Health Education: Volume 121 Issue 6

“We should at least have basic survival skills, right?”: young males support mandatory food skills education

Lucy Yixuan Zhang, Kristen Simonds, June Matthews

This study explored young males' suggestions for food skills education in three domains: food selection and planning, food preparation and food safety and storage. It also…

Two aspects of health literacy and their importance for the use of health-promotion measures by teachers in the school setting

Anne-Cathrin Hoppe-Herfurth, Birgit Burkhardt, Nancy John, Ludwig Bilz

Teachers are exposed to many stressors. Compared to other occupational groups, they are more frequently affected by psychosomatic complaints. In recent decades, numerous…

Influential social marketing interventions in physical activity promotion

Hajar Ebrahimipour, Maryam Mokhtari Dinani, Abbas Rezaei Pandari

The purpose of this paper is to identify and rank the influential social marketing factors for physical activity promotion.

Supporting health literacy in adolescent populations: distinguishing pedagogies for sun safety education in schools

Donna Barwood

The aim of this paper is to distinguish pedagogies supporting critical health literacy development in adolescent populations. Specifically, for sun safety education in schools.

Investigation of college student smoking perceptions, behaviors and communication about smoking with smoking friends and family

YoungJu Shin, Yu Lu

Communication plays an important role in health decisions and behaviors. Friends and family exert influence through communication and, when considering smoking, this is…

Exploring the social-ecological factors related to physical activity participation among Black, Asian and minority ethnic immigrants

Godi Katito, Emma Davies

Despite the health benefits of physical activity (PA), participation rates Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) adults in the United Kingdom (UK) are low in comparison to the…

Slum dwellers' occupational activities and health implications

Alexander Preko, Anthony Nkrumah Agyabeng, James Kwame Mensah

The literature has acknowledged that good health is a crucial component of well-being. This study explores the country-specific understanding of slum dwellers' occupational…

Less than human: dehumanisation of people who use heroin

Harry Sumnall, Amanda Atkinson, Suzanne Gage, Ian Hamilton, Catharine Montgomery

Stigma reduction is an important public health challenge because of the large morbidity and mortality associated with some forms of substance use. Extreme stigma can lead to…

Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards the spread of COVID-19: a health counseling initiative among potential entrepreneurs of FUUAST

Bahadur Ali Soomro, Ghulam Rasool Lakhan, Naimatullah Shah

The present study examines the knowledge, attitude and practice towards the reduction of COVID-19 spread among entrepreneurs of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and…

Engaging students in experiential learning through a public health campaign: a pre–post survey on hypertension and diabetes mellitus

Siew-Wei Yeong, Zhien-Hung Kon, Siew-Chin Ong, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

This study looked at the impact of a community-based public health campaign on hypertension and diabetes mellitus awareness and prevention, as well as student experiential…