... Higher education Students Personal health Lifestyle behaviours Health literacy is defined as the ability to obtain, process and understand health-related information fundamental for making well-informed health decisions (Pronk et al., 2021). An insufficient level of health literacy...

..., before the behavioral intentions are formulated, the personal liability feeling that arises from norm activation can be neutralized (Harland et al., 1999). Personal health Nutrition Obesity Overweight and obesity are always on the agenda of the world. For example, World Health...

... and participation within an alternative theoretical framework. Dan Grabowski can be contacted at: dgbo@steno.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Health Knowledge Identity Participation Children Theatre Drama Personal health Theatre can form the basis of engaging learning...

... Personal health According to the World Health Organization (2012) , overweight and obesity pose significant health problems for people of all ages. For children the risks include breathing difficulties, increased risk of fractures, hypertension, early markers of cardiovascular disease, insulin...

... in relation to their health and the health of their future children (particularly in relation to NCDs), and encouraged them to think about science‐related career choices. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Adolescents Personal health Health education Adolescent health...

... to be heavily visited by students. Data collectors were instructed to include every health‐related advertisement found in these locations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Universities Advertisements Diet Nutrition Exercise Personal health Health‐related...

..., and left the restaurant without uttering a word. We tried to contact him, but his cell phone was turned off. Han Zao Li can be contacted at: lih@unbc.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Cigarettes Smoking China Doctors Nurses Medical students Personal health...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Smoking cessation China Training Medical professions Cigarettes Personal health Medical personnel Counseling China is the largest producer and consumer of tobacco products in the world. Although smoking prevalence among adults aged 15 years...

... and vigorous research on the smoking behavior of this group should be a high priority. Yanping Cui can be contacted at: ycui@uvic.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Cigarettes Smoking Students China Attitudes Smoking education Smoking cessation Personal health Although...

... Limited 2012 Cigarettes Smoking China Nurses Health professionals Counseling Patients Personal health Cigarette smoking is known to be associated with a number of serious health problems including cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases (Centers for Disease Control...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Health education Health promotion Curriculum development Schools Cyprus Personal health The learning objectives and the content of the curriculum have a grade‐to‐grade progression by grades: Soula Ioannou can be contacted at: soulaioannou...

... of health literacy as a learning outcome and gives practical examples of means to achieve a particular target. Leena Paakkari can be contacted at: leena.paakkari@jyu.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Health education Schools Students Personal health During the last decade...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Student participation Council Decision making Schools Health Students Personal health Participation and democracy in education are no new phenomena (e.g. Dewey, 1916) and have been highlighted from different perspectives, focusing on varying aims and assumed...

... in Germany. Adolescent health Health promoting schools Mental health Young people Scotland Personal health Young adults Following recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2005) the Scottish Government designed...

...@jyu.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Adolescents Health promotion Internal organisational communication Setting Sports club Sports Personal health The healthy settings ideology has become one of the key health promotion perspectives, with several initiatives...

... cessation outcomes Personal health Health education United States of America Cigarette smoking has been responsible for 443,000 deaths each year and remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Cigarette smoking is also responsible for an enormous economic burden...

..., taking into consideration socioeconomic status and sociodemographics in order to enable Mauritians to become oral‐hygiene‐conscious and active partners for the management of oral health and prevention of systemic diseases. Personal health Personal hygiene Dentistry Health education Mauritius...

... of the local languages. Storytelling HIV South Africa Health education Rural regions Personal health At present HIV/AIDS poses an enormous threat to Sub‐Saharan Africa. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is considered to be one of the most severe crises confronting societies, especially in developing...

... people. The interviews lasted between 10 and 20 minutes, depending on the respondent. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Personal health Perception Adolescents In any attempt to communicate it is vital that the words or signs and signals being used are mutually understood...

... 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...