...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...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Pharmaceutical Health education Primary schools There is no single definition of health literacy, and the definition may depend on the goal in a particular context (Berkman et al., 2010...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Exercise Primary schools Schools Children Physical activity Social marketing Walking An online survey was conducted to collect data from Queensland carers who have school-age children between 5 and 12 years old. The survey...

... children’s well-being and creating a positive school climate in primary schools in the Netherlands. PEP adopts a competence skill enhancement approach with a focus on developing children’s positive emotions and strengths. Design/methodology/approach A process and impact evaluation was performed within...

... and social services (Walker et al., 1996). 13 07 2015 20 01 2016 02 02 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Teachers Prevention Primary schools Implementation Intervention The US model...

... empirically. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the associations between school socio-ecological environment and health and wellbeing outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire data were collected from 231 pupils in nine primary schools: urban and rural; single and mixed gender...

..., of the Health Promoting School movement. The purpose of this paper is to facilitate a three-phase participatory research process (PRP) to document the views of children about participation in school. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 248 primary school pupils aged nine to 13 years participated...

... with parents and the wider community on the use of healthier and more sustainably sourced ingredients. The focus in this paper is the evaluation of 75 primary schools selected as flagships for the programme. These were schools eligible for an enhanced level of support from a programme officer. Each...

..., the paper's aim is to investigate the characteristics of the primary school dining context and their implications for eating behaviours. Design/methodology/approach A case study of one local authority in Wales was conducted involving 11 primary schools stratified into socio‐economic quartiles. Focussed...

...Ray Marks; Margarita Gerouki Purpose This paper seeks to examine the way sex and relationships education programs, as part of Health Education extra curriculum activities, have been implemented in the Greek primary schools. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents and discusses data from...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Social capital Primary schools Health education Since the last decade, the role of social capital in school health has been an area of research interest. A selection of studies, have considered the link of social capital to child wellbeing (Woolcock...

...Don Stewart; Jenny McWhirter; Jing Sun; Donald Stewart Purpose The purpose of the population‐based study in the paper is to report on progress in formulating instruments to measure children's resilience and associated protective factors in family, primary school and community contexts. Design...

... evenings attempted to produce community involvement. Project staff for this final phase were a teacher, a researcher and a part‐time project manager (a clinical psychologist). There were several reasons why the locus of this programme and this research was primary schools. First, given that the overall...