Introduction - Health education worldwide: the state of the art in 1989 1. Health education in the Netherlands - AN OVERVIEW 2. Non-smoking: your choice, a Dutch smoking prevention programme - A CASE STUDY 3. Health education in Denmark: a puzzle without a picture - AN OVERVIEW 4. The Danish government Home Economics Council's school campaign 1986 to 1987 'You become what you get to eat' - A CASE STUDY 5. A transition from health education to health promotion - AN OVERVIEW 6. North Western Health Board of the Republic of Ireland: lifes kills programme for schools - A CASE STUDY 7. Health education in Spain - AN OVERVIEW 8: Programme for the eradication of the habit of smoking at the University School of Nursing in Oviedo, Spain-A CASE STUDY 9. Health education in Chile - AN OVERVIEW 10. The organization of health education in the Nuble health service, Chile - A CASE STUDY 11. Health education in Jamaica - AN OVERVIEW 12. A participatory and intersectoral approach to community development: the Deeside community project, St Catherine, Jamaica - A CASE STUDY 13. Health education in Canada -AN OVERVIEW 14. Research findings lead to improvements in health education for Canadian youth-A CASE STUDY 15. Health education in Australia: seven queens - AN OVERVIEW 16. Course development in health education and promotion - A CASE STUDY 17. Health education in Kenya - AN OVERVIEW 18. Insights on health education: AMREF's experience - A CASE STUDY 19. Ibadan comfort stations: an experiment in environmental sanitation health education - A CASE STUDY 20. Health education: instrument for a health orientated culture? an Italian experience - A CASE STUDY 21. Norwegians, as fit as fiddles? A CASE STUDY 22. Health education in Finland - AN OVERVIEW 23· Health education in Wales - AN OVERVIEW 24. From theory into practice -lose weight Wales - A CASE STUDY 25. Health education in England - AN OVERVIEW 26. Involving parents in health education - A CASE STUDY 27. Survey methods as a stimulus to health education in schools - A CASE STUDY28. Health education in Scotland - AN OVERVIEW 29. Drug education: an integrated strategy in Scotland - A CASE STUDY