... Wellbeing Children (age groups) Young people Ireland With the growth in the recognition of children's rights there is an increased acknowledgement of children's abilities to speak for themselves. This can be partly attributed to the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child...

... Fruits Vegetables Children (age groups) Fruits and vegetables are important sources of a broad range of nutrients, and strong evidence suggests that fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption can prevent a number of chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease and some cancers (WHO, 2003...

... the multiple identities of children and build a shared understanding between education and health professionals of the value of integrating learning into a holistic and child‐centred model of care. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Hospitals Learning Outpatients Children (age groups...

.... Children (age groups) Cigarettes Education Parents Guernsey Smoking is known to be the most preventable cause of mortality worldwide. In 1995, 28 per cent of the adult population of the Channel Island of Guernsey were smokers, and there was no smokefree legislation or any structured smokefree...

... hall environment and eating behaviours. Sue N. Moore can be contacted at: moores4@cardiff.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Food Primary schools Children (age groups) Nutrition United Kingdom Customer satisfaction The activities undertaken at the service point...

... Exercise Children (age groups) Parents China Personal health Physical activity (PA) in children has been linked with numerous positive health benefits, such as decreased cardiovascular disease risk factors through changes in body mass index, blood lipid profiles, and blood pressure (Centers...

... period after the programme was completed in order to evaluate whether or not the behaviours would be sustained for a long period of time. Children (age groups) Nursery education Personal hygiene Upper respiratory and gastrointestinal infections are the most common illnesses that occur...

... (age groups) Obesity England Health education As obesity is of concern across many parts of the world there are many child‐focused strategies in progress. These include the Active Schools programme in Northern Italy, controls on school vending machines in Los Angeles, prohibition on advertising...

... (Morse and Field, 1995) and rich point analysis (Agar, 1999) were used to categorise, compare and interpret the data. Children (age groups) Schools Personal health Outdoor training There is a large body of literature indicating substantial benefits for health and wellbeing...

... the FGD data and K H‐A the data from the observations. However, continuous discussions were held during the analysis within the research group to validate the themes. Health education Children (age groups) Medicines Schools Using medicines is a common activity for almost everybody...

... Limited 2009 Mental health services Promotion Schools Children (age groups) Adolescents Germany Mental disorders are widespread and have far reaching consequences. Three of the ten leading causes of burden of disease (disability‐adjusted life years – DALYs) in high‐income countries...

... for the development of appropriate and acceptable school‐based active travel programmes. Joanna Kirby can be contacted at: joanna.kirby@ed.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Travel Transportation Schools Children (age groups) Personal health Scotland You get to spend more time...

... education Children (age groups) Schools Nutrition Milk Training This paper explores an area of practice that is commonplace and may well fall beneath the radar of early years' practitioners, such as nursery nurses and teachers – snack times and families' uptake of free school milk. The area...

... at: ssg19@columbia.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Children (age groups) Cancer Educational policy Long term planning Last year in the USA, approximately 10,400 children under age 15 were diagnosed with cancer and about 1,545 children died from the disease (American Cancer...

... can be contacted at: s.kremers@gvo.unimaas.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Fitness The Netherlands Children (age groups) Exercise Behaviour Being physically active promotes both physical and mental health. Accumulating evidence suggests that physical activity...

... be contacted at: c.maxwell@ioe.ac.uk Mental health services Psychology Children (age groups) Youth Evidence United Kingdom Promoting the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people is a key aspect of English government policy. The two key strategy documents informing...

...@ioe.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Health education United Kingdom Children (age groups) The health and wellbeing of children and young people are of increasing concern to policy makers in the UK (Department of Health, 2004). For example, being overweight and “obese...

... developments. Jane Sixsmith can be contacted at: jane.sixsmith@nuigalway.ie © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Teachers Parents Children (age groups) Perception Parents' review of the photographs generated 28 categories from 300 photographs. In the development...

... with information gathered directly among children. Evelien Reinaerts can be contacted at: evelien.reinaerts@gvo.unimaas.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Fruits Vegetables Diet Children (age groups) Schools This paper explores factors that are associated with fruit...

... be contacted at: danieldiniz82@ig.com.br © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Education Schools Children (age groups) Brazil Undoubtedly, maternal milk is the best feeding for young infants. It provides all the nutrients they need during the first six months of life, favors growth...