Responding to this necessity, some social work scholars have drawn on Pierre Bourdieu’s meta-theory to explain social injustice and guide anti-oppressive practice. Social workers are compelled to respond to societal issues such as these but need theories to make sense of disparities in lived experience and life outcomes. Amidst environmental decline, growing disparities in wealth and social dislocation, a minority of the world’s population ironically prosper while the silent majority struggle to maintain basic standards of economic and social well-being. The world continues to lurch from crisis to crisis. Key words: health, health education, matriculation examination, general upper secondary education. This decade sets special challenges to health education in schools, and therefore, it is important to listen to the youth‘s opinions and perceptions of health in order to, for example, develop curriculum planning. According to the findings, it seemed evident that health education as a subject should be further developed so that it supports youngsters’ health appreciation and ability to make health-promoting choices in life. They disapproved especially those who consciously neglect their health. According to the results, students recognized people’s responsibility for their own health. The data was analyzed through qualitative content analysis. The research approach was phenomenological-hermeneutic. 81 candidates for the spring 2007 matriculation examination and 60 candidates for the fall 2007 matriculation examination participated in this research altogether 141 candidates. The essays covered altogether eight questions about health education. The sample of the research consisted of 611 essays that were the test answers in health education in 2007. The purpose of this research was to study general upper secondary education students’ health knowledge and perceptions of health by analyzing their answers concerning the subject of health education in the general studies battery of tests in the Finnish matriculation examination. Youngsters’ health is widely studied from various points of view but a holistic approach to health has been minimal. It is important for strategies to be developed in mental and family health areas. Our findings could be useful for developing interventions to promote health in order to improve college students' well-being. All the regression models were statistically significant and explained from 16% of the well-being in Year 4 students until 34% of the well-being in Year 1 students. Family communication and social support from friends were the factors that associated the most with better well-being. Well-being was inversely related to family communication problems. The students in the last year of university reported higher well-being scores in comparison with students in the previous years. Logistical regression models were tested (p < 0.05). A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1679 university students aged 18-25 years from four universities in Spain. The aim of this study was to determine well-being and its relationship to social support from friends and family communication in university students. The paper adapts a “social determinants of health” model to explore the data, and concludes by suggesting that while “social capital” may be a useful tool with which to explore social context and social processes, a rights-based framework could also be a valuable way of addressing health inequalities and quality-of-life issues for this age group. The sample comprised 101 boys and girls in two age bands: 12–13 year olds and 14–15 year olds, with a significant proportion from minority ethnic groups.

The research was carried out in two schools in relatively deprived wards in a town in South East England.

The research used qualitative methods to explore 12–15 year olds' subjective experiences of their neighbourhoods, their quality of life, the nature of their social networks, and their participation in their communities.

This paper discusses some of the health implications of data produced in the course of a research project that explored the usefulness of the concept of “social capital” in relation to the health and well-being of children.

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