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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
Catherine Poehling; Margaret Mary Downey; Melissa Indera Singh; Candice C. Beasley – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
This conceptual article aims to inform social work educators on facilitating critical discourse among social work students by applying reproductive justice, leveraging interdisciplinary practice, and addressing the Social Work Grand Challenges. Reproductive justice tenets provide an interdisciplinary framework that assists in the development of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Teachers, Pregnancy, Social Justice
Cristian Meier; Casey Coombs; Amria Farnsworth; LaCee Jimenez; Heidi LeBlanc – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2023
Implementing policy, system, and environmental (PSE) changes has several well-known challenges that have been documented in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education's (SNAP-Ed) comprehensive approach to obesity prevention and reduction. The purpose of the current study was to explore the use of community engagement (CE) as a strategy to…
Descriptors: Barriers, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Federal Programs
Jessica Rose Szczepanski; Ruth E. Litchfield; Erica A. Beirman; Lisa M. Nolting; Ulrike Genschel – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College is characterized by transition, students shifting from dependence to independence in numerous roles/responsibilities. Deficiencies in food/nutrition aptitudes and dietary intake exist, evidenced by declining physical well-being and poor eating patterns/practices within the population. Studies examining interventions to improve…
Descriptors: College Students, Land Grant Universities, Nutrition Instruction, Cooking Instruction
YuChun Chen; K. Lacey Deal – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
Typical health lessons are taught in a classroom setting, where students sit in their chairs and passively receive information. This instructional method may not be the optimal approach, as Ratey discovered in his famous experiment that the human brain is more aroused when the body is physically and actively engaged in the learning environment.…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Physical Health
Heni Trisnowati; Abdillah Ahsan; Elisabeth Kramer – Health Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper describes the planning and implementation program of Remaja Berdaya Sehat Tanpa Rokok (JayaStar) or Empower Youth Healthy without Smoking (EYHWS). This is a pilot tobacco control program for smoking behavior with a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach in a rural area of Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Smoking, Health Promotion
Joanna Pozzulo; Alexia Vettese; Anna Stone – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: Community mental health is growing discipline in psychology that recognizes the importance of creating a community that fosters wellness. Although universities provide many individuals a sense of community, little research has examined how community mental health interventions can be implemented into a classroom setting. Purpose: This…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation
Daniel Whitley – Support for Learning, 2024
This article explores an insight into different teaching strategies implemented within two educational settings in year 1 classrooms. Since the Coronavirus pandemic, evidence states that children's mental health is declining highlighting the need to teach children how to gain a positive mindset. This article shall reflect on my practice, which…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Elementary School Students, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods
Pablo Tristán-Ramos; Mohamed L. Merroun; Miguel A. Ruiz-Fresneda – Discover Education, 2024
Microorganisms have the potential to induce diseases characterized by rapid transmission and high mortality rates. Today, there persist medical unresolved issues, including the emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria. This phenomenon stands as one of the paramount global threats to public health in the twenty-first century. A…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Drug Education, Health Education
Emmanuel Orkoh; Uchenna Efobi – Evaluation Review, 2024
Behaviour change communication (BCC) remains a central component of the interventions used in the fight against malaria in Ghana. However, there is limited evidence of its effectiveness. This study evaluated the effects of BCC strategies on knowledge (symptoms, causes and prevention) and overall knowledge of malaria among Ghanaian women aged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Change, Health Behavior, Diseases
Taniya S. Nagpal; Joyla A. Furlano; Kristen C. Reilly; Shazya Karmali; Harry Prapavessis; Michelle F. Mottola; Shauna M. Burke; Leigh M. Vanderloo – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This cross-sectional study examined students' perspectives on the ramifications of obesity being recognized as a chronic disease in Canada. Participants: Undergraduate and graduate students (n = 150) in health-related programs at a major Canadian university. Methods: An online survey featured open-ended questions to capture student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Obesity, Chronic Illness
Gillian Hewitt; Lauren Copeland; Simon Murphy; Siôn Jones; Amy Edwards; Rhiannon Evans – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objectives: Community sites, including schools, are important settings for interventions to promote children and young people's mental health and wellbeing. A central provision to support mental health in the UK is school- and community-based counselling services. However, the evidence-base for school counselling services is limited by weak…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Counseling Services, Health Promotion, Well Being
Evan Griffith Tatum – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Education professionals lead curricular environments that encompass opportunities to enrich organizational health. The problem is that leadership barriers obstruct comprehensive school health prioritization and program implementation as elementary school leaders in a Metro Atlanta school district occupy the space to alter and improve comprehensive…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Physical Education Teachers
Sapwarobol Suwimol; Tirapongporn Hataichanok – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of a novel multicomponent nutrition education program (United for Healthier Kids; U4HK) on the diet consumed during school lunch among preschool children. Methods: The program comprised four tools: hero plates, hero content, hero menus, and hero books and stickers. The program was implemented for 16…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Nutrition, Dietetics, Program Evaluation
Fatmaridah Sabani; Rifa’ah Mahmudah Bulu – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2024
This research is motivated by the many cases of narcotics abuse in Indonesia which have now been found in various regions including the city of Palopo. This study aims to educate the public from an early age about the dangers of narcotics and hazardous substances such as inhalant abuse as a preventive measure for the development of narcotics cases…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Substance Abuse, Prevention, Elementary School Students