Health Education: Volume 122 Issue 6

Mental health in higher education: faculty staff survey on supporting students with mental health needs

Pras Ramluggun, Olga Kozlowska, Sarah Mansbridge, Margaret Rioga, Mahmood Anjoyeb

The purpose of this paper is to examine how faculty staff on health and social care programmes support students with mental health issues.

A formative evaluation of an adolescent online E-cigarette prevention program

Ray M. Merrill, Carl L. Hanson

This study is a formative evaluation of an adolescent online e-cigarette prevention program (Clearing the Vapor) giving attention to identifying higher risk adolescent…

Capacity issues in primary health care implementation: examples from Ghana

Nana Nimo Appiah-Agyekum, Esinam Afi Kayi, Josephine Appiah-Agyekum, Joseph Gerald Tetteh Nyanyofio, Desmond Dzidzornu Otoo

Resources as well as the capacity to employ them judiciously may well be the key to the attainment of the SDGs and other related health goals through primary health care (PHC)…

Becoming accustomed to online teaching: nursing lecturers' experiences in the era of COVID-19

Titan Ligita, Mita, Murtilita, Winarianti

This study aimed to explore nursing lecturers' experiences of online teaching and learning during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The COVID-19 policy on social…

Knowledge and awareness of breast cancer and breast self-examination among college-going female students in Delhi-NCR: a cross sectional study

Ankan Mukherjee Das, Kumar Dron Shrivastav, Neha Taneja, Aanchal Anant Awasthi, Shazia Rashid, Ajay Gogia, Rajiv Janardhanan

Breast cancer (BC) presents a major public health challenge world-over including India. While several risk-factors, early signs and symptoms of BC are known, the knowledge and…

Development and validation of an instrument for the health literacy assessment of secondary school students (HeLiASeSS)

Eleni Bechraki, Evangelia Mavrikaki, Vasileios Gialamas, Evangelia Galanaki

The development of health literacy skills is of paramount importance especially for students, as it is associated with their wellbeing and academic success. Assessing students'…