International Electronic Journal of Health Education
2012 Volume 15, Number
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 5
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Online Discussion about Sexuality Education in Schools
James T. Broadbear & Barbara C. Broadbear
Sexuality education in schools continues to be a controversial issue although public debate has seemingly calmed in recent years. Dialogue about the value and purpose of sexuality education for... More
pp. 16-28
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Psychometric Evaluation of a Chinese Version of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in School Age Children
Malcolm Koo, Cameron D. Norman & Hsiao-Mei Chang
The eight-item eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) is a previously validated scale developed to assess consumers' combined knowledge, comfort, and perceived skills at finding, evaluating, and applying ... More
pp. 29-36
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Smartphone Technology and Apps: Rapidly Changing Health Promotion
Cynthia Kratzke & Carolyn Cox
Despite the increased availability of smartphones and health applications (apps), little is known about smartphone technology and apps for implementation in health promotion practice. Smartphones... More
pp. 72-82
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Twitter as a Tool to Warn Others about Sobriety Checkpoints: A Pilot Observational Study
Christopher M. Seitz, Muhsin Michael Orsini, Melodie Fearnow-Kenney, Kiki Hatzudis & David L. Wyrick
Anecdotal evidence suggests that young people use the website Twitter as a tool to warn drivers about the locations of sobriety checkpoints. Researchers investigated this claim by independently... More
pp. 112-119
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Mhealth on Campus: Assessing Undergraduates' Attitudes and Utilization of Mobile Health Applications
Melissa Haithcox-Dennis, Jason Brinkley, Alice Richman, Amanda DeWeese & James L. Byrd
Mhealth is rapidly becoming a valuable tool to increase knowledge and skills that contribute to healthy behaviors. Currently, little is known about college students' ownership and use of health... More
pp. 134-144
