Health Education: Volume 105 Issue 4

Editorial: Health education and young people: it's time to join up

Simon Blake

To explore the importance of joining up and making the links between different topic areas within health education, as well as the importance of working effectively with key…

Approval procedures and passive consent considerations in research among young people

Julian de Meyrick

The intention of this paper is to encourage debate among ethical researchers on this very important issue. Research necessary to underpin health education and health promotion is…

Protecting students and faculty from environmental tobacco smoke: An assessment and rationale for college policies prohibiting smoking in public areas and student residencies

Glenna G. Bower, Dave Enzler

The purpose of this study is to examine a Midwest university in North America over a one‐year period on current smoking policies and programs, student support for implementing…

Bullying among support staff in a higher education institution

Mary Thomas

Workplace bullying has been a subject of increasing study in recent years, particularly in the UK, Scandinavia and Australia. Health effects of workplace bullying are often cited…

Cervical cancer screening and perceived information needs

David K. Whynes, Katherine Clarke, Zoë Philips, Mark Avis

To identify women's sources of information about cervical cancer screening, information which women report receiving during Pap consultations, information they would like to…

Motivation for behavior change in patients with chest pain

Geoffrey C. Williams, Marylène Gagné, Alvin I. Mushlin, Edward L. Deci

To assess the effect of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease (CAD) on motivation for change, and on lifestyle change for patients with chest pain.