Relatively little emphasis has been placed on identifying health promotion research and program priorities for the older age group. A one-day conference culminating in an interactive session was organised to engage health service professionals in a process to identify such priorities in Western Australia. Physical activity social isolation, mental health and medications were deemed issues warra...

introduction: increasing numbers of chronic patients who need permanent support and staff members who are exposed to daily psychological stress highlight the need for hospitals which consider health promotion programs as a key service. health promotion program was introduced by the world health organization (who) in 1990 and has ever since been implemented by many countries throughout the world...

health education in schools is one of the most effective ways of promoting health in a society. studies have shown the effectiveness of health interventions aimed at improving students' knowledge, attitude, and behaviors about health issues. the aim of this study was to evaluate health issues in primary school textbooks in iran.in school year 2010-2011, the contents of all primary school textbo...

The present research explored whether visualising engaging in a health behaviour resulted in increased intentions to engage in that behaviour, when combined with an informational health message. Further, the effects of the visual perspective (first-person vs. third-person) used to visualise the health behaviour were explored. In an online questionnaire study employing a 2 × 3 between-participan...

OBJECTIVES University teachers in China are expected to suffer serious occupational stress due to the expanding enrollment in universities without a proportional increase in teacher resources and the fact that all promotions for university teachers are determined based on not only teaching but also the outcome of scientific research. This study was designed to assess the occupational stress amo...

Risk of blood borne virus among injecting drug users is high and is a significant challenge for public health efforts. Mindlessness/mindfulness theory provides an alternative lens through which to understand social phenomena. Interview transcripts of 32 current and former injectors were explored for evidence of mindless injecting (or automatic behaviour). Mindlessness in injecting practices can...

The need for greater attention to mental health promotion and the prevention of mental disorders in South Africa is highlighted by the cycle of poverty and mental ill-health, the potential for social gains, the question of affordability of treatment in the face of the increasing burden of mental disorders, and the limitations of existing treatment methods. This article, which provides a desk re...

HERE IS A great deal of factual information on the correlation between leisure/leisure activities and on the promotion and maintenance of physical health, but relatively little on their relationships with mental health. This is probably because physical health is relatively easy to define, whereas mental health is a much more abstract and subjective concept, implying causes and risk factors tha...

conclusions attribution retraining improved mental health in the epileptic children in our study. it, therefore, seems to be an appropriate intervention for promoting the mental health of children. results the findings showed that the experimental group, in comparison with the control group, experienced a reduction in physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, and depression a...