... personal responsibility for health behaviour and lifestyle. Social implications – Understanding and implementing the basic learning themes and objectives of the CHEC has social and community implications. It promotes collective responsibility, emphasizing a non-blaming and community approach...

...Eimear Burke; Bernard McCarthy Purpose Only limited published research is available exploring the lifestyle practices of student nurses. The purpose of this paper is to explore the lifestyle behaviours and exercise beliefs of Irish student nurses. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive...

... dissemination and use of internet‐delivered behavior change interventions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Focus groups Internet Behavior modification Lifestyles In recent years many behavior‐change interventions have become available through the internet. The internet...

...‐reported symptoms are associated with lifestyle, emotional affect state, self‐regulation and self‐efficacy. Design/methodology/approach Music performance students from two conservatoires (n=198) and students of nursing and biomedical science (health students) from two universities (n...

... to examine the relationship between personal self‐perceptions and adolescent sport/exercise and lifestyle moderate intensity physical activity frequency. Design/methodology/approach A total of 122, 13‐to‐14 year‐old, English adolescents from Leeds, West Yorkshire (58 boys and 64 girls) had their personal...

...Geoffrey C. Williams; Marylène Gagné; Alvin I. Mushlin; Edward L. Deci Purpose To assess the effect of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease (CAD) on motivation for change, and on lifestyle change for patients with chest pain. Design/methodology/approach This observational study...

... envelope for anonymous return. Men Diet Homosexuality Behaviour Self‐esteem Lifestyles Whilst some writers have continued to argue that eating‐disordered males represent a “neglected population” (Gordon, 1999), there has undoubtedly been a marked increase in interest and research with men...

...Anthony Glendinning Examines connections between family life, self‐esteem, health and lifestyles in a sample of around 1,700 young people aged 14 to 16 years old in eight rural locations in northern Scotland. Young people’s accounts of family life were characterised in terms of quality...

...Patrick West; Helen Sweeting Challenges the assumption, prevalent in education and in health education, that a sense of high self‐esteem is a key ingredient for success in educational achievement and the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. Describes the measurement of self‐esteem and “street‐oriented...

... to be the most important sources of information. Considers the implications of these findings for traditional approaches to health education and health promotion. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Beliefs Diseases Health Lifestyles Young people Of the sample, 83 per cent disagreed with the notion...