Health Education: Volume 110 Issue 6

Healthy schools and colleges: what works, what is needed, and why? Part II

Ray Marks

The purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview and brief commentary concerning the present contributions to this third special issue on “Healthy schools and colleges”.

Understanding the factors that characterise school‐community partnerships: The case of the Logan Healthy Schools Project

Melinda Thomas, Fiona Rowe, Neil Harris

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that characterise effective school‐community partnerships that support the sustainability of school health initiatives applied…

Evolution of the perception of smoking by children in Guernsey

Vidya Amey

The purpose of this paper is to gauge how the perception of smoking by children has evolved since the last primary schools survey in Guernsey in 2007 and to investigate whether…

The implementation of social, personal and health education in Irish schools

Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Siobhan O'Higgins, Margaret Barry

Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) is mandated in all Irish schools. This study aims to illuminate the perceived value and quality of SPHE and to document facilitators…

Implementing a social‐ecological model of health in Wales

Heather Rothwell, Michael Shepherd, Simon Murphy, Stephen Burgess, Nick Townsend, Claire Pimm

The purpose of this paper is to assess the implementation of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes (WNHSS) at national, local and school levels, using a systems approach…

Developing trainee school teachers' expertise as health promoters

Viv Speller, Jenny Byrne, Sue Dewhirst, Palo Almond, Lisa Mohebati, Melanie Norman, Sarah Polack, Anjum Memon, Marcus Grace, Barrie Margetts, Paul Roderick

The purpose of this paper is to report the outcome of an education and public health collaboration investigating the impact of adapted training to enhance teachers' potential role…

Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click?

Rik Crutzen

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