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Yang, Bo; Nan, Xiaoli; Zhao, Xinyan – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of independent vs interdependent self-construal in non-smokers' responses to an anti-smoking message that focuses on either personal or relational consequences of smoking. Design/methodology/approach: Two web-based experimental studies were conducted among US college non-smokers. In the…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Smoking, Attitude Measures, Attitude Change
Rutter, Lucy; Britton, John; Langley, Tessa – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2017
Background: The public health benefits of tobacco taxation are undermined when smokers engage in price-minimizing behaviors other than quitting in response to rising prices. Methods: 314 students at the University of Nottingham, UK, completed an online survey about their smoking behavior and their likely responses to hypothetical tobacco price…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Taxes, College Students
Akre, Christina; Suris, Joan-Carles – Health Education Research, 2017
Electronic cigarettes (ECs) acting as a gateway to smoking traditional cigarettes (TCs) is a growing public health concern of EC use among youths. To gather the opinions and perceptions of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) on whether and how EC can act as a gateway to smoking TC among youths. A qualitative method included 42 AYAs. Participants…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Adolescent Attitudes, Smoking
Seitz, Christopher M.; Shiplo, Samantha; Filippini, Taylor; Kabir, Zubair; Lennon, Jeffrey L.; Fowler, Donald – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (USDHHS) recommends that health material be written at or below a sixth-grade reading level to ensure readability. Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the readability of online smoking cessation materials from several government and voluntary health organizations.…
Descriptors: Smoking, Web Sites, Health Education, Health Promotion
Deng, Sien – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Psychologists have become increasingly interested in the intra-individual variability of psychological measures as a meaningful distinguishing characteristic of persons. Assessments of intra-individual variability are frequently based on the repeated administration of self-report rating scale instruments, and extreme response style (ERS) has the…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Psychological Testing, Differences, Rating Scales
Thurston, Allen; Dunne, Laura; Kee, Frank; Gildea, Aideen; Lazenbatt, Anne; Craig, Nicole – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The paper reports findings from an efficacy randomised controlled study of a smoking prevention programme designed for use in High Schools. Data is reported from 399, students with a mean age of 12.5 years. The smoking prevention programmes used cooperative learning as a pedagogical tool within which to frame work. Findings indicated that students…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Prevention, Smoking, Program Effectiveness
Nagler, Eve M.; Lobo, Priya – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: Low socioeconomic status young people in low- and middle-income countries use tobacco at higher rates than their wealthier peers. School-based tobacco use prevention interventions that employ a life skills approach are effective at preventing tobacco use. In India, the Salaam Bombay Foundation (SBF) has implemented a multiyear,…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Promotion, Daily Living Skills, Intervention
Ohneck, Mallory; McKenzie, Nicole; Teeple, Karen; Copa, Claire; Thompson, Amy; Glassman, Tavis – Health Educator, 2019
Nearly all lifelong smokers start as children or young adults, and the tobacco industry targets these specific age groups. A key public health effort to limit the use of tobacco products by people under the age of 21 years is the promotion of the "Tobacco 21" initiative. This initiative promotes and supports efforts to establish bills…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Barriers, Smoking, Case Studies
Garcy, Anthony M.; Berliner, David C. – Review of Education, 2018
Robust evidence suggesting a strong association between greater educational attainment, better health and lower mortality, has led to speculation that the quality of schooling can also have effects on health. This review critically summarises findings from 15 studies in a growing area of research concerning the effects of school quality on health.…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Health, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Ramkissoon, Ishara; Buchanan, Kathryn R. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2018
Health care professionals including physicians, nurses, and audiologists are charged with providing comprehensive geriatric care for millions of aging adults. As baby boomers mature, prevalence of age-related hearing loss (ARHL) among adults aged 45+ years has risen from 30% to 50%. New findings have emerged regarding risk factors affecting ARHL…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Educational Strategies, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults
Jennings, R. A.; Henderson, C. S.; Erla, M. A.; Abraham, S.; Gillum, D. – College Student Journal, 2018
Problem and Purpose: A review of the literature revealed that college non-student athletes and student-athletes experience stress during their college years but do not always have the appropriate coping behaviors to manage the stress. The purpose of this descriptive, cross-sectional, non-experimental study was to determine the stress coping…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Coping, Church Related Colleges, College Students
Johns, Judith A.; Moyer, Matthew T. – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2018
Purpose: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, effective health education curricula feature instructional strategies and learning experiences built on theoretical approaches that have effectively influenced health-related behaviors among youth. The attitudes, beliefs and norms (ABN) domain is proposed as an alternative to…
Descriptors: Health Education, Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Health Behavior
Kraus, L.; Lauer, E.; Coleman, R.; Houtenville, A. – Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire, 2018
The "2017 Disability Statistics Annual Report" presents statistics to address the following types of questions: (1) How many people with disabilities live in the United States; (2) What is the percentage of people with disabilities in different age groups; (3) What is the percentage of people with disabilities for different types of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Statistics, Annual Reports, Demography
Johnston, Lloyd D.; Schulenberg, John E.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Miech, Richard A.; Patrick, Megan E. – Institute for Social Research, 2018
This occasional paper presents subgroup findings from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) study on levels of, and trends in, the use of a number of substances for nationally representative samples of high school graduates ages 19-30. The data have been gathered in a series of follow-up surveys of representative subsamples of high school seniors who…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Drug Abuse, High School Graduates, Gender Differences
Steppe, Johnathan D.; Blake, Barbara J.; Dyal, Mari-Amanda; Bailey, Theresa S.; Porter, Kandice J.; Thompson, Jon – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: Each year, humanitarian groups provide health education programmes and interventions to underserved communities in Nicaragua. The purpose of this study was to identify the health education needs of a small community in rural Nicaragua to inform health education programming. Design: Mixed methods approach that used a quantitative survey…
Descriptors: Health Education, Needs Assessment, Rural Areas, Intervention