Health Education: Volume 121 Issue 1

Effects of self-affirmation on responses toward graphic cigarette warning labels: testing the mediating role of perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy

Zexin Ma, Xiaoli Nan, Irina A. Iles, James Butler, Robert Feldman, Min Qi Wang

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of self-affirmation on African American smokers' intentions to quit smoking sooner and desire to stop smoking altogether in…

Teaching and discussing mental health among university students: a pilot arts-based study

Sarah Atayero, Kate Dunton, Sasha Mattock, Amanda Gore, Sarah Douglas, Patrick Leman, Patricia Zunszain

Interdisciplinary approaches to health education are becoming increasingly common. Here, the authors describe an arts-based approach designed by academics and artists to both…

Developing a framework for youth empowerment to prevent smoking behavior in a rural setting: study protocol for a participatory action research

Heni Trisnowati, Djauhar Ismail, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Adi Utarini

There is limited research examining community-based youth empowerment that addresses smoking prevention in the rural Indonesian context. This paper describes participatory action…

In search of 21st-century high-quality health education teachers

Catherine Cardina, Leah Panek-Shirley

Teachers with subject-area knowledge and certification in their teaching content areas positively contribute to student academic achievement. This study aims to identify the…

Health education teachers' historical bodies: constructing teacher identity and teaching information evaluation

Tuula Nygård, Noora Hirvonen, Sari Räisänen, Riitta-Liisa Korkeamäki

This article describes how Finnish health education teachers verbalise and construct their teacher identity based on their lifestyle, subject area and relationships with their…

Diabetes self-management: what role does the family play?

Titan Ligita, Nichole Harvey, Kristin Wicking, Karen Francis, Intansari Nurjannah

This paper aims to explicate one of the major findings of a research study seeking to understand how Indonesian people with diabetes learn about their disease. The one key finding…

Understanding and supporting the health literacy of young men in prison: a mixed-methods study

Anita Mehay, Rosie Meek, Jane Ogden

Prisons offer a public health opportunity to access a group with multiple and complex needs and return them to the community with improved health. However, prisons are not…

Sexual and reproductive health self-care: a theory-based intervention

Marjan Havaei, Sara Esmaelzadeh Saeieh, Leili Salehi

This study, a theory-based interventional study, aims to promote self-care behaviors regarding sexual and reproductive health in adolescents (female) in Karaj, Iran.