...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...

... the possibility to enhance pupils’ health literacy. Originality/value The SSI approach is so far less implemented in the context of medicine education and to improve health literacy. Pharmaceutical Health education Primary schools After familiarizing themselves with the scenario, for their inquiries...

... 05 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Exercise Primary schools Schools Children Physical activity Social marketing Walking Theories are useful. They “allow us to identify critical beliefs underlying a person’s...

... 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...

... 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 present study is the last study within the project...

... 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...

... To date little research has been undertaken on the processes by which primary schools establish forums for student participation in health promotion initiatives and the perceptions of those involved in their implementation. Such evidence is important for refining our understanding of how programmes can...

..., 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...

.... Social capital Primary schools Health education Jing Sun can be contacted at: j.sun@griffith.edu.au, or jingsun@optusnet.com.au The intervention strategies using health promoting school principles in ten intervention schools emphasised the following themes, summarised in Table III...

...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...

... practice, echoing more specific guidance for schools (DfEE, 1995; 1998). It advised that drug education be delivered by teachers to primary school aged children (age five years and upwards) using interactive teaching methods. It stated that pupils should be provided with information about drugs...