Health Education: Volume 122 Issue 4

COVID-19 black swan and personal protective equipment (PPE) in Pakistan

Akhlaq Ahmad, Muhammad Shoaib, Farooq Abdullah

This paper aimed to examine the sources of information and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. The…

Motivating or stigmatising? The public health and media messaging surrounding COVID-19 and obesity: a qualitative think aloud study

Sarah-Jane F. Stewart, Jane Ogden

The purpose of this study is to explore how individuals with overweight and obesity living in the UK respond to the public health and media messaging surrounding COVID-19 and…

Components of psychosocial health

Waqar Husain

“Psychosocial health” is a new term to comprehend the already established factors involved in mental health and psychological well-being. The term has not been specifically…

How can we promote co-creation in communities? The perspective of health promoting professionals in four European countries

Emily Joan Darlington, Gemma Pearce, Teresa Vilaça, Julien Masson, Sandie Bernard, Zélia Anastácio, Paul Magee, Frants Christensen, Henriette Hansen, Graça S. Carvalho

The aim was to identify the competencies professionals need to promote co-creation engagement within communities.

Essential food and nutrition knowledge and skills for primary school children: Australian parents' opinions

Gozde Aydin, Claire Margerison, Anthony Worsley, Alison Booth

This paper examines the views of Australian primary school parents regarding the food and nutrition education (FNE) curriculum. Associations with personal values (Universalism and…

Principals' intentions and anticipated challenges in implementing nutrition education

Fozia Ahmed Baloch, Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed Ismail, Nazir Ahmed Jogezai

This study aimed to know principals' intentions of implementing nutrition education (NE) and explore the challenges they may anticipate while implementing NE in their respective…

Segmenting children’s active school travel behaviour: insights on caregivers’ perceived risks and social norms

Pamela Saleme, Bo Pang

Active school travel (AST) programmes aim to change commuting behaviour to improve children's physical and mental health. However, very limited health education programmes for…

Role of factors in eHealth literacy in period of COVID-19: a study of Turkey

Alp Eren Yuce, Ahmet Albayrak, Bahar Baran, Özgür Kalafat

This study aims to understand the eHealth literacy skills of chronic patients and to explore the relations, patterns between eHealth literacy skills and different factors such as…