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Staurowsky, Ellen J.; Watanabe, Nicholas; Cooper, Joseph; Cooky, Cheryl; Lough, Nancy; Paule-Koba, Amanda; Pharr, Jennifer; Williams, Sarah; Cummings, Sarah; Issokson-Silver, Karen; Snyder, Marjorie – Women's Sports Foundation, 2020
This report examines the state of girls' and women's sport in the United States through a broad lens, looking at the triumphs, the challenges, and the tremendous opportunities that are yet to be realized. The areas of focus include sport participation opportunities for girls and women; the benefits of sport participation for girls and women; the…
Descriptors: Females, Athletics, Athletes, Student Participation
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Irby-Shasanmi, Amy; Oberlin, Kathleen C.; Saunders, Tiffani N. – Teaching Sociology, 2012
This article describes and evaluates an activity designed to demonstrate how biological factors (e.g., genetics), individual-level behaviors (e.g., smoking), and social factors (e.g., socioeconomic status) shape health status and access to health care. Active learning techniques were utilized to introduce the sociological imagination as it…
Descriptors: Social Class, Access to Health Care, Active Learning, Genetics
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Levitt, Dana Heller – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2006
The author surveyed counselor education programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs regarding the importance placed on eating disorders in counselor preparation and how they may be addressed. Most respondents valued the topic, and most did include or would consider including eating disorders…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Counseling, Counselor Training, Graduate Study