Mainstream understandings of health in New Zealand have primarily revolved around
Westernised white, middle-class viewpoints, emphasising individuality and personal …

Background Studies exploring adolescents' perception of health are still scarce in the
international literature. Through a qualitative analysis, this study aims to explore the core …

In this article, we discuss findings of an ethnographic exploring how Canadian youth frame
health within the context of their life situations. Seventy-one youth (12 to 19 years of age) …

Public health and health promotion agendas are usually determined by adults, even when
the 'target'population is children and young people. Adult‐centred frameworks for health …

Purpose–Research to date has identified young people's perspectives on a number of
health‐related topics such as smoking, alcohol, sexual health, physical activity and healthy …

Children's health has been a site for establishing normative expectations as to what
constitutes appropriate parenting and childhood behaviours. Because of the conflation …

Health promotion with young people has largely been framed by theories of behaviour
change to target 'unsafe','unhealthy'and/or 'risky'behaviours. These theories and models …

Using a cross-sectional qualitative design involving focus groups and interviews, we sought
to gain a more detailed understanding of adolescents' physical activity, eating habits and …

In the current neo-Liberal context, individuals are both required and expected to be
responsible for managing the health and wellbeing of their bodies (Moore 2010). A range of …

In 1998, 2,880 Year 4 and Year 8 students were monitored for a new curriculum combining
health education, physical education and aspects of home economics, which was …