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Waddingham, Suzanne; Stevens, Stella; Macintyre, Kate; Shaw, Kelly – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The Australian Dietary Guidelines support good health and disease prevention. Children with healthy eating habits established early in life have been shown to continue these habits into adulthood compared with those children who have poor eating habits in their younger years. The nutritional intake of many Australian children is not in…
Descriptors: Food, Guidelines, Foreign Countries, Health
Lyons, Zaza; Janca, Aleksandar – Australian Journal of Education, 2012
In Australia, Indigenous children are disproportionately affected by poor health. The combined consequences of illness and social factors in this population have an adverse affect on educational outcomes for Indigenous children, resulting in lower levels of achievement and attainment compared with non-Indigenous children. From early childhood,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Outcomes of Education, Risk, Foreign Countries
Hosseinzadeh, Hassan; Hossain, Syeda Zakia – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
Functional theory proposes that attitudes may serve a variety of purposes for individuals. This study aimed to determine whether stigmatized attitudes toward HIV/AIDS serve the same function for all (consensus function) or serve different functions for different individuals (divergence function) by assessing various aspects of HIV/AIDS stigma…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Audiences, Regression (Statistics), Foreign Countries
Laakso, E-Liisa; Armstrong, Kylie; Usher, Wayne – Health Education Journal, 2012
The evolving eHealth agenda presents a range of potential opportunities for the management and prevention of chronic disease. This paper identifies issues and barriers to the uptake of eHealth and describes a strategy ("Healthy Outcomes for Australians"[C]-HOFA) for creating a central knowledge filter and cyber space method for tracking…
Descriptors: Health, Diseases, Web 2.0 Technologies, Chronic Illness
Ireland, Penelope J.; Donaghey, Samantha; McGill, James; Zankl, Andreas; Ware, Robert S.; Pacey, Verity; Ault, Jenny; Savarirayan, Ravi; Sillence, David; Thompson, Elizabeth; Townshend, Sharron; Johnston, Leanne M. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2012
Aim: Achondroplasia is characterized by delays in the development of communication and motor skills. While previously reported developmental profiles exist across gross motor, fine motor, feeding, and communication skills, there has been no prospective study of development across multiple areas simultaneously. Method: This Australasian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Child Development, Psychomotor Skills
Ernst, Hardy; McGahan, William T.; Harrison, John – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2015
This paper reports on attempts to incorporate creative visual literacy, by way of student owned technology, and sharing of student-generated multimedia amongst peers to enhance learning in a first year human physiology course. In 2013, students were set the task of producing an animated video, which outlined the pathogenesis of a chosen disease.…
Descriptors: Physiology, Video Technology, Visual Literacy, Science Instruction
Hopwood, Max; Brener, Loren; Wilson, Hannah – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2012
Aim: A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore knowledge of viral hepatitis among attendees of an Australian metropolitan university. Method: A short survey enquiring into viral hepatitis A, B and C (HAV, HBV and HCV, respectively) was administered to a convenience sample of people at a campus in Sydney, Australia during September 2011.…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Religion, Drug Use, Risk
Tinning, Richard; Jenkins, David; Collins, Jessie; Rossi, Tony; Brancato, Tania – European Physical Education Review, 2012
Exercise science is now an integral part of the allied health framework in Australia and graduates from accredited programmes are equipped with skills recognised as being important in the prevention and management of lifestyle-related diseases. This pilot study sought to determine the experiences of 11 final-year exercise science students in their…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Foreign Countries, Practicums, Problem Solving
Edwards, C. A.; Britton, M. L.; Jenkins, L.; Rickwood, D. J.; Gillham, K. E. – Health Education Research, 2014
Young people have higher rates of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) than the general population. Research has shown that there is a clear link between emotional distress, depression, substance abuse and sexual risk taking behaviours in young people. "headspace" is a youth mental health early intervention service operating in more…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Correlation, Emotional Problems
Carling-Jenkins, Rachel; Torr, Jennifer; Iacono, Teresa; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Research addressing the experiences of families of adults with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease in seeking diagnosis and gaining support is limited. The aim of this study was to gain a greater understanding of these processes by exploring the experiences of families and carers in supporting people with Down syndrome and…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Down Syndrome, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults
Vukicevic, Meri; Le, Anh; Baglin, James – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
In the typical human visual system, the macula allows for high visual resolution. Damage to this area from diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), causes the loss of central vision in the form of a central scotoma. Since no treatment is available to reverse AMD, providing low vision rehabilitation to compensate for the loss of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pathology, Reading Comprehension, Vision
Marchbank, Alison Margaret – Deafness and Education International, 2011
This article is drawn from a larger doctoral study that explored hearing mothers' experiences of discovering that their babies had a permanent hearing loss in Australia in 2008. The particular focus for this paper is the period in time after a concern is flagged, either by a newborn hearing screener or the mother herself, until a hearing loss is…
Descriptors: Test Results, Delayed Speech, Mothers, Hearing Impairments
van Rooy, Wilhelmina – Teaching Science, 2013
The fatal effect of the Hendra virus was noticed first in Queensland, Australia in 1994 when several horses died from an "unidentified cause". This was followed by the death of trainers and veterinarians called to assist affected horses. It is now known that the "unidentified cause", is a virus harboured in native Australian…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Animals, Diseases, Scientific Literacy
Hall, Danika V.; Jones, Sandra C.; Iverson, Donald C. – Health Education, 2011
Purpose: In many countries there is emerging concern regarding alliances between the pharmaceutical industry and health non-profit organizations (NPOs), and the increase of co-sponsored marketing activities such as disease awareness advertising. The current study aims to explore Australian women's perceptions of disease awareness advertising with…
Descriptors: Advertising, Females, Health Conditions, Diseases
Starkey, Deborah – Journal of Learning Design, 2011
A sound knowledge of pathological disease processes is required for professional practice within health professions. The project described in this paper reviewed the resources currently available for the delivery of systematic pathology tutorials. Additional complementary resources were developed and the inclusion of these additional learning…
Descriptors: Pathology, Visual Aids, Medicine, Radiology