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Peer reviewedKelder, Steven H.; And Others – Journal of Health Education, 1995
Examines, by gender, the outcomes of the Minnesota Heart Health Program's Class of 1989 Study, presenting observations of the stability of students' behaviors over seven years. Self-reported data on various health-related behaviors indicated that girls may be more receptive than boys to social influences models of health education. (SM)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Eating Habits, Elementary School Students, Health Behavior
Peer reviewedKreuter, Marshall W. – Journal of Health Education, 1992
PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health), a cooperative program of technical assistance from the Centers for Disease Control, strengthens state and local health departments' capacities to plan, implement, and evaluate community-based health promotion activities for priority health problems. The article describes its origin, concepts, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Health Services, Community Involvement, Consultation Programs
Peer reviewedWhitfill, Kathryn – PTA Today, 1994
Parents can minimize the dangers their children face in the world. As individuals, they can arm themselves with safety information and have conversations about safety subjects. Parents working together in PTA groups can accomplish the most to keep their children safe in school and the community. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedScott, Cynthia G.; Ambroson, DeAnn L. – Journal of American College Health, 1994
Examines college substance abuse prevention and intervention programs in the framework of the elaboration likelihood model. Discusses the role of persuasion and recommends careful analysis of the relevance, construction, and delivery of messages about substance use and subsequent program evaluation. Recommendations for increasing program…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, College Students
Peer reviewedMoxley, Linda S. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
An employee wellness program involving physical fitness activities and health education was implemented at the University of Texas (Arlington). Results of participant (N=50) and control group (N=152) pre- and posttest surveys, physiological tests, program evaluations, and analysis of personnel records demonstrated the program's value. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Fringe Benefits, Health Education, Health Promotion
Peer reviewedNader, Philip R.; Rissel, Chris; Rowling, Louise; Marshall, Bernard J.; Sheehan, Margaret M.; Northfield, Jeff R.; Maher, Shelley; Carlisle, Rachel; St. Leger, Lawrence H.; Stewart, Donald E.; Parker, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Amaya; Stokes, Helen; Mukherjee, Dev; Nutbeam, Don; Mitchell, Anne; Ollis, Debbie; Watson, Jan – Journal of School Health, 2000
Eight papers on Australia's school health programs discuss: creating health promoting schools in the United States; intersectoral collaboration for developing a national framework for health promoting schools; school-based health promotion nationwide; auditing health promoting schools policy documentation; the nature of health service/school…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWynn, Sheri R.; Schulenberg, John; Kloska, Deborah D.; Laetz, Virginia B. – Journal of School Health, 1997
Examined the relationship between junior high school students' participation in an alcohol prevention program and level of refusal skills (as measured by role plays), noting the relationship between refusal skills and alcohol misuse over three years. Regression analysis indicated that refusal skills were significant mediators of the effect of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Comprehensive School Health Education
Floeter, Kristen; Klumpyan, Tamie – Campus Activities Programming, 1998
Student leaders and students actively involved in campus activities are offered suggestions for managing stress and for promoting their own physical, social, spiritual, intellectual, cultural, emotional, and environmental well-being. Advice includes acknowledging stresses, understanding behavior patterns, and making appropriate changes. A wellness…
Descriptors: College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Health Promotion, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWenzel, Mark – Journal of School Health, 1996
A hospital, school district, and pediatrician collaboration ensured all elementary students access to health care. School nurses referred students without health insurance needing health care to hospital-provided nurse practitioners for primary care. The hospital provided pharmacy, radiology, laboratory, and emergency services. The pediatrician…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Clinics, Elementary Education
Direct linkMartin, Molly; Camargo, Maria; Ramos, Lori; Lauderdale, Diane; Krueger, Kristin; Lantos, John – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2005
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a community health promotion project to increase HIV knowledge in an urban, immigrant Latino community in Chicago. Latino participants (N = 704) answered questions on HIV before and after an education intervention given by community health workers. Outcomes included changes in knowledge and self-perceived…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Promotion, Communicable Diseases
Evans, John; Evans, Bethan; Rich, Emma – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2003
On 16 January 2002, the United Kingdom House of Commons Select Committee published a report entitled "Tackling Obesity in England". Drawing on insights from the work of Bernstein, Bourdieu and Foucault, this article will suggest that the report provides an example "par excellence" of the way in which "the body" (our…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Disorders, Youth, Foreign Countries
Braine, Naomi; Des Jarlais, Don C.; Goldblatt, Cullen; Zadoretzky, Cathy; Turner, Charles – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
The goal of this study was to compare HIV risk behaviors of amphetamine and non-amphetamine injectors at syringe exchange programs (SEP) in the United States and to identify factors associated with injection risk. This analysis is based on data from a random cross-section of participants at 13 SEPs in different parts of the country. All interviews…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Homeless People, At Risk Persons, Drug Abuse
Chen, Huey-Tsyh; Liao, Quilan – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
The rapid growth of the HIV epidemic in China has raised a number of concerns among health care providers, governmental agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). This article (a) briefly discusses the HIV epidemic in China, (b) explains why Chinese NGOs need to join the fight against the epidemic, (c) describes the development of an…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Nongovernmental Organizations
Rudberg, Lennart; Nilsson, Sten; Wikblad, Karin; Carlsson, Marianne – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent school nurses in Sweden inform adolescent men about testicular cancer (TC) and testicular self-examination (TSE). A questionnaire was completed by 129 school nurses from 29 randomly selected municipalities. All respondents were women, with a mean age of 42 years. The results showed that…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Cancer, Foreign Countries, Males
Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
