...Kim Smith; Melanie Southerden; Rebecca Wells; Christian Reynolds Purpose This study establishes the extent and nature of international literature about primary school food education. It investigates what type of policies are analysed, which methods are used, what policy recommendations were made...

... alcohol in secondary schools. These findings can support those involved in the development of school alcohol policies. The survey was developed specifically for our larger study (Shaw et al., 2018) with items based on previously used surveys, expert review and target group input. Items related...

... Exercise Physical activity Policy Education Health Despite the indisputable contribution of sport and exercise science to the improvement of people’s health status and in athletes’ sporting performance, few health undergraduate courses in Brazil, both in public and private universities, address...

...-identified as health promoting. Schools reported success in the areas of environment and curriculum and learning, however, partnerships and policy and planning required more attention. Some models of good practice emerged from the data but these were in the minority. Many schools, when asked to describe...

... children to have more control over their health and to develop behaviours to increase their health for the rest of their lives. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Action research Qualitative research Policy Guidelines School Food Australia Health promotion Nutrition Health...

...Christopher M. Seitz; Robert W. Strack Purpose – Although the threat of protest may be a barrier toward implementing a tobacco policy on college campuses in the USA, the prevalence and severity of such opposition has yet to be investigated. The purpose of this paper was to determine how often...

...Torill Larsen; Oddrun Samdal; Hege Tjomsland Purpose Over the past decades numerous policies, programmes and interventions have been undertaken to increase students’ participation in physical activity in school. Research shows that intervention effects are mostly related to the way in which...

... environments. Given the power of advertising and its potential effect on health behaviors, the purpose of this paper is to assess the health‐related advertisement environment and policies on university campuses. Design/methodology/approach In total, ten geographically and ethnically diverse US university...

... schools, and may warrant insightful school‐based policies and an understanding of the importance of participatory efforts beyond the school boundary. Moreover, the strategies applied by Prelip et al. to address risky health behaviours could potentially be extended to other health behaviours, thus enabling...

...Douglas Eadie; Gerard Hastings; Martine Stead; Anne Marie MacKintosh The debate surrounding tobacco control has become increasingly polarised as the health and tobacco lobbies seek to influence tobacco policy. In recent times the main focus for debate has been the impact of tobacco...

...David Pearson This paper focuses on the production of school sex education policies. At the start of the decade, two moral panics – about high teenage pregnancy rates and AIDS/HIV – coloured UK Government policy formation. The legislative response put control of sex education into the hands...

... secondary schools throughout England and Wales showed that awareness of general bullying among school staff was almost universal. Most respondents also knew of homophobic verbal bullying, and over one in four were aware of homophobic physical bullying. Existing school policies on bullying...

... and principles involved in formulating policies which aim to ensure a good quality standard of care which guarantees the safety of staff and students. Medical products Policy Schools A growing number of children need to take medicines while at school, or need support because of special medical needs...

... and analysis of the information at a later date. The questions focused on: organization and delivery of health education in the curriculum, particularly sex and drugs education; the existence of relevant health education policies; future plans and priorities; support required and received from...

... criteria for teacher education courses. Concludes that health education in teacher training is likely to become increasingly marginalized. Highlights contradictions in Government policy and urges professionals to attempt to influence the ways in which higher education institutions interpret the criteria...

... in the classroom and the type of food available at school meals. Explains how local authorities, education authorities, schools, parents, caterers,children and other relevant parties can work together to form and implement a common policy. Describes how schools now have the powers to influence contracts...

...Sandra Jowett Gives an account of how one primary school set about developing and implementing a sex education policy. Describes the processes of consultation, training and curriculum development involved. Provides a detailed description of topics studied by children at different ages,including...

...Sharon Kingman Reports on Birmingham′s successful introduction of a no‐smoking policy for its schools. Considers that health education messages will be more effective if staff are not seen to be undermining them and in view of evidence that shows smoking to be a real health hazard, discusses...