... school (children aged 4–11) in the South-West of England. Data was collected through activities with children, semi-structured interviews with senior staff and parents and a “learning walk”. Findings Our data suggested that this role provided compassion, unconditional positive regard and respect...

...Gozde Aydin; Claire Margerison; Anthony Worsley; Alison Booth Purpose Schools have long been perceived as an ideal setting to support the healthy eating behaviours of children. The aim of the study was to examine the views of Australian primary school parents regarding school food and nutrition...

...Emma Farrell; Jennifer Symonds; Dympna Devine; Seaneen Sloan; Mags Crean; Abbie Cahoon; Julie Hogan Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of the term well-being as conceptualised by parents, grandparents, principals and teachers in the Irish primary education system...

...Marion Cornelia van de Sande; Esther Pars-Van Weeterloo; Rene F.W. Diekstra; Carolien Gravesteijn; Paul L. Kocken; Ria Reis; Minne Fekkes Purpose Worldwide, schools implement social-emotional learning programs to enhance students' social-emotional skills. Although parents play an essential role...

...Gozde Aydin; Claire Margerison; Anthony Worsley; Alison Booth Purpose This paper examines the views of Australian primary school parents regarding the food and nutrition education (FNE) curriculum. Associations with personal values (Universalism and Hedonism) and demographic measures were also...

...). This qualitative study explores the views of Australian primary school parents about FNE in primary schools. Design/methodology/approach In total, 19 parents of primary school children from Victoria participated in semi-structured interviews. Audio recordings were transcribed and underwent thematic analysis...

...Conor Gilligan; Therese Shaw; Shelley Beatty; Laura Thomas; Karen Louise Lombardi; Robyn Susanne Johnston Purpose Alcohol use by adults at school events and alcohol promotion through school fundraising activities is common, but little is known about secondary school parents' attitudes towards...

...Cheryl Somers; Emily Avendt; Amber Sepsey Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the content and approach of parent-adolescent communication about sexuality were associated with three adolescent sexuality variables (sexual attitudes, combination of all behaviors and advanced behaviors...

...Grace Spencer; Philip Hood; Shade Agboola; Catherine Pritchard Purpose Children’s health and life chances are affected by many factors, with parents and schools holding influential roles. Yet relatively little is known about parental engagement in school-based health education and specifically...

...Ilona De Rooij; Carolien Gravesteijn Purpose The focus of scientific research on the parental well-being has been mainly placed on parents of pre-school children. However, recent findings indicated that parents of pre-school children show lower levels of depression and higher levels of self...

...Abubakar Manu; Agnes M. Kotoh; Rexford Kofi Oduro Asante; Augustine Ankomah Purpose Available studies on parent-child communication about sexual and reproductive health in Ghana have largely focused on assessing communication frequency, barriers, and who communicates with whom within the family...

...Robyn Johnston; Lydia Hearn; Donna Cross; Laura T. Thomas; Sharon Bell Purpose – While parents’ influence on their children’s smoking behaviour is widely recognised, little is known about parents of four to eight year olds’ attitudes and beliefs around smoking cessation and how they communicate...

...Professor Venka Simovska; Dr Ros Kane; Christina R. Peter; Timothy B. Tasker; Stacey S. Horn Purpose – Parents are sometimes perceived as barriers to providing comprehensive and inclusive sexuality education to young people. However, little is known about parents’ actual attitudes towards...

...Yetunde O. John-Akinola; Saoirse Nic Gabhainn Purpose – Parental participation is important for strengthening and sustaining the concept of school health promotion but little is written on the processes involved. The purpose of this paper is to assess Irish parents’ and pupils’ views on how...

... percent of families attended five or more of the seven program nights. Each parent, youth, and family session comprises several modules, and each module comprises several activities. For example, most nights the parent session opens with a review of homework practice (module 1). In that module...

.... Originality/value This paper presents the respondents ideas for promoting and supporting smokefree homes for young mothers and informing a smokefree home leaflet and home pack: providing information about passive smoking during parenting sessions, preferably after the baby has been born; giving parents...

...Ray Marks; Michael Prelip; Chan Le Thai; Jennifer Toller Erausquin; Wendy Slusser Purpose The purpose of this research is to test a comprehensive nutrition program developed specifically to target low‐income parents of young school‐aged children and determine whether the programme‐resulted...

...Anna K. Strandberg; Maria C. Bodin Purpose Within the framework of an ongoing cluster‐randomized effectiveness trial of a parental prevention program, the aim of the present study is to investigate attitudes towards under‐age drinking and use of program components, i.e. alcohol‐specific parenting...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 The children of Guernsey are aware of the dangers of smoking and report that GASP is their main source of information. There would seem to be a pressing need to educate some parents about second‐hand smoke and addressing parents' knowledge and behaviour...

...P.Y. Peggy Cheung; Bik C. Chow Purpose Parents are important agents in the physical activity socializing process in children. The present study aims to examine the parental mediatory role in children's physical activity participation via a youth physical activity promotion (YPAP) model. Design...