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Vohra, Divya; Rowan, Patricia; Hotchkiss, John; Lim, Kenneth; Lansdale, Aimee; O'Neil, So – Mathematica, 2021
In the 2020-2021 school year, many schools and districts around the country implemented routine COVID-19 testing to proactively detect cases among teachers, students, and staff and stop the spread of the virus. Such testing made it possible for many communities to gain the needed support from teachers and parents to reopen schools and resume…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Districts, Educational Environment
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Cleland, Charles M.; Deren, Sherry; Fuller, Crystal M.; Blaney, Shannon; McMahon, James M.; Tortu, Stephanie; Des Jarlais, Don C.; Vlahov, David – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
Effective January 1, 2001, New York State enacted the Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program (ESAP), allowing syringes to be sold in pharmacies without a prescription or dispensed through doctors, hospitals, and clinics to adults. A concern in the assessment of ESAP is its effects on syringe disposal practices. Syringe use data regarding…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Drug Use, Communicable Diseases, Demonstration Programs
Caliguro, Joseph F. – 1989
This catalog contains descriptions of the Health and Physical Education programs in the National Diffusion Network. These programs are available to school systems or other educational institutions for implementation in their classrooms. While all of the programs have been validated as effective by the U.S. Department of Education's Program…
Descriptors: Athletics, Demonstration Programs, Disease Control, Experimental Programs
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Grabau, John C.; And Others – Journal of the American Dental Association, 1978
Instruction in self-examination for early detection of orofacial cancer was given to more than 450 persons at the Erie County (New York) Fair to familiarize the public with the technique. Results of followup studies of participants and program experience suggest that it is feasible to implement the instruction on a large scale. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Cancer, Demonstration Programs, Dental Evaluation
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Coyle, Karin; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1996
The Safer Choices program, being tested in Texas and California, is a multicomponent program to change behaviors which lead to infection with HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy. Components include a School Health Promotion Council, curriculum and staff development activities, school environment activities implemented by peer…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Change, Contraception, Demonstration Programs
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1967
The report lists the 622 research and demonstration grants awarded by the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the period from July 1, 1966, to June 30, 1967. Each entry provides the title of the grant, the name and address of the grantee, the date the grant was awarded or the inclusive period for which the funds were made…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Demonstration Programs, Disease Control, Disease Incidence
Velasco Mondragon, Hector Eduardo; And Others – 1996
As the economic integration of Mexico and the United States intensifies, so does the cross-migration of labor forces. Subsequently, when migrant workers or their families become ill, health care is often disjointed and suboptimal. Binational health data exchange among providers of health care becomes essential. GUAPA (incorporating the first three…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Data Processing, Demonstration Programs, Disease Control