C.; Black, David R.; Shields, Cleveland G. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2016
The purpose of this article is to identify characteristics of Black barbershop clients and barbers in an urban Midwestern city participating in a health promotion program called Affecting Cancer Together (ACT) that are associated with client knowledge about prostate cancer. Statistical analyses examined client and barber characteristics for their…
Descriptors: Cancer, Health Education, Cosmetology, Urban Areas
LaChausse, Robert G. – Health Education Research, 2017
The study purpose was to examine the impact of the Harvest of the Month (HOTM) program on fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, FV preferences, other eating behaviors, physical activity and other variables related to healthy eating. A clustered randomized controlled trial was employed in 28 elementary schools. After parental consent was obtained,…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Effectiveness, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Crooks, C. V.; Scott, K. L.; Broll, R.; Zwarych, S.; Hughes, R.; Wolfe, D. A. – Health Education Research, 2015
Integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) programming throughout curricula to support the development of healthy behaviors and prevent violence is critical for a comprehensive approach to school health. This study used a post-test comparison design to evaluate a healthy relationships program for eighth grade students that applies a SEL…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Health Promotion, Interpersonal Competence, Middle School Students
van Nassau, Femke; Singh, Amika S.; van Mechelen, Willem; Brug, Johannes; Chin A. Paw, Mai J. M. – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: The school-based Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT) program is an evidence-based obesity prevention program. In preparation for dissemination throughout the Netherlands, this study aimed to adapt the initial program and to develop an implementation strategy and materials. Methods: We revisited the Intervention Mapping (IM)…
Descriptors: Obesity, Intervention, Information Dissemination, Program Implementation
Maticka-Tyndale, E.; Mungwete, R.; Jayeoba, O. – Health Education Research, 2014
School-based programmes to combat the spread of HIV have been demonstrated to be effective over the short-term when delivered on a small scale. The question addressed here is whether results obtained with small-scale delivery are replicable in large-scale roll-out. Primary School Action for Better Health (PSABH), a programme to train teachers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Elementary School Students, Prevention
Kalanda, Boniface Francis – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Malawi is one of the countries with a youthful population. Youths are susceptible to various social-economic pressures that put their well being into jeopardy. One of the issues that affect youth is early drop out of school, drug abuse and contracting sexually transmitted diseases including HIV. To address these issues, the Malawi Government…
Descriptors: Health Education, Knowledge Level, Well Being, Foreign Countries
Reinert, Bonita; Carver, Vivien; Range, Lillian – Health Education, 2006
Purpose: To assess what volunteers--and ministers of faith-based organizations (FBO) think about their own expertise in delivering a tobacco prevention initiative, the impact of such an initiative on youth, their potential for burnout in doing so, and their interest in other health initiatives. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 149…
Descriptors: Smoking, Burnout, Prevention, Volunteers
Peer reviewedMock, Nancy B.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The use of case-control methodology as an applied policy/planning research tool in assessing the potential effectiveness of behavioral interventions is studied in connection with diarrhea control in Zaire. Results with 107 matched pairs of children demonstrate the importance of hygiene-related knowledge and the utility of the research approach.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Children, Control Groups
