Health Education: Volume 107 Issue 1

Teaching social behaviour in schools – what can governments do?

Graham Allen

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of government and policy making in supporting schools to develop work on social behaviour.

“The Bug Investigators”: Assessment of a school teaching resource to improve hygiene and prudent use of antibiotics

Cliodna A.M. McNulty, Jo Bowen, David Gelb, Andre Charlett

The aim of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the “Bug Investigators” pack in improving children's knowledge about micro‐organisms, hygiene and antibiotics when it is…

The impact of health communication on health‐related decision making: A review of evidence

Mandana Vahabi

The purpose of this paper is to review evidence related to the factors that influence people's understanding of health information and how miscommunication of health information…

Systematic review of the role of external contributors in school substance use education

Emily J. Buckley, David G. White

A literature review was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of external contributors (anyone other than a teacher at the school) in delivering school‐based drug, alcohol and…

The relationship between college class and cigarette smoking

Karen Leppel

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relation between college class and cigarette‐smoking behavior in the USA.

Identifying Russian and Finnish adolescents' problem behaviours

Ulla Kemppainen, Kerttu Tossavainen, Erkki Vartiainen, Pekka Puska, Veikko Jokela, Vladimir Pantelejev, Mihail Uhanov

The purpose of the paper is to show that a syndrome of problem behaviours, i.e. early substance abuse, school and family problems and sexual promiscuity impairs normal development…

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