Publication Date
| In 2025 | 102 |
| Since 2024 | 380 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1253 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2943 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6475 |
Descriptor
| Health Promotion | 9717 |
| Foreign Countries | 2462 |
| Health Education | 2004 |
| Health Behavior | 1934 |
| Intervention | 1780 |
| Prevention | 1670 |
| Program Effectiveness | 1459 |
| Child Health | 1405 |
| Public Health | 1118 |
| Physical Activities | 1106 |
| Adolescents | 1037 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 428 |
| Teachers | 416 |
| Administrators | 113 |
| Parents | 108 |
| Policymakers | 95 |
| Students | 93 |
| Researchers | 43 |
| Community | 35 |
| Support Staff | 29 |
| Counselors | 20 |
| Media Staff | 5 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| Australia | 369 |
| Canada | 335 |
| United States | 210 |
| United Kingdom | 196 |
| California | 186 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 129 |
| New York | 118 |
| Texas | 112 |
| North Carolina | 110 |
| New Zealand | 90 |
| Florida | 86 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Does not meet standards | 1 |
Peer reviewed
Direct linkVelardo, Stefania; Drummond, Murray – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: Health literacy is a key international public health goal. Conceptualising health literacy as an asset highlights the importance of fostering a health literate youth for the benefit of future generations, yet research has predominantly focused on examining adults' and older adolescents' health literacy. This presents a gap for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Nutrition, Literacy, Knowledge Level
Schlecht, Colleen; Daro, Deborah – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2019
Established in 2010, the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being focus on identifying and nurturing 15 promising doctoral students each year from multiple disciplines. The program engages fellows for two years to collectively address child well-being by applying research-based solutions to policy and practice challenges. The…
Descriptors: Fellowships, Health Promotion, Well Being, Network Analysis
Jennifer E. DeVoe Ed.; Amy Geller Ed.; Yamrot Negussie Ed. – National Academies Press, 2019
Children are the foundation of the United States, and supporting them is a key component of building a successful future. However, millions of children face health inequities that compromise their development, well-being, and long-term outcomes, despite substantial scientific evidence about how those adversities contribute to poor health.…
Descriptors: Brain, Children, Child Health, Early Childhood Education
Linnell, J. Dusti; Case, Patty; Kraemer, Lauren – Journal of Extension, 2020
The Cooperative Extension National Framework for Health and Wellness calls on Extension professionals to operate in new ways that will shape "the context in which people grow, learn, work, and play" and to practice multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches in communities. In this article, we present three cases in Oregon as examples…
Descriptors: Extension Education, College Faculty, Extension Agents, Public Health
Brockman, Tabetha A.; Sim, Leslie A.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Bronars, Carrie A.; Meiers, Sonja J.; Tolleson, Ellen; Ridgeway, Jennifer L.; Asiedu, Gladys B.; Hanza, Marcelo M.; Olson, Molly A.; Slowiak, Kathleen A.; Weis, Jennifer A.; Patten, Christi A.; Clark, Matthew M.; Millerbernd, Jodi; Sia, Irene G.; Wieland, Mark L. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Youth Programs, After School Programs, Body Height
Relationship between Coaches' Health Promotion Activities, Sports Experience and Health among Adults
Van Hoye, Aurélie; Johnson, Stacey; Geidne, Susanna; Vuillemin, Anne – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: Health promotion in sports clubs is receiving increased attention, but its benefits have not been widely evaluated for two reasons: (1) the difficulty in measuring ecological approach outcomes and (2) the existing literature having focused more on coaches' efficiency rather than on health promotion. This article analyses the…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Health Promotion, Athletics, Experience
Jang, In Chull; Choi, Lee Jin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2020
As the public health threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic is still evolving globally, many linguistic minorities are struggling to obtain accurate and timely health information about the disease and its prevention and treatment in their native language. This study argues that existing ethnic online communities can play an important role in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Language Minorities
Download full textPoultney, Rachel; Forbes, Dianne – Teachers and Curriculum, 2020
In learning and life, there will always be challenges, requiring resilience to overcome, adapt, and persist in the face of adversity. Resilience is a key aspect of mental health and lifelong learning, reflected in the vision, key competencies, and health-related elements of the New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007). Working on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
de Moissac, Danielle; Waddell, Candice; Smith, Nadine; Rocque, Rhéa – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2020
With the increased incidence of poor mental health in young adults, health promotion strategies are needed on campuses. World Cafés were held to facilitate discussion around three main topics: thoughts about findings emerging from a recent health survey; resources currently available on campus; and strategies or resources needed to improve student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mental Health, Health Promotion, College Students
Heslop, Carl W.; Burns, Sharyn; Lobo, Roanna – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
This paper examines the provision of youth targeted Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) and sexual health interventions in the rural Australian context by examining the perspectives and experiences of a range of community stakeholders. Sixteen participants undertook one-on-one semi structured interviews. Four key themes emerged from the…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Sexuality, Community Health Services, Rural Areas
Berman, Jacquelin; Pardasani, Manoj; Powell, Mebane – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Age-Tastic! is a health and wellness intervention designed for older adults. Incorporating game theory and behavioral activation concepts, this intervention is a board game that engages older adults in an interactive and immersive experience over 8 weeks. This paper reports on a pilot study that evaluated the impact of this intervention on health…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology), Older Adults, Intervention
Banville, Dominique; Dyson, Ben; Kulinna, Pamela H; Stylianou, Michalis – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Teacher efficacy influences what and how they teach. This may be particularly important to consider in Aotearoa New Zealand contexts where primary classroom teachers teach health and physical education and use physical activity breaks with little training. It remains unclear how classroom teachers perceive this role and how to better support them.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Health Education, Physical Education
McWilliams, Stephanie R.; Bulger, Sean; Keath, Adam; Elliott, Eloise – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
The Fit Family Challenge, a web-based healthy lifestyle program, was developed to motivate families to participate in more physical activity by tracking their behaviors and by providing them with educational materials and community events to attend with their families. This article is an account of the steps taken and the efforts needed to make a…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Life Style, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
Abbas, Kiran; Nawaz, S. Muhammad A.; Amin, Nazish; Soomro, Fareena M.; Abid, Kanza; Ahmed, Moiz; Sayeed, Khalid A.; Ghazanfar, Shamas; Qureshi, Noorulain – Health Education Research, 2020
Proper training on the preventive measures against COVID-19 among health-care workers is crucial for mitigating the spread of viral infection. The present study evaluated the efficacy of a brief web-based module on the practice of hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette among respective health-care workers. A comparative study was conducted with a…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Education
Ori, Elaine M.; Berry, Tanya R. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To assess preferred sources of information for seeking physical activity (PA), and how PA information seeking may contribute to participation in a campus PA program. Participants: Students attending a large, Western Canadian university between April 2015 and April 2018. Methods: Secondary analysis of an annual campus-wide survey.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Information Sources, Information Seeking
