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Assessing School Health Education Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Terence Dwyer ,
Rosalie Viney  and
Michael Jones
Terence Dwyer
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
Rosalie Viney
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
Michael Jones
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
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Abstract

This review focuses on the component of health education directed at achieving changes in health behavior. Much of the work in this field has centered on health behavior that has a role in preventing future disease. Because the evidence is strongest in relation to coronary heart disease (17), considerable effort has been devoted to this area. Walter et ai. (34) indicated that the most relevant forms of health behavior to be considered in school-based programs on heart disease are those relating to diet, physical activity, and smoking. Programs relating to each of these behaviors are addressed here.

Type
Special Section: Assessment Of Preventive Technologies
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , Summer 1991 , pp. 286 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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