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Recent blog posts on the SHEU website

Schools health survey: what are young people really like? DavidMcG Mon, 2012-05-14 11:15 In 1977, John Balding began the Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU) and started SHEU school surveys. John wanted to find ways of assessing young people's behaviours and give useful health-related behaviour profiles to education and health colleagues. In 2012, read about recent SHEU surveys in ... Wiltshire Cambridgeshire Read more...	Probably the quintessential health and wellbeing research archive DavidMcG Wed, 2012-05-09 16:32 Latest health and wellbeing research about 11-16 year olds with over 50 links including ... "Should young people be paid for chlamydia screening?" ... and ... "Is there an association between exposure to images of alcohol use in movies and binge drinking among adolescents?" One satisfied user of the SHEU research emails has said, "I am very impressed with the content of the research news. Thank you very much indeed." Health Improvement Officer. Read more...
Risk assessment DrDave Tue, 2012-05-01 15:23 Why did I get into the field of health education? Lots of reasons, surely, but here is one. Read more...	Physical activity, exercise and academic achievement DavidMcG Fri, 2012-04-27 16:22 "... with improved physical fitness there was no adverse effect on academic achievement" In response to questions about research into physical activity and academic achievement SHEU's latest list of Internet links should help you find the answers you seek. Please follow this link: Physical activity, academic attainment and achievement Read more...
Wiltshire's happier and healthier young people DavidMcG Fri, 2012-04-20 10:41 Thanks to our colleague Nick Bolton for this link about Wiltshire's young people published in the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Results from surveys by the Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU) show that Wiltshire's young people have much healthier lifestyles and higher rates of self esteem compared to the national average. Carolyn Godfrey, Corporate Director of Wiltshire Council, said: "This survey shows how the health of our children and young people is improving and the work of schools and partners is key to this." Read more...	Sources of information and support for young people DrDave Tue, 2012-04-10 13:46 @ncbtweets conclude from their survey of 263 young people: young people (are) more likely to turn to parents (62%) for health advice than internet (47%) over a quarter (28%) of young people feel uncomfortable visiting GP over health issues http://ncb.org.uk/news/young-people-shun-celebrities-preferring-to-get-h... These very much fit in with our findings over many years, for example, from our 2010 figures: Read more...
'Tackling underage drinking' article from the latest E&H journal DavidMcG Mon, 2012-03-12 16:24 Education and Health (E&H) has been published by SHEU since 1983. E&H is now an open access online journal and the latest issue is available. Current articles: Schools-based health interventions : Tackling underage drinking : A New Approach to Tobacco Education : Adolescent online gaming addiction : Food: Now and Then To read the latest issue please click here Read more...	Guidance from the PSHE Association DrDave Wed, 2012-03-07 17:10 I had a brisk and positive chat with Nick Boddington on the phone this morning, during which he gently reminded me of the existence of some documents that the PSHE Association have developed about the place of PSHE under the new OFSTED inspection arrangements. I am happy to share with readers: Guidance around new Ofsted inspection arrangements (from January 2012) which is one of the latest of the Association's free resources: Read more...
SHEU data - Up to 81% of 10-11 yr olds said they won't smoke when they are older but ... DavidMcG Wed, 2012-02-29 17:04 Young People's Health and Wellbeing The majority of Year 6 pupils said they 'don't think they will smoke when they are older'. This comes from 81% of girls and 74% of boys in a sample of over 8000 10-11 year olds. By the time they were in Year 10 (14-15 year olds), the number who had 'never smoked' was 54% of girls and 61% of boys. Read more...	Youngsters eat more veg less crisps DavidMcG Wed, 2012-02-15 10:23 A new report from SHEU, Food: Now and Then, shows a declining trend (1987-2010) of youngsters who report eating crisps (also seen in other research) and a rising trend (1999-2010) of youngsters who report eating vegetables. Follow the link for more details Food: Now and Then Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU): Nationally-recognised since 1977 The specialist provider of reliable local survey data for schools and colleges Read more...