Foundations for a healthy future

Health promotion activities with children and young people are important as they take messages about health seriously and can be influential in spreading messages about healthy living to their friends and families. Child health professionals have an important role to play in passing on messages of p...

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Published in:Journal of child health care 1998, Vol.2 (1), p.20-24
Main Authors: Riley, R, Green, J, Willis, S, Soden, E, Rushby, C, Postle, D, Wakeling, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Health Services - organization & administration
Asthma - prevention & control
Child
Child Health Services - organization & administration
Female
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Humans
Male
Mass Screening - organization & administration
Nursing
Peer Group
Sex Education - organization & administration
Testicular Neoplasms - diagnosis
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Summary:Health promotion activities with children and young people are important as they take messages about health seriously and can be influential in spreading messages about healthy living to their friends and families. Child health professionals have an important role to play in passing on messages of positive health to children and young people. Peer education is a useful way of passing on messages about health to young people. This article shares examples of three health promotion projects with children in a community trust, looking at asthma, sex education and testicular examination.
ISSN:1367-4935