2016),"Lessons in building capacity in sexuality education using the health promoting school framework: From planning to implementation", Health Education, Vol. 116 Iss 2 pp. 138-153 http:// dx.(2016),"The relation of socio-ecological factors to adolescents' health-related behaviour: A literature Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emeraldsrm:464745 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -Health education that integrates community participation is essential for malaria control. However, children's participation is not generally as active as that of adults, thus turning children into recipients, as opposed to partners in malaria control. The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of how children can transform from mere recipients to active partners in malaria control efforts, by exploring the implementation of a school health education program in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach -A qualitative multi-case study involving six schools where the health education program was implemented was undertaken, using six focus group discussions with 72 school children and respondent interviews with 14 teachers and district health promotion staff. Findings -Children acted as health messengers, offered peer support and engaged in environmental management to minimize mosquito breeding. The benefits of the school malaria program included increasing access to malaria information, boosting malaria knowledge, improving children's self-esteem and their skill as health educators. However, implementation was undermined by hostility from adults, inadequate time and tight school schedules, which should be addressed in future malaria programs. Practical implications -The findings suggest that children can play an important role in malaria programs. Therefore, programs should be sufficiently structured to facilitate children's participation. Practitioners should be encouraged to be conscious of the applicability of the health promoting school approach to malaria control. Originality/value -This research facilitated a more comprehensive understanding of the role children can play in malaria control, thus providing a basis for their involvement in malaria pro...

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African countries are experiencing an upsurge in the use of new information communication technologies, particularly the mobile phone. Such technologies have accelerated the use of social media platforms, such as Facebook, as tools for information dissemination on all aspects of life. Despite their widely acknowledged role in accelerating access to information, the health sector in developing countries has been reluctant to adopt social media platforms to communicate health. Through in-depth interviews, this paper explores experiences of selected health promoting organisations in Uganda of using Facebook to connect people to health. Understanding opportunities and constraints to using social media platforms in communicating health as argued from the communicative affordances approach can potentially improve health outcomes through augmenting not just access to health information but care as well. Our findings show that among others, Facebook provides opportunity for multimedia communication and specific targeting for health messages. Its potential for health communication is however constrained by financial, structural and technological limitations prevailing in organizations. We recommend that instead of overlooking social media as tools for health information dissemination, focus should be directed to addressing barriers to their effective utilisation.

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