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Ajgaonkar, Vinita; Shaikh, Nikhat; Shyam, Rama; Karandikar, Neeta; Patni, Pallavi; Rajan, Sheetal; Jayaraman, Anuja – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: Anaemia is a health problem for adolescents in India. This paper examines the nuanced transformations triggered by a multi-pronged, community-based anaemia intervention with adolescents and their families, seeking meaningful insights for future nutrition and anaemia programmes. Design: Qualitative study rooted in critical theory.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Diseases, Foreign Countries, Health Programs
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M. Rajashekhar; Radhika Sharma; Abhishek V. Raut; Ashwini Kalantri; Subodh S. Gupta; The VCaN Collaboration Team – Health Education Journal, 2024
Introduction: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major challenge for countries, regardless of their level of development. Social branding is an emerging approach to health promotion for NCD prevention. In this paper, the process of social branding is documented as a case study to help researchers develop similar kinds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Health Promotion, Advertising
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Crosby, Sapphire; Laird, Katie; Younie, Sarah – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: Using a participatory action research (PAR) model, this paper reports on findings from a mixed-methods study which aimed to discover whether specifically developed health education resources (A Germ's Journey) aid children's understanding of health-hygiene principles, and how these findings can inform the future development of…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Education, Hygiene, Health Promotion
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Biswas, Soniya; Hense, Sibasis; Kodali, Prakash Babu; Thankappan, Kavumpurathu Raman – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: This study examined the characteristics and quality of publicly available COVID-19 information education and communication (IEC) materials in India between March and December 2020. Design: An explanatory sequential mixed-method design was employed to examine the characteristics and quality of 265 purposefully selected IEC materials.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Information Dissemination
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Blunt, Madeleine; Joseph, Liyana; George, Caroline; Garner, Shelby – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop and research an interactive health education programme on NCDs in a rural subpopulation of Bengaluru and to build 'health champions' among young people to contribute to the prevention of NCDs in India. Design: A descriptive qualitative approach was used to develop and evaluate an interactive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Rural Areas, Health Promotion
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Swaminathan, S.; Thomas, T.; Kurpad, A. V.; Vaz, M. – Health Education Journal, 2009
Objective: To document children's views on healthy eating, perceptions of healthy and unhealthy foods and health consequences of consuming unhealthy foods. Design: Baseline data from a three-year longitudinal study. Setting A purposive sample of 307 school children aged 7 to 15 years were recruited from three schools representing various…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Mothers, Diseases