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Heyes, Joshua M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Thinking sexuality education and religion together often results in antagonisms that pit religious and secular values against each other. Political theology provides new insights into this tendency by showing how modern concepts of political legitimacy are based on secularised Christian theology. Neoliberal schooling, public sexual health and…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Religion, Religious Factors
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Barwood, Donna; Jones, Andy – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
In Australia, where high temperatures, excessive ultraviolet (UV) radiation and an outdoors lifestyle is commonplace, adherence to sun protection by adolescents is poor. As a group of sun-seekers, adolescents have the highest incidences of sunburns and repeat sunburns. This health-compromising behaviour occurs despite the knowledge that simple…
Descriptors: Cancer, Foreign Countries, Public Health, Safety
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Birch, David A.; Priest, Hannah M.; Mitchell, Qshequilla P. – Health Educator, 2015
Advocacy at the local school or school district level has received emphasis as a strategy for improving school health education. The involvement of health educators in advocacy for school health education has been described as "imperative" at all levels of school-based policy. Allensworth's 2010 Society for Public Health Education…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Health Education, Public Health, Teacher Role
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Michalos, Alex C.; Ramsey, Douglas; Eberts, Derrek; Kahlke, P. Maurine – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The aim of this investigation was to obtain some baseline self-reported data on the health status and overall quality of life of a sample of residents of the city of Brandon, Manitoba aged 18 years or older, and to measure the impact of a set of designated health determinants, comparison standards and satisfaction with diverse domains of life on…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Health, Public Health, Quality of Life