Emancipatory Health Education & Environmental Education: The Emergence of the New Public Health

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Colquhoun
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
School Health ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
School Health Education ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis paper attempts to illustrate the influence of an emerging New Public Health on the relationship between health education and environmental education. This New Public Health places health on the political agenda. In so doing it involves a critical examination of the underlying and pervasive ideology of individualism which is so embedded within conventional health education. Health education tends to focus on individual behavioural factors for health and ignores the wider environmental, social, economic and political factors. However, a new consciousness within health education serves to critique the existing relationship between individualism and health and is essentially concerned with examining the broader influences on health.The paper concludes optimistically by suggesting that this new consciousness encapsulating the notion of an Emancipatory Health Education in schools has the potential for encouraging emancipatory social change involving a recognition of the social and environmental constraints on health. Because of this there needs to be a rethink and a re-conceptualisation of the relationship between school health education and environmental education.

scholarly journals Objectives and the Past—Community Health Education

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
William Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Community Health ◽  
School Health ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Community Health Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
School Health Education ◽  
Education Today ◽  
In The Beginning

If we view health education historically, one finds that in the beginning, there were two components: school health education and community health education, the latter often referred to as public health education. Today our panel has identified three additional specialty health education areas but many more exist.

Relation and Correlation Between School Health Education and the Healthy Style of Living

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-84
Author(s):  
Marinella Grudeva ◽  
Nicol Doneva
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
School Health ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Health Education ◽  
Educational Factors ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Relationship

The article examines the correlation and the relationship between students’ health education of in school and the healthy style of living. The essence of health education and its specificity as a relatively independent educational process is revealed. Emphasis is placed on the stages of its implementation. Some basic models of health education are considered. The normative conditionality of the health education in the school is justified as a proof of the state and society's concern for students’ health. The essence of a healthy lifestyle is clarified in detail, by analyzing its main components. It reveals the influence of the main educational factors on the health education and students’ healthy lifestyle.

Schooling health: the critical contribution of curriculum in the 1980s

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deana Leahy ◽  
Dawn Penney ◽  
Rosie Welch
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
School Health ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Content Type ◽  
School Health Education ◽  
Official Curriculum ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
Historical Accounts

Purpose Public health authorities have long regarded schools as important sites for improving children and young people’s health. In Australia, and elsewhere, lessons on health have been an integral component of public health’s strategy mix. Historical accounts of schools’ involvement in public health lack discussion of the role of health education curriculum. The purpose of this paper is to redress this silence and illustrate the ways health education functioned as a key governmental apparatus in Victoria in the 1980s. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on governmentality studies to consider the explicit governmental role of official health education curriculum in the 1980s in Victoria, Australia. The authors conduct a discourse analysis of the three official curriculum texts that were released during this period to consider the main governmental rationalities and techniques that were assembled together by curriculum writers. Findings School health education functions as a key governmental apparatus of governmentality. One of its major functions is to provide opportunities to responsibilise young people with an aim to ensure that that they can perform their duty to be well. The authors demonstrate the central role of policy events in the 1970s and how they contributed to conditions of possibility that shaped versions of health education throughout the 1980s and beyond. Despite challenges posed by the critical turn in health education in the late 1980s, the governmental forces that shape health education are strong and have remained difficult to displace. Originality/value Many public health and schooling histories fail to take into account insights from the history of education and curriculum studies. The authors argue that in order to grasp the complexities of school health education, we need to consider insights afforded by curriculum histories. Historical insights can provide us with an understanding of the changing approaches to governing health in schools.

scholarly journals Promoting Health Literacy Through Defining and Measuring Quality School Health Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 824-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Videto ◽  
Joseph A. Dake
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
School Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
State Policies ◽  
The Past ◽  
School Health Education ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In ◽  
Quality School

Changes in national and state policies in the past two decades have had a negative impact on school health education. During this same time, significant gains have been made in our understanding of the relationship between health and academic outcomes. This article proposes three challenges that could help refocus our country’s efforts toward the positive impacts quality school health education can have on our population. Each of these challenges has corresponding recommendations to guide stakeholder efforts to help bring about these changes.

scholarly journals The relationship between food literacy and dietary intake in adolescents: a systematic review

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rimante Vaitkeviciute ◽  
Lauren E Ball ◽  
Neil Harris
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Food Literacy ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractObjectiveThe aim of the present systematic review was to investigate the evidence on the association between food literacy and adolescents’ dietary intake.DesignThe review included searches of six databases with no restriction on the year of publication or language.SettingThe studies eligible for review were from five countries/regions: USA (n 6), Europe (n 4), Australia (n 1), Middle East (n 1) and South Africa (n 1).SubjectsAdolescents aged 10 to 19 years.ResultsThirteen studies were eligible for inclusion. None of the studies investigated all aspects of food literacy. Eight studies reported a positive association between food literacy and adolescents’ dietary intake. For example, adolescents with greater food knowledge and frequent food preparation behaviours were shown to have healthier dietary practices. Three studies found a mixed association of food literacy and adolescents’ dietary intake. For example, adolescents who frequently helped to prepare dinner had healthier dietary intake, but food shopping tasks were associated with less healthy food choices. Two studies found no association between measures of food literacy and adolescents’ dietary intake.ConclusionsFood literacy may play a role in shaping adolescents’ dietary intake. More rigorous research methods are required to effectively assess the causality between food literacy and adolescents’ dietary intake in order to confirm the extent of the relationship. Evidence recommends public health practitioners and policy makers consider new public health strategies that focus on increasing understanding of food literacy in adolescence.

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