...Dongxu Wang; Donald Stewart; Chun Chang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of a holistic school-based nutrition programme using the health-promoting school (HPS) approach, on teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to nutrition in rural China...

... in a table, displayed the results from Pearson χ2 analysis, if there were expected count between 1 and 5 in a table, we displayed the results from continuity correction analysis. China Health-promoting schools Effectiveness Nutrition Dongxu Wang can be contacted...

...Professor Venka Simovska; Dr Ros Kane; Yu Song Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the type and quality of sexuality education received by college students in Hangzhou, China. Their attitudes towards sex and sexuality were also explored. To set the broader context the regulations...

...Han Zao Li; Han Zao Li Purpose The goal of the special issue is to review current cigarette smoking trends in China; this article aims to provide an overview of the main themes of the special issue. Design/methodology/approach The instruments for data collection of the five studies...

...Han Zao Li; Dunjin Zhou; Yaqiong Yan; Huihong Yu; Qinghua Xia; Niannian Yang; Zhifeng Zhang; Zhaoyang Zhu; Fang Li; Jie Gong Purpose This study aims to examine whether, in the opinion of patients selected in 13 hospitals of Hubei province, China, hospitals are smoke free. Patients were also asked...

... between receipt of the training and anti‐smoking practice among physicians in Wuhan, China. Design/methodology/approach Participants were selected through the stratified random sampling method. The questionnaires were completed by the sampled physicians and the response rate of the survey was 98.1...

... patients as well as the general population in China. The goal of this study is to update information on the prevalence of cigarette smoking among Chinese medical students and to assess modifiable factors for smoking reduction. Design/methodology/approach Presented in the paper are descriptive...

... through gender‐specific approaches at post‐secondary educational institutions as well as coordinating anti‐smoking efforts at multiple levels of educational administration in China. Originality/value This paper adds to the few studies on Chinese college students' cigarette smoking practices...

... smoking is a problem in China: the nurses estimated that 80 percent of male and 10 percent of female patients were current smokers; in the opinions of the nurses, Chinese smokers used smoking as a stress reliever and a social lubricant; two methods may help smokers to quit or reduce smoking: using aids...

...Wang Dongxu; Shi Yuhui; Donald Stewart; Chang Chun; Li Chaoyang Purpose The paper seeks to identify key features of prenatal care utilization and quality in western regions of China and to determine the factors affecting the quality of prenatal care. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive...

... 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...

... (PLWHA) and misconceptions about HIV transmission routes in the general population, especially among youth in China, are sparse – a gap this study is intended to fill. Design/methodology/approach Cross‐sectional data from 1,839 students from 19 colleges were collected by trained interviewers using...

...Liying Zhang; Xiaoming Li; Iqbal H. Shah Purpose Sex education in China has been promoted for many years, but limited data are available regarding the sources from which adolescents receive sex‐related knowledge. The present study was designed to examine the sources from which Chinese adolescents...

..., filled out a questionnaire asking about their own smoking status, their anti‐smoking behaviors as well as their opinions on how to reduce cigarette smoking in China. Findings The paper finds that 54 percent of the male and 8.4 percent of the female physicians were current cigarette smokers. When...