Health Education: Volume 116 Issue 1

Effects of the Dutch Skills for Life program on the health behavior, bullying, and suicidal ideation of secondary school students

M. Fekkes, M.C. E. van de Sande, J. C. Gravesteijn, F.D. Pannebakker, G. J. Buijs, R.F.W. Diekstra, P. L. Kocken

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the Dutch “Skills for Life” programme on students’ health behaviours, bullying behaviour and suicidal ideation.

An examination of Health Promoting Schools in Ireland

Sharon Moynihan, Didier Jourdan, Patricia Mannix McNamara

– The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a national survey that examined the extent of implementation of Health Promoting Schools (HPS) in Ireland.

Quantifying collaboration using Himmelman ' s strategies for working together: Findings from the Tennessee coordinated school health program

Megan A Quinn, Jodi L Southerland, Kasie Richards, Deborah L Slawson, Bruce Behringer, Rebecca Johns-Womack, Sara Smith

Coordinated school health programs (CSHPs), a type of health promoting school (HPS) program adopted by Canada and the USA, were developed to provide a comprehensive approach to…

A systematic literature review of alcohol education programmes in middle and high school settings (2000-2014)

Timo Dietrich, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Lisa Schuster, Jason P. Connor

Social marketing benchmark criteria were used to understand the extent to which single-substance alcohol education programmes targeting adolescents in middle and high school…

Examining participation in relation to students’ development of health-related action competence in a school food setting: LOMA case study

Dorte Ruge, Morten Kromann Nielsen, Bent Egberg Mikkelsen, Bjarne Bruun-Jensen

The purpose of this paper is to examine how students’ participation in an integrated school food program was related to the development of components of food and health-related…

Implementing the health promoting school in Denmark: a case study

Lone Lindegaard Nordin

– The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into teachers’ practice in implementing school-based health promotion.