...Professor Venka Simovska; Dr Ros Kane; Evgeniya Georgievna Alekseeva; Irina Krasnopolskaya; Yulia Skokova Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the effectiveness of the international volunteer programme’s dance4life (D4L) in Russia. The programme aims to address taboos, stigma...

... development in adolescence. This comparative study looked for differences in the problem behaviour profiles of 15‐year‐old adolescents in the Pitkäranta district in Russia and in eastern Finland, in order to develop more effective strategies for adolescents' health promotion. Design/methodology/approach...

...Susan Denman; Jane Reeves; Ian McCafferty Reports on a trip to St Petersburg and Russian attitudes to health education as well as some of the health problems in Russia. Outlines educational practices in Russia – looks at lack of support with regard to the development of health education policies...