Health Education: Volume 103 Issue 6

An evaluation of school sex education team training

Joy Walker, Jackie Green, Sylvia Tilford

The provision of appropriate sex education for teachers has been identified as a key factor in improving the quality of sex and relationship education (SRE). This paper focuses on…

The Dutch heart health community intervention “Hartslag Limburg”: evaluation design and baseline data

Gaby Ronda, Patricia Van Assema, Erik Ruland, Mieke Steenbakkers, Johannes Brug

Hartslag Limburg, a cardiovascular diseases (CVD) prevention programme, integrates a community strategy and a high‐risk strategy. The present paper presents the evaluation design…

Sun safety education intervention for school and home

Robyn Johnston, Donna Cross, Christine Costa, Billie Giles‐Corti, Tommy Cordin, Elizabeth Milne, Dallas R. English

Few developers of school‐based health education programs actively involve the primary and secondary target audience in their program’s development. Kidskin was a sun protection…

Public health information programmes: can partnerships reduce costs?

Jennifer Davis, Debra Lee, Kate Jarvis, Helen Zorbas, Sally Redman

Despite evidence showing the benefits of early diagnosis of breast cancer many Australian women delay seeking advice when they find a change in their breast. This paper describes…

Transforming information, education and communication in Vietnam

Glenn Laverack, Dao Huy Dap

This paper provides a description of the present structure and main channels of information, education and communication in Vietnam: the mass media; face‐to‐face communication;…