Browsing Health Promotion (Scholarly Articles) by Title
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Cannabis use by 15-year old schoolchildren. Data from the HBSC/WHO international survey in 32 countries.
(Princeps Editions, 2007)In the 32 western countries that participated in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC-2002) survey conducted in schools by means of an anonymous self-administered questionnaire among 45,848 schoolchildren, ... -
Capacity building for the future of health promotion.
(SAGE Journals Online, 2008-09)This commentary outlines the work plan of the Global Vice President for Capacity Building, Education and Training over the period 2007-10. Two key areas are prioritised for action: workforce development in countries with ... -
Child well-being: children's, parents' and teachers' perceptions.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-10)That chldren's lives be better understood is a necessary contributing step to the development of child centred quality supports, services and policies and it would appear logical that actively seeking out children's voices ... -
Children photographing well-being: facilitating participation in research
(Wiley, 2006-09)Children aged 8-12 years took 723 photographs representing well-being. Another group of children categorised the photographs, identified what was missing and discussed their inter-relationships. The largest categories were ... -
Childrens', parents' and teachers' perceptions of child wellbeing.
(2007)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an exploration of parents', teachers' and childrens' perspectives on children's understanding of wellbeing with the aim of illuminating and comparing the conceptualisation ... -
Cluster randomisation and design effects in school surveys: an exploration of the Irish Health Behaviours in School-aged Children data.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)School surveys are typically conducted in classrooms where children are clustered and thus each participating student is not fully independent of others. Such unavoidable cluster randomisation increases the size of standard ... -
"Come for the weight-loss, stay for the enjoyment" - exploring attributions for initiating and maintaining exercise.
(Psychological Society of Ireland, 2001-05)The potential benefits from engaging in physical activity and exercise in terms of both physical and mental health are well established. Regular exercise has been demonstrated to have preventative effects for several chronic ... -
A community needs assessment for rural mental health promotion.
(Oxford Journals, 2000-06)This paper describes the needs assessment phase of a mental health promotion programme for rural communities in Ireland. As part of a larger study encompassing four rural communities, a cross-sectional study of the mental ... -
Concepts of illness causation and attitudes to health care among older people in the Republic of Ireland.
(Elsevier, 2002-01)Fifty-one older people (26 of them women) in the Republic of Ireland were interviewed using a semi-structured schedule on their health and illness experiences at three different time points in their lives; as children, as ... -
Consommation de cannabis par les élèves de 15 ans - Données issues de l'enquête internationale HBSC/OMS dans 32 pays occidentaux.
(French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2006-03)In the 32 western countries that participated in the Health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC 2002) survey conducted in schools, about 20% of 15-year-olds declared that they had already used cannabis, which is ... -
Construction apprentices' attitudes to workplace drug testing in Ireland.
(Ingenta, 2006-03)Ireland has become one of the first European countries to legislate for workplace drug testing. However, little is known about the attitudes of Irish workers towards various aspects of workplace drug testing programmes. ... -
Consulting with citizens in the design of wellbeing measures and policies: lessons from a systems science application
(Springer Verlag, 2014-09-20)Internationally, there is increasing interest in, and analysis of, human wellbeing and the economic, social, environmental, and psychological factors that contribute to it. Current thinking suggests that to measure social ... -
Contraceptive use by 15-year-old students at their last sexual intercourse: results from 25 countries.
(American Medical Association, 2008-01)Objectives: To identify and report cross-national patterns in contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents. Design: A cross-national cross-sectional survey. Setting: Data were collected in 2002 by self-report ... -
Correlates of increased risk of eating disorders in Irish School Children
(Irish Medical Organisation, 2007-05)Currently there are no large-scale data on the prevalence of disordered eating behaviours in Irish children and adolescents. We examined the 2002 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study to estimate those Irish ... -
Correlates of self-related health in a geriatric day care centre
(British Geriatrics Society, 2001-10)Old people and physicians perceive health in old age differently. Self-rated halth is a strong predictor of mortality, independent of objective measures of health, and can be more predictive than a physician's assessment. ... -
A cross-border approach to mental health promotion.
(Office of Health Gain, 2001)This paper reports on preliminary findings from a project commissioned by the Centre for Cross Border Studies, Armagh. The project is concerned with cross border co-operation in the development of mental health promotion ... -
A cross-national profile of bullying and victimisation among adolescents in 40 countries
(Springer, 2009-07-21)Objectives: (1) To compare the prevalence of bullying and victimization among boys and girls and by age in 40 countries. (2) In 6 countries, to compare rates of direct physical, direct verbal, and indirect bullying by ... -
A cross-national study of violence-related behaviours in adolescents.
(American Medical Association, 2004-06)Background: Violent behavior among adolescents is a significant problem worldwide, and a cross-national comparison of adolescent violent behaviors can provide information about the development and pattern of physical ... -
Cross-national time trends in bullying behaviour 1994-2006: findings from Europe and North America
(Springer, 2009-06-04)Objectives: To identify trends over 12 years in the prevalence of bullying and associated victimization among adolescents in North American and European countries. Methods: Cross-sectional self-report surveys were obtained ... -
Current practice in meeting child health needs in family support services: variation by service type and perspectives on future developments.
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-07)The needs of all service users include those related to physical, emotional, sexual and mental health. This article documents where child health needs are recognised and being met within family support services in the west ...