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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Forewords -- Brief Look at the Offering of the Book -- Take Care -- and Be Well! -- Table of Contents -- Authors -- Publication Details of the Articles -- The Value and Implementation of Health Education -- Viewpoints to the Amplitude of Concepts -- Health Promotion -- Health Education and Counselling -- Health Education as a School Subject -- Health Skills -- Discussion: Challenges of Health Education -- References -- A Glance at the History of Health Education -- Health -- the First Prerequisite of the Joy of Life -- Roots Hark Back to the 17th Century -- How was the Teaching of Health Education Reasoned at the Beginning of the 20th Century? -- In the 1910s Gymnastic Teachers acted as Pioneers -- Looking for the Essence of Hygiene at the Turn of the 1910s and 1920s -- The State Regulations at the End of the 1930s -- School Hygiene and Integrity -- Nutrition and Responsibility on Focus in the 1960s -- Integrating Health Education in Other School Subjects in the 1970s -- The Turn of Millennia -- Conclusion -- References -- Health Capital and Health Literacy as the Fundamental Health Skills -- The Role of Health Capital in Health Promotion -- The Definition of Health and Health-related Research -- Theoretical Introduction on the Concept of Capital -- The Traditional Classification of Capital -- Social and Symbolic Capital -- Life Course Capitals -- Individual-level capitals -- Community-level capitals -- What is Health Capital? -- Criticism on Health Capital -- Discussion -- References -- The Concept of the Experience-Based Capital of Physical Exercise (ECPE) -- Research on Physical Exercise -- The Concept of Capital -- The Experience-Based Capital of Physical Exercise (ECPE) -- Theory -- Evaluating the Concept of the Experience-Based Capital of Physical Exercise -- Discussion -- References -- The Fourth Level of Health Literacy -- Method |
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Background of the Study -- The Data -- Results -- A New Level of Health Literacy: Holistic Health Literacy -- Tolerance -- Understanding of Culture as a Wide and Multidimensional Phenomenon -- Environmental Consciousness -- The State of the World and Criticism toward Western Countries -- Discussion of the Concept of Holistic Health Literacy -- Conclusion: How to Develop the School Subject of Health Education? -- References -- Educational Viewpoints to Health Promotion among Children and the Youth -- How to Use Positive Psychology to Beat Anorexia? -- Theoretical Framework -- Anorexia and Health -- Positive Psychology Provides a Positive Attitude toward Life -- Research Method, Data and Analysis -- Results -- Conclusions and Discussion -- References -- How to Overcome Bullying at School? -- Perspectives on Bullying -- Select Coping Theories -- Method -- Results -- Cognitive Coping Methods -- Social Coping Methods -- Emotional Coping Methods -- Creative Coping Methods -- Physiological Coping Methods -- Spiritual Coping Methods -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Expertise in Health Education -- Pupil Welfare Work in Finnish Schools -- What is Pupil Welfare? -- The Significance of Pupil Welfare -- Methods -- Results -- Differences in Teachers' Commitment to Pupil Welfare Work -- Differences in Teachers' Trust in Work Environment -- Conclusion: The Typology of Pupil Welfare Work -- Discussion -- Limitations -- Implications for School Health -- References -- How to Promote the Healthy Development of Human Resources in Children and Youth? -- Jungle of Concepts: The Connection between Human Resources and Positive Development and Health -- What is the Basis of Positive, Healthy Development? -- Positive Feelings -- Good Social Relationships -- Sufficient Self-Regulation and Self-Appreciation -- Self-Fulfillment through Action |
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The Cloudberry Figure of Human Resources and Holistic Positive Development -- Discussion: How to Enchance Children's and Youngster's Abilities to Find and Use their Resources -- References |
| Summary |
Health and healthy life styles are something that we all would like to induce in our youths and children. This book provides a new perspective for health education. It represents Finnish ideas and solutions of health education and provides analyses of health promotion. In today's world, health education is expected to offer holistic information and increase understanding about the communal and environmental health issues along with individual choices and concern over fellow humans. This book presents a multidimensional analysis starting from the history of health education to the most current innovative health concepts. The book also includes hands-on examples of health promotion at various education levels |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Health education -- Finland
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Health education.
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Health promotion.
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School health services.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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Health education
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Health promotion
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School health services
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Finland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Määttä, Kaarina, editor
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Uusiautti, Satu, editor
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| ISBN |
9783653040289 |
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3653040280 |
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