Health Education: Volume 103 Issue 2

A community development approach to tobacco control

Margaret Black, Linda McKie, Elaine Allen

This article considers the work of an adult education project, second chance learning (SCL), in helping its clients not only to try to stop smoking, but also to examine the place…

Teacher attitudes towards health education in Greek‐speaking Cyprus schools

Martha Apostolidou, David Fontana

In light of expert opinion that health education should be integrated into the school curriculum, rather than taught only as a separate unit, it is desirable that all teachers…

An evaluation of a drug education play for schools in south Wales

Gordon Macdonald, Sarah Nehammer

Schools are often seen as a key setting for health education and health promotion. Theatre in education offers a valuable way of tackling difficult subjects within schools…

Key informant representations of Maori and other patient fears of accessing general practitioner care for child asthma in Auckland, New Zealand

Stephen Buetow, Vivienne Adair, Gregor Coster, Makere Hight, Barry Gribben, Ed Mitchell

Fear is seldom reported in the research literature on barriers to accessing general practitioner (GP) care. One reason may be that some patients are unwilling to admit to fear of…

Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among British primary schoolchildren: a review

Helen Burchett

This paper aimed to identify the key elements that should be included in a fruit and vegetable‐promoting programme in British primary schools. Such a programme could be used in…

Empowering schools: translating health promotion principles into practice

Angela Scriven, Liz Stiddard

Although schools are highly appropriate arenas for promoting health, in England they have hierarchical cultures, limited autonomy and a dominant academic function that can inhibit…