Health Education: Volume 100 Issue 4

Health knowledge and health education in the democratic health‐promoting school

Bjarne Bruun Jensen

This paper suggests that there are two different paradigms within health education and the health‐promoting school, the traditional/moralistic paradigm and the democratic…

The health‐promoting school in Wales: an overview

Sue Bowker, Chris Tudor‐Smith

This paper charts the progress of the health‐promoting school concept in Wales from a pilot project to a key component of mainstream health‐promotion activity. The paper…

Prioritising for healthy schools activities: an initial review exercise

Fenella Starkey, Judy Orme

This paper focuses on one aspect of Health Promotion Service Avon’s Schools for Health Project 1997/98, which is the development, implementation, analysis and evaluation of an…

Using drama as a tool for educating young people about accessing health services – a comparison of two approaches

Kerry Taylor

Describes using drama to raise some of the main health issues facing young people, inform them about local services and give them an opportunity to explore their fears and…