...Hajar Ebrahimipour; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani; Abbas Rezaei Pandari Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and rank the influential social marketing factors for physical activity promotion. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive-survey approach is used in this study. First...

... of health education in promotion of healthy habits. Design/methodology/approach The methodological aim of this study was to assess the factors that affected kindergarten children's health as children suffered from health problems that affected their quality of life. Therefore, a questionnaire...

...K.K. Pucher; N.M.W.M. Boot; N.K. De Vries Purpose A systematic review of effects and mediators was conducted to determine whether school health promotion interventions (SHPIs) can enhance children's academic performance (AP). Design/methodology/approach PubMed and PsycINFO database searches...

...Penni Cushman Purpose In New Zealand, legislation was introduced to regulate the types of food sold and promoted in schools but 15 months later, part of the legislation was repealed. The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which a sample of schools implemented positive changes when...

...Jenny Byrne; Viv Speller; Sue Dewhirst; Paul Roderick; Palo Almond; Marcus Grace; Anjum Memon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss a curriculum change in the provision of health promotion in pre‐service teacher education in a one‐year postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE...

...Venka Simovska; Venka Simovska Purpose The editorial aims to provide a brief overview of the individual contributions to the special issue, and a commentary positioning the contributions within research relating to the health‐promoting schools initiative in Europe. Design/methodology/approach...

...Peter Paulus; Ines Conrad; Sandra Dietrich; Dirk Heider; Anne Blume; Matthias C. Angermeyer; Steffi Riedel‐Heller Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the health‐promoting and stigma‐reducing effect of the German school‐based programme “Crazy? So what!”. Design/methodology/approach...

...Martin Caraher; Paul Dixon; Roy Carr‐Hill; Paul Hayton; Hilary McGough; Lisa Bird Investigates 1999/2000 health promotion activities in prisons in England and Wales and documents the range and quality of health promotion occurring in prisons, against which future activity might be measured. Finds...

...Jeanne Katz; Alyson Peberdy; Jenny Douglas Promoting Health: Knowledge and Practice (2nd ed.) . London : Palgrave/Open University Health Promotion Knowledge Health Promotion: Professional Perspectives (2nd ed.) Edited by Angela Scriven and Judy Orme...

... the experiences of schools in planning and running fruit tuck shops, and summarises the problems and benefits associated with them. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Schools Nutrition Fruit Health Promotion Initial investigations into the supply of fruit were made. In some cases there were already...

...Mark Dooris As settings‐based health promotion has gained ascendancy within the field, there has been increased interest in applying the approach within a diversity of contexts, one of the most recent being higher education. The University of Central Lancashire became one of the first few...

...Kirsten Mitchell; Patrick Branigan Introduces focus group methodology to health professionals interested in the possibility of using the method to evaluate health promotion interventions. A working definition and brief history of the method is provided, followed by a summary of possible uses...

...Martin McKee; Don Nutbeam The Evidence of Health Promotion Effectiveness . International Union for Health Promotion and Education , 1999 . 164 pp. Health Promotion Another, much more wide ranging, overview of health matters, is provided by this packed text...

...Health Education Authority Schools Health Promotion This is a guide for teachers, local education authority advisors and health professionals on how to improve and develop a healthy school. Based on learning from the European Network of Health Promoting Schools Project, it makes...

...David Stears This article is based on an evaluation of The Implementation of the European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS) in six countries carried out by the author and colleagues. It describes key elements of the health‐promoting school concept, the challenge of evaluating...

...: the changing nature of the school nursing role in health education and health promotion. Finds that school nurses have adjusted their practice to meet the changing nature of children’s health needs. They now increasingly work to health education and health promotion agendas and are acting in a health advisory...

...Susan Denman An integral part of the health‐promoting school approach is the development of sound links and partnerships with parents. Highlights the benefits of fostering home‐school liaison in relation to both general education and health promotion. Discusses activity in this area in terms...

... children (7 to 11 years), which aims to promote positive behaviours. Suggests that educating children at this crucial stage may lead to a decrease in new cases of skin cancer in future years. Shows that early evaluation of the teaching course has so far been encouraging. When I read the literature...

..., introduced to alert children to the attempts of the tobacco industry, to encourage them to smoke and aimed at producing materials which could be used to lobby for change in the Government′s policy. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Advertising Children Education Promotion Research Smoking Tobacco...