Multisectoral approach and WHO 'Bestbuys' in Nigeria's nutrition and physical activity policies.

abstract：:Mental health promotion programs (MHP) seek to reduce sub-syndromal symptoms of mental distress and enhance positive mental health. This study evaluates the long-term effects of a mindfulness-based MHP program ('Life Balance') provided by health coaches in a multi-site field setting on mental distress, satisfaction wi...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Lyssenko L,Müller G,Kleindienst N,Schmahl C,Berger M,Eifert G,Kölle A,Nesch S,Ommer-Hohl J,Wenner M,Bohus M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overweight and obesity in children is rising at the global level, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Among the causes for this increase is the marketing of unhealthy food and beverage products, which affects children's food preferences, purchasing requests and consumption patterns. The need to address h...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Granheim SI,Vandevijvere S,Torheim LE

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents obtain cigarettes from both commercial and social sources. While the relationship between commercial access and adolescent smoking has been researched, no one has considered in detail whether rates of peer smoking affect cigarette availability. In two relatively deprived Scottish schools that differed in t...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Turner KM,Gordon J,Young R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been highlighted that youth empowerment and participation are important principles for school health promotion. Despite this fact, children and youth are rarely given instruments to participate or to influence their situations and the environments in their schools. Photovoice is a method to increased empowermen...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Warne M,Snyder K,Gillander Gådin K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In Australia, significant resources have been invested in producing health promotion best practice guidelines, frameworks and tools (herein referred to as health promotion tools) as a strategy to improve Indigenous health promotion programmes. Yet, there has been very little rigorous implementation research ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Percival NA,McCalman J,Armit C,O'Donoghue L,Bainbridge R,Rowley K,Doyle J,Tsey K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The notion that adolescent daughters can provide their mothers with health information that could actually impact the mothers' behavior is a novel area of health promotion research. The goal of this study is to explore the reasons why adolescent daughters would give their mothers cervical cancer information, and why m...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Mosavel M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Education programmes in mental health literacy can address stigma and misunderstanding of mental health. This study investigated self-rated differences in knowledge, attitudes and confidence around mental health issues following participation in a bespoke Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training course for the Armed Fo...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Crone DM,Sarkar M,Curran T,Baker CM,Hill D,Loughren EA,Dickson T,Parker A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has shown that taxi drivers are at risk for numerous health concerns, such as low back and leg pain, linked to their highly sedentary occupation, long work hours and stressors related to the job (e.g. low income, safety threats). The goal of this study was to explore occupational health risks and opportunitie...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Murray KE,Buul A,Aden R,Cavanaugh AM,Kidane L,Hussein M,Eastman A,Checkoway H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Margaret Thatcher reached power in the United Kingdom, European governments have increasingly turned to neoliberal forms of policy-making, focusing, especially after the 2008 Great Recession on 'austerity policies' rather than investing in social protection policies. We applied a multiple explanatory case studie...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： O'Campo P,Freiler A,Muntaner C,Gelormino E,Huegaerts K,Puig-Barrachina V,Mitchell C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translational or implementation research that assesses the effectiveness of strategies to promote health behaviours among children that have been previously tested under 'ideal' conditions is rarely reported. Switch-2-Activity aimed to examine the effectiveness of an abbreviated programme delivered by teachers targeti...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Salmon J,Jorna M,Hume C,Arundell L,Chahine N,Tienstra M,Crawford D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the policy change process that resulted in the current sugar-sweetened beverages taxes in Mexico and Chile, using the Kaleidoscope Model for Policy Change, a framework developed for nutrition and food policy change analysis. We used a qualitative study design, including 24 key informant (KI) inte...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Fuster M,Burrowes S,Cuadrado C,Velasco Bernal A,Lewis S,McCarthy B,Shen GC

更新日期：2020-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Health Promoting School (HPS) and Comprehensive School Health Program (CSHP) initiatives have been proposed as a means of going beyond some of the limitations associated with health promotion initiatives aimed at school-aged children. This involves moving beyond practices that rely mainly on classroom-based health...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Deschesnes M,Martin C,Hill AJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A range of digitized health promotion practices have emerged in the digital era. Some of these practices are voluntarily undertaken by people who are interested in improving their health and fitness, but many others are employed in the interests of organizations and agencies. This article provides a critical commentar...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Lupton D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'healthy city' concept has only recently been adopted in developing countries. From 1995 to 1999, the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, supported healthy city projects (HCPs) in Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Fayoum (Egypt), Managua (Nicaragua) and Quetta (Pakistan). The authors evaluat...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Harpham T,Burton S,Blue I

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In health promotion, enthusiasm for sustainability has frequently overshadowed critical reflection with regard to whether this aim is warranted, let alone feasible. Consequently, the not insubstantial body of literature on sustainability in health promotion is not particularly helpful to decision makers. In this paper...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Swerissen H,Crisp BR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The context-sensitive nature of the European HIV epidemic (e.g. differences in key populations, prevention settings, resource commitments) makes it challenging to monitor and evaluate HIV prevention and sexual health promotion programs. Systematic quality improvement (QI) tools and quality indicators adapted to HIV pr...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Urwitz V,Vuylsteke B,Apers H,Hales D,Wentzlaff-Eggebert M,Nöstlinger C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated determinants of fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption among regional and remote Western Australian (WA) children, using an Ecological Model of Health Behaviour. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 key informants (Health Workers, Food Supply Workers, and School/Youth Workers) purpo...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Godrich SL,Davies CR,Darby J,Devine A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These reflections from a Child Public Health perspective underline the dramatic changes in children's conditions in Europe over this last century, including a considerable improvement in health. However, we still face problems, disturbing facts and alarming signs. There are important gaps in our knowledge about essent...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Köhler L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low utilization of palliative care services by Māori remains despite increases in services designed to meet Māori needs. The purpose of this study is to explore palliative care information brochures in the context of Māori principles of well-being and communication protocols, and health literacy. We examined 99 brochu...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Simpson ML,Berryman K,Oetzel J,Iti T,Reddy R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study explored the impact of self-rated health (SRH) and work ability on employment, and examined the effects of meaningfulness, social networks and physical activity on health and work ability with a population-based cross-sectional survey data (n = 12 729) of full-time employed and unemployed workers. SRH, perce...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Hult M,Pietilä AM,Saaranen T

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation framework, called the Hong Kong Healthy Schools Award, has been developed to enable comprehensive collection and analysis of data reflecting the status of health-promoting schools (HPS) in Hong Kong. The key findings revealed a high prevalence of emotional problems, unhealthy eating habits, physical inac...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Lee A,St Leger L,Cheng FF,Hong Kong Healthy Schools Team.

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the factors that have enabled the Healthy Cities Noarlunga (HCN) initiative to be sustainable over 18 years (1987-2005). Sustainability related to the ability of the initiative to continue to operate continuously in a manner that indicated its existence was accorded value by the community and local...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Baum F,Jolley G,Hicks R,Saint K,Parker S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the study is to investigate possible predictors of positive mental health, and whether they differ across sexual identity adult groups. Using data from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health, multivariate analyses were conducted, including interaction terms, to assess the effects of sex...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Peter T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of students' smoking in China (n = 1896), comparing medical students with college students in non-medical majors, was carried out to determine whether a medical education has a preventive effect on smoking uptake. The survey, sampling students from 12 universities in three cities, found no significant differe...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Zhu T,Feng B,Wong S,Choi W,Zhu SH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A life-course perspective is according to the World Health Organization about increasing the effectiveness of health promotion interventions at all ages. This targets the needs of human beings throughout their life. Descriptions of the phenomenon of the inner child invite the possibility that it may be of help when pr...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Sjöblom M,Jacobsson L,Öhrling K,Kostenius C

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Intersectoral policymaking to improve public health includes integrated health promotion (HP) intervention packages that address a variety of health behavior determinants. The involvement of different partners is assumed to be necessary to implement such integrated packages. We examined how partnership diversity was a...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Grêaux KM,de Vries NK,Bessems KMHH,Harting J,van Assema P

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Public policy strategies impact on population health by acting on the effectiveness, availability and distribution of the social determinants of health. Reducing obesity and promoting healthy weight is a key focus of governments, health promoters and researchers, and can benefit from a systems approach with 'upstream'...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Newman L,Ludford I,Williams C,Herriot M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization (WHO) has been a strong and persistent voice calling for the recognition of the role of health in development and of the impact of socio-economic development on health. Health impact assessment (HIA) is one mechanism that can be used to achieve this goal. The objective of this paper is to...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Ison E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generic medicines have been available to consumers for ∼40 years, with varying degrees of uptake in different countries. Despite offering equivalent therapeutic qualities, generic medicines still struggle to be accepted by consumers. This study examines the role of a consumer's affective state and framing effects on t...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Barton BL,Burke PF,Waller DS

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental tobacco smoke exposure is an important health risk for small children. The development, spread and evaluation of a national child health-centre-based counselling method targeting environmental tobacco smoke is described. The work progressed in six steps. In a first step, accomplished in 1994, it was foun...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Arborelius E,Bremberg S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00