...Arnold Jann Lacsao Cariaso; Artemio Jr Gonzales; Maria Luisa Pulido Purpose Social networking platforms have become a major source of health information among young adults, influencing how they access, evaluate and utilize health-related content. As digital health information becomes increasingly...

... consequence perspectives, and healthy lifestyle among young adults in India. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study design was employed, and standardized measures were utilized to investigate the study variables. The sample consisted of young adults aged 18–30 years residing in Southern India...

... Licensed re-use rights only Behaviour modification Young adults Customer satisfaction Health and citizenship education Health promotion and public health development Developing countries Over 26% of women across the world deal with menstrual blood flow for 65 days on average each year...

... technologies growing more rapidly than ever, enhancing global connectivity and accessibility, it equips young adults with wide-ranging access to digital resources for health literacy. The Internet provides amplified access to all health-related information, which enables an individual to learn and execute...

...Jennifer Walsh; Kendra Kattelmann; Adrienne White Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the feasibility of implementing a healthy lifestyles intervention to maintain or achieve healthy weight for low-income young adults in vocational education. Design/methodology/approach Non-randomized...

... in Germany. Adolescent health Health promoting schools Mental health Young people Scotland Personal health Young adults Following recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2005) the Scottish Government designed...

... and attitudes. Originality/value This paper expands on what is known about young adults and key cognitive factors that influence their nutrition knowledge, attitudes, dietary intake, and body satisfaction. Nutrition educators can utilize the study findings to inform future nutrition interventions...

...‐smoking; and the potential use of celebrities – such as actors – as spokespersons or role models in anti‐smoking campaigns. Sandra C. Jones can be contacted at: sandraj@uow..edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Tobacco Magazines Australia Young adults Influence Behaviour...

... of information, education and communication materials. 2. Training of secondary targets. 3. Training of primary targets. 4. Links with sources of economic support and co‐operative societies. Violence Women Young adults Gender Apprenticeships Violence against women (VAW...

... and Human Services, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention , National Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , Atlanta, GA , pp. 1 ‐ 278 . Health education Young adults A sedentary adult lifestyle is associated with all‐cause mortality. The effect of regular...

... is integrated within personal social and health education; examine teacher perceptions of the costs, benefits and behavioural effects of The Rock Challenge. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Performing arts Drug addiction Health education Young adults Music This study...

... with young adults, aged 18‐24 as well as Hispanic young adults (aged 18‐24); and utilized mixed‐media to effectively reach at‐risk populations. Individuals acquire gender‐role identities through socialization, and these define the appropriateness of sexual behaviors (Wingood and DiClemente, 1992...

... to illustrate that extended periods of time spent computing are associated with neck/shoulder pain and headache. This is a topic which warrants a place on the Health Education agenda. © Authors 2004 Young adults Computers Health and safety Scotland The Health Behaviour in School...

... efforts to create supportive social environments, through building alliances between peer educators and more influential groups. Young adults HIV Health education Few would disagree that social environments influence the success of health education. There is less agreement about what constitutes...

... of those schools, which the current configuration of Bodyzone is not able to address fully. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Young adults Health services Health education Schools There has been much recent interest in adolescent health needs in the UK, particularly in relation...

..., young and old, becoming IT “addicts” in the face of these pushers, and are in denial of a massive dependency problem which is staring us in the face. Personal health Young adults Information media Communications Social change As a mother of three young children, I am constantly struck...

..., half had been in the country more than 10 years. Two‐and‐a‐half per cent of students in the study were of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. This is very close to the 1996 national census figure of 2.7 per cent for 15–24 years olds (McLennan, 1997). Fertility Young adults Curricula...

... Nutrition Older consumers Young adults Design Graphic arts Researchers from Kansas State University working with Family Nutrition Program (FNP), which is sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, administered the research. The overall project objectives were to develop...

... to the enforcement authorities. The stigma associated with rape is a primary barrier to seeking care. Interventions are proposed to address these problems. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Sexual harassment Young adults Sexual behaviour Nigeria Sexual coercion is the use of force...