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Direct linkLai, Hsiang-Ru; Wu, Der-Min; Lee, Pi-Hsia; Jhang, Yu-Siang – Journal of School Health, 2018
Background: Health education (HE) courses in schools are vital paths for improving teenagers' health literacy. HE and physical education (PE) teachers lead HE courses, and their teaching intentions and competency influence the effectiveness of the courses and the ability to promote students' health literacy. This study attempted to understand HE…
Descriptors: Health, Literacy, Teacher Attitudes, Physical Education Teachers
Delk, Joanne; Springer, Andrew E.; Kelder, Steven H.; Grayless, Megan – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: Research suggests that physical activity breaks (ABs) during class increase students' physical activity levels and provide an academic benefit. This study evaluates a 3-year intervention aimed at encouraging teacher AB use. Methods: Thirty central Texas middle schools were assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: training-only…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Middle School Teachers, Training
Guerin, Rebecca J.; Toland, Michael D.; Okun, Andrea H.; Rojas-Guyler, Liliana; Baker, Devin S.; Bernard, Amy L. – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Workplace safety and health is a major public health concern, but largely absent from the school health curriculum. Little is known about teachers' perceptions of teaching workplace safety and health topics. Methods: We administered a 41-item questionnaire reflecting the theory of planned behavior, modified to measure knowledge, to 242…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Work Environment, Safety Education, Health Education
Markham, Christine M.; Peskin, Melissa F.; Baumler, Elizabeth R.; Addy, Robert C.; Thiel, Melanie A.; Laris, B. A.; Baker, Kimberly; Hernandez, Belinda; Shegog, Ross; Coyle, Karin; Emery, Susan Tortolero – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Although schools often implement evidence-based sexual health education programs to address sexual and reproductive health disparities, multiple factors may influence program effectiveness. Methods: Using student-reported perceived impact measures as a proxy for program effectiveness, we employed a socio-ecological approach to examine…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Evidence Based Practice, Program Effectiveness
Rajan, Sonali; Roberts, Katherine J.; Guerra, Laura; Pirsch, Moira; Morrell, Ernest – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: School-based health education efforts can positively affect health behaviors and learning outcomes; however, there is limited available time during the school day for separate health education classes. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and sustainability of implementing a classroom-based health education program…
Descriptors: Health Education, Middle School Students, Outcomes of Education, Self Efficacy
Chen, Huey-Shys; Sheu, Jiunn-Jye; Ho, Ching-Sung – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Cigarette smoking is a health-risk behavior of global proportions. Self-efficacy plays an important role in both smoking acquisition and smoking resistance. Reliability and validity of an instrument is fundamental to research results, particularly in its simplified form on a different population. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Smoking, Self Efficacy, Nurses
Fahlman, Mariane M.; Dake, Joseph A.; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: This was a pilot study to determine the impact of the Michigan Model (MM) Nutrition Curriculum on nutrition knowledge, efficacy expectations, and eating behaviors in middle school students. Methods: The study was conducted in a large metropolitan setting and approved by the Institutional Review Board. The participants for this study…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Knowledge Level, Expectation, Self Efficacy
Sy, Angela; Glanz, Karen – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: The effectiveness of school-based tobacco use prevention programs depends on proper implementation. This study examined factors associated with teachers' implementation of a smoking prevention curriculum in a cluster randomized trial called Project SPLASH (Smoking Prevention Launch Among Students in Hawaii). Methods: A process…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Health Promotion, Smoking, Self Efficacy
Denny, George; Young, Michael – Journal of School Health, 2006
The article examines the results from an 18-month follow-up evaluation of an abstinence education curriculum series. Participants were students from 15 school districts recruited to participate in the project. The intervention was the Sex Can Wait curriculum series, consisting of upper elementary, middle school, and high school components. The…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Intervention
