scholarly journals Corrigendum: Reviewing School Uniform Through a Public Health Lens: Evidence About the Impacts of School Uniform on Education and Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Reidy
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
School Uniform

scholarly journals Reviewing School Uniform through a Public Health Lens: Evidence about the Impacts of School Uniform on Education and Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Reidy
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
School Uniforms ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
The Status ◽  
School Uniform ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
New Perspective

This study uses a public health lens to review evidence about the impacts of wearing a school uniform on students’ health and educational outcomes. It also reviews the underlying rationales for school uniform use, exploring historical reasons for uniform use, as well as how questions of equity, human rights, and the status of children as a vulnerable group are played out in debates over school uniforms. The literature identified indicates that uniforms have no direct impact on academic performance, yet directly impact physical and psychological health. Girls, ethnic and religious minorities, gender-diverse students and poorer students suffer harm disproportionately from poorly designed uniform policies and garments that do not suit their physical and socio-cultural needs. Paradoxically, for some students, uniform creates a barrier to education that it was originally instituted to remedy. The article shows that public health offers a new perspective on and contribution to debates and rationales for school uniform use. This review lays out the research landscape on school uniform and highlights areas for further research.

scholarly journals Public health education and health system needs in Pakistan: a mixed methods study

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (09) ◽  
pp. 813-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fazal Zeeshan ◽  
Usman Raza ◽  
Saeed Anwar ◽  
Durdana Khan ◽  
Aamir Abbas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Education And Health

scholarly journals Understanding health education, health promotion and public health

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kitty R. Van Teijlingen ◽  
Bhimsen Devkota ◽  
Flora Douglas ◽  
Padam Simkhada ◽  
Edwin R. Van Teijlingen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
World Health ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Theoretical Overview

Across the globe, there can be confusion about the difference between the concepts of health education, health promotion and, often also, public health. This confusion does not limit itself to the individual terms but also to how these terms relate to each other. Some use terms such as health education and health promotion interchangeably; others see them clearly as different concepts. In this theoretical overview paper, we have first of all outlined our understanding of these individual terms. We suggest how the five principles of health promotion as outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1984) fit into Tannahill’s (2009) model of three overlapping areas: (a) health education; (b) prevention of ill health; and (c) health protection. Our schematic overview places health education within health promotion and health promotion itself in the center of the overarching disciplines of education and public health. We hope our representation helps reduce confusion among all those interested in our discipline, including students, educators, journalists, practitioners, policymakers, politicians, and researchers.

scholarly journals Discourses in Interaction: The intersection of literacy and health research internationally

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Green ◽  
Joseph Lo Bianco ◽  
Johanna Wyn
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Education And Health

Literacy and health are deeply influential in social participation, utilisation of social resources and quality of life. This paper discusses interacting discourses and common conceptual points shared by the adult literacy and public health fields and situates how the sub-field at the intersection of these two domains, known as ‘health literacy’, is constructed and enacted. Emerging approaches that recognise the convergence of education and health within international policy, research and in practice are articulated. The paper argues a case for re-thinking the literacy-health connection from a cross-sectoral perspective and for more effective approaches furthering the interests of both life-long learning and wellbeing. 

The role of the veterinarian in the education and health of pre-school children

1991 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl M.E. McCrindle
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Clinical Treatment ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Animal Management ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Care Counselling

Two surveys conducted in pre-schools (n=156) located in advantaged areas and disadvantaged areas in Pretoria, indicated that animals had social and psychological as well as educational value for pre-school children. All schools (n=156) utilised animals in some way for the education of pre-school children. Nineteen of the pre-schools in advantaged areas kept animals permanently at the school. All of these schools utilised the zoo. Only 3 of the schools in disadvantaged areas (n=106) were able to keep animals permanently on the premises although 69 would have liked to keep animals and 77 of the schools visited the zoo at least once a year. Limiting factors included lack of finances and facilities, lack of knowledge on animal management and anxiety about zoonoses. No cases of zoonotic disease in children were recorded. The species of animals utilised at the pre-schools differed from those found most commonly as household pets. Pre-schools favoured rodents, fish and birds rather than carnivores.The role of the veterinarian may include clinical treatment of the animals from the pre-school, advice on management and zoonosis prevention, pet-care counselling, communication with children and their parents in the consulting room, public health aspects and promotion of environmental education.

War and the Public Health Disaster in Iraq

2019 ◽  
pp. 111-136
Author(s):  
Scott Harding ◽  
Kathryn Libal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Targeted Violence ◽  
Systemic Health

This chapter addresses the systemic health and social consequences of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. The war and subsequent destabilization of Iraqi society represent a continuation of structural violence against Iraqis initiated in the 1990s via economic sanctions. US military operations, and subsequent ethnic cleansing and other targeted violence by Iraqis, undermined local communities, created widespread suffering, and produced a significant human toll. While violence remains pervasive in Iraq, it accounts for only one aspect of a broader public health disaster. The conflict led to the “sectarianization” of public services, including healthcare, a brain drain of health professionals and educators, and the disintegration of one of the best healthcare systems in the Middle East. The deterioration of education and health systems, and more than two decades of forced migration of Iraqis to other countries, impede its long-term stability and reconstruction.

scholarly journals Trends in coverage of hygiene and disease prevention topics across national curriculum frameworks for primary science, physical education, and health

Prospects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Morrish ◽  
Marc Neesam
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Intended Curriculum ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Curriculum Frameworks ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe response to the Covid-19 pandemic raises a question about the role of national curriculum frameworks in acquiring and applying knowledge about hygiene and prevention of disease. For curriculum designers, this means determining what children of different ages should learn about these topics and how they should develop and apply this knowledge. Curriculum designers must do so amid trends towards reducing curriculum content and transitioning to competency-based curricula with transversal elements. Arguments can be made for placing health literacy competences, knowledge, and skills across the intended curriculum for science, physical education, and health. These are different disciplines with different models of knowledge, learning, and progression. This exploratory study looks at the placement of public health-related content in a selection of recently reformed, competency-based national curriculum frameworks from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Australasia. From these examples, it highlights risks and opportunities for incorporating public health messages into the intended curriculum.

scholarly journals A Case Report of Formative and Summative Evaluations of a Graduate Course on Foundations of Health Promotion for Masters of Public Health Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Southern Us ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Skill Building

Development of foundational skills among masters of public health (MPH) students is challenging with regard to the mastery of delivering health education and health promotion methods.  In this case report we documented the conceptualization details and results from the formative and summative evaluations of one foundational course on health promotion implemented at a Southern US University. The course was based on the constructs of a fourth generation framework of multi-theory-model (MTM) of health behavior change that aimed at helping the students to acquire the behaviors needed for imparting the health education and health promotion methods  in the real world settings. In formative evaluation, a qualitative assessment is used, whereas, in the summative evaluation both qualitative and quantitative approaches are applied. We used a SWOT framework to conduct this study. Some of the documented strengths of the course included practical applications, interactive learning, and good use of the Canvas platform, group work, and skill building activities. The weaknesses of the course were the difficult nature of the subject and the fact that some presented methods were not clear. Some suggested opportunities for future offerings included having better environmental props, more online participation, and guest speakers. Some threats identified by the students were decrease of enrolment and possible reduction of face-to-face interactions due to online offerings. Overall, the instructor was successful in imparting skills pertaining to the methods for conducting health promotion within public health. The skill building activities and assignments elaborated in this course can be freely replicated for enhancing the learning acumen of MPH students around the world. This case report forms the basis for critical reflection among educators entrusted with designing such courses.   Keywords: Public Health, Health Behavior, Health Education, Health Promotion

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