PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to propose and to test a predictive model that could explain and predict the health promotion behavior of obese school-age children in Korea. METHODS Participants for this study were 365 students from 13 elementary schools located in Jeonbuk Province, Korea. The data were analyzed using SPSS 15.0 program and Amos 7.0 program. RESULTS The results verifie...

Anna-Marie Hendriks1,2,*, Maria W. J. Jansen1,3, Jessica S. Gubbels4, Nanne K. De Vries2,4, and Stef P. J. Kremers4 Academic Collaborative Centre for Public Health Limburg, Regional Public Health Service, Geleenbeeklaan 2, PO Box 2022, Geleen 6160 HA, The Netherlands, Department of Health Promotion, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Duboisdomein 30, PO Box...

Many health promotion programs have been implemented to prevent obesity and mental health problems among school-aged children. However, only a few programs included both physical and psychological measures to assess the effects of the program. The present study was designed to test the effects of a 6-week health promotion program on physical and mental health among school-aged children using ph...

This article analyzes the meanings attributed to practices that promote adolescent health by 47 professionals from the Family Health Program in Fortaleza in the State of Ceará. It is a qualitative study in which semi-structured interviews enabled the production of data, subsequently organized according to content analysis, resulting in the following core themes: promoting health associated with...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the school environments to which ninth-year students are exposed in Brazil and in the five regions of the country according to health promotion guidelines. METHODS Cross-sectional study from 2012, with a representative sample of Brazil and its macroregions. We interviewed ninth-year schoolchildren and managers of public and private schools. We proposed a score of health pro...

Health and well-being have mostly been separated from other aspects of school life. Health services and health education have been available for school-aged children in Western societies for a long time. Recently, more comprehensive school health programmes have been developed, e.g. the WHO 'health promoting school' and 'coordinated school health programme' in the USA. They focus on how to impl...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Associate Professor in Health Education & Promotion, Department of Public Health, School of Health; Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. [email protected] 2. (Corresponding author) MSN in Medical &Surgic...