Health Education: Volume 101 Issue 1

Assessing “Sun Know How”: comparing outdoor and indoor workers

Soumen Sengupta, Peter G. Blain

The aim of this study was to compare knowledge of the “Sun Know How” campaign’s primary sun safety messages (i.e. covering up, seeking shade and applying sunscreen) between adults…

The Ugandan Life Skills Initiative

Martin Buczkiewicz, Rachel Carnegie

This report analyses the development of the Life Skills Initiative for young people in Uganda. This initiative seeks to strengthen health education in schools by developing…

Predictors of health behaviors in rural adolescents

Ranjita Misra, Sandra Aguillon

he aim of this study was to examine the relationships between cognitive variables, health perceptions and knowledge, and health behaviors in a sample of rural adolescents using…

The health promoting status of secondary schools in Wales pre‐ and post‐local government reorganisation: perspectives of health education co‐ordinators

Malcolm Thomas, Kathleen Keirle

This study assesses the influence of local government reorganisation on health education provision and support in Welsh secondary schools. The study was conducted in two stages…

Getting the message across to young drinkers and smokers: brief motivational interventions may help

Geoff Lowe

A short piece on the efficacy of employing brief motivational interventions (one‐to‐one interviews) with young people as a method of reducing their drinking or smoking. If…

Health Promotion – Foundations for Practice, 2nd edition

Graham Watkinson

Public Health Communications: Values and Ethical Dilemmas

Katherine Weare

Gender and Health: Curriculum Outlines

Katherine Weare