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Direct linkCooper, Emily; Chen, Gina; Godsell, Sarah; Verlander, Neville Q.; Thacker, Amy; Eley, Charlotte V.; Demirjian, Alicia – Health Education Journal, 2022
Background: Evidence indicates that tailored educational resources such as e-Bug in schools can improve students' knowledge of infection prevention. This study aimed to (1) understand the feasibility of using soap use data as a proxy for measuring student handwashing behaviours and (2) refine a study method that could be implemented by local…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Behavior, Hygiene, Elementary School Students
Winnie Lourdes Zambrana Orozco – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for enhanced outbreak preparedness against viruses. Key elements to this preparedness are robust disease surveillance systems and effective interventions to minimize disease transmission. While individual clinical testing is the conventional disease surveillance approach, environmental…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Intervention, Prevention
Teti, Michelle; David, Ifeolu; Myroniuk, Tyler W.; Schatz, Enid – Health Education Journal, 2022
Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the diseases it causes remain a public health threat. Data describing health education campaigns for COVID-19 on university and college campuses are lacking, however. Purpose: This study explored college students' experiences of a USA campus COVID-19 campaign…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Hygiene
Hall, LaShonda L.; Thomas, Ebony S.; Mahon, Garrett; Rose, Charles E.; Harwell, Osizwe R. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Universal masking, with additional layered prevention strategies, was an essential tool for limiting the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and ensuring a safe return to in-person learning for kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) students and staff. Few studies have examined mask adherence in this setting and none have described types of…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Disease Control, Clothing, COVID-19
Sebong, Perigrinus Hermin; Tjitradinata, Cynthia; Goldman, Roberta E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To explore the risk perceptions and COVID-19 prevention practices of dormitory residents in Indonesia. Participants: Nineteen dormitory residents, 3 staff and 1 dormitory manager were recruited from the Saint Theresa Avila student dormitory. Methods: This qualitative study used individual interviews and framework analysis. Results:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Prevention
Download full textCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024
The general science of infection prevention and control can be applied to and adapted for a variety of settings, including kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12). Strategies can be implemented in the classroom and whole school environment to prevent a wide array of illnesses caused by both bacteria and viruses. This science brief presents findings…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Disease Control, Communicable Diseases, Prevention
Hebert, Edward; Hickey, Sabrina – Education, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about significant changes for college students, teacher education programs, and K-12 schools. During the Spring 2020 semester, universities and K-12 schools cancelled campus activities and moved all instruction online, followed by attempts to re-open with varied instructional modes and precautionary strategies. The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Attitudes
Denny, Thomas N.; Andrews, Laura; Bonsignori, Mattia; Cavanaugh, Kyle; Datto, Michael B.; Deckard, Anastasia; DeMarco, Todd; DeNaeyer, Nicole; Epling, Carol A.; Gurley, Thaddeus; Haase, Steven B.; Hallberg, Chloe; Harer, John; Kneifel, Charles L.; Lee, Mark J.; Louzao, Raul; Moody, M. Anthony; Moore, Zack; Polage, Christopher R.; Puglin, Jamie; Spotts, P. Hunter; Vaughn, John A.; Wolfe, Cameron R. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020
In fall 2020, Duke University's COVID-19 prevention strategy included risk reduction behaviors, frequent testing using pooled SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testing, and contact tracing. Among 10,265 students who received testing 68,913 times, 84 had positive results. One half of infections were asymptomatic, and some had high viral loads.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Screening Tests, Disease Control
Fianko, Joseph Richmond; Gawu, Josephine Akosua – Health Education Research, 2020
Hand washing is effective for the prevention and transmission of pathogens but washing with water only is not effective at reducing contamination. The study focussed on the evaluation of hand washing behaviour in Basic schools (Primary and Junior High Schools) in Ghana. Results of the study revealed that 75% of responding schools have hand washing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Hygiene
Vilme, Helene; Akin-Odanye, Elizabeth O.; Sauls, Derrick L.; De Leon, Jessica; Paul, Christopher; Brown Speights, Joedrecka S.; White-Means, Shelley; Amissah, Felix; Ndip, Roland N.; Dokurugu, Yussif M.; Bosworth, Hayden B.; Avorgbedor, Forgive; López, Ivette A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: The practice of preventive health behaviors, such as regular handwashing, use of hand sanitizers, wearing facemasks in public, and maintaining safe physical distance can help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Purpose: This study aimed to understand factors that influence university students' COVID-19 preventive behaviors by…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Health Behavior
Guidry, Jeanine P. D.; O'Donnell, Nicole H.; Austin, Lucinda L.; Coman, Ioana A.; Adams, Jay; Perrin, Paul B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread around the world, and since currently no treatments that are safe and effective for large groups of people nor a vaccine are available, the best way to prevent the illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus causing it. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive effects of both…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
Abbas, Kiran; Nawaz, S. Muhammad A.; Amin, Nazish; Soomro, Fareena M.; Abid, Kanza; Ahmed, Moiz; Sayeed, Khalid A.; Ghazanfar, Shamas; Qureshi, Noorulain – Health Education Research, 2020
Proper training on the preventive measures against COVID-19 among health-care workers is crucial for mitigating the spread of viral infection. The present study evaluated the efficacy of a brief web-based module on the practice of hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette among respective health-care workers. A comparative study was conducted with a…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Education
Eley, Charlotte V.; Young, Vicki L.; Hayes, Catherine V.; McNulty, Cliodna A. M. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2019
e-Bug, an international educational resource for educators to teach children about hygiene and antibiotics, developed free e-Learning for educators to increase knowledge about e-Bug and develop skills to optimise use. Educators completed an online evaluation survey after completing the e-Learning. Quantitative data were analysed using Microsoft…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Communicable Diseases, Hygiene, Drug Therapy
Karibeeran, Sathyamurthi; Ramaswamy, Lakshmi Devi – Online Submission, 2020
Youth is a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood's independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. National Youth Policy (2014) pointed out youth as the age group of 15-29 years, which constitutes 27.5 percents of population. Young people are healthy, more than that 1.8 million young people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, COVID-19, Pandemics
Kentucky Department of Education, 2020
Returning to school during a global pandemic brings a new level of anxiety for everyone involved. Even though most children are very resilient to COVID-19, many parents/guardians have valid concerns that the student could carry the virus home to vulnerable family members or others living in the home. The decision to return to school is dependent…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Decision Making, School Safety
