Informing brain health behaviour choices: the efficacy of a high-school brain awareness pilot study Broadbent, J, Sitka, N, Macfarlane, S, McGillivray, J and Tye, S 2014, Informing brain health behaviour choices: the efficacy of a high-school brain awareness pilot study, British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 755-767. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads broadbent-informingbrainhealth-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 965.88KB 53 Title Informing brain health behaviour choices: the efficacy of a high-school brain awareness pilot study Author(s) Broadbent, J orcid.org/0000-0003-4045-2039 Sitka, N Macfarlane, S orcid.org/0000-0002-8904-8945 McGillivray, J orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-6488 Tye, S Journal name British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science Volume number 4 Issue number 6 Start page 755 End page 767 Total pages 13 Publisher Sciencedomain International Place of publication West Bengal, India Publication date 2014 ISSN 2278-0998 Keyword(s) brain health neuro-education neuroscience education Summary Aims: Lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise significantly impact mental wellbeing and this is particularly so during the period of adolescence. The aim of the current study was to determine whether neuroscience concepts could be introduced to the classroom in a manner that improved high school student awareness of how health behaviour choices impact brain health.  Study Design: This study was a quantitative study that measured 47 assertions relating to brain health and neuroscience pre and post an interactive seminar. Place and Duration of Study: A Victorian high school in Geelong, Australia. Participation in the seminar took approximately 100 minutes, including time to complete the questionnaires. Methodology: The current study trialed a ‘Brain Basics’ educational program in a Victorian high-school. The neuro-educative interactive seminar was presented to 48female year 11 students. The level of student understanding, interest and enjoyment was assessed prior to and following an interactive seminar. Results: Student understanding of brain health significantly improved in 31 out of 47 questionnaire items and interest and enjoyment were highly rated. Conclusion: This supports the notion that basic neuroscience concepts can be introduced into Victorian schools to increase brain health awareness of our youth during this criticaltime of brain development. Language eng Field of Research 170103 Educational Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30061589 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 15 Mar 2014, 10:41:52 EST Sat, 15 Mar 2014, 10:44:38 EST Mon, 17 Mar 2014, 08:49:36 EST Mon, 17 Mar 2014, 11:02:43 EST Wed, 19 Mar 2014, 13:04:32 EST Wed, 19 Mar 2014, 13:14:39 EST Wed, 19 Mar 2014, 13:19:52 EST Wed, 19 Mar 2014, 13:23:43 EST Wed, 19 Mar 2014, 15:01:36 EST Wed, 19 Mar 2014, 15:02:36 EST Thu, 20 Mar 2014, 07:29:49 EST Tue, 01 Apr 2014, 09:42:50 EST Thu, 28 Aug 2014, 07:38:19 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 12:39:59 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 12:19:23 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 11:25:10 EST Tue, 06 Feb 2018, 10:02:33 EST Thu, 22 Feb 2018, 12:21:30 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 18:14:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 493 Abstract Views, 53 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sat, 15 Mar 2014, 10:41:27 EST by Jaclyn Broadbent

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