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Direct linkEmily Ferrell; Jennifer Marshall; Henrietta Bada; Russell S. Kirby – Journal of Early Intervention, 2025
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a public health issue that affected more than 2% of live births in Kentucky in 2017. We analyzed data from Kentucky's early intervention (EI) program and the mandatory statewide NAS registry to learn more about how families of children with NAS utilize EI services. Out of 1,113 children in the study, 32% were…
Descriptors: Public Health, Neonates, Early Intervention, State Programs
Panos Vostanis; Sadiyya Haffejee; Anita Mwanda; Michelle O'Reilly – Youth & Society, 2025
Globally, youth have high rates of unmet mental health needs, especially in Majority World contexts. Youth themselves are well positioned to engage their peer group in mental health provision. The aim of this study was to explore how peer educators could co-produce and deliver mental health promotion in resource-constrained South Africa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Health Promotion, Youth Programs
India D. Rose; Colleen Murray; Anne Marie Hodges; Hedda Dyer; Sharonda Wallace – Journal of School Nursing, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major disruptor to school systems across the United States since March 2020. As a result, school nurses have had to adapt to these uncertain times. Previous research has demonstrated the impact of school nurses on student health; however, less is known about their role in educating the broader school community…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Role, COVID-19, Pandemics
Steven A. Towers; Nigussie B. Gemechu; Nitasha C. Nagaraj; Megan M. Landry; Patrick Beane; Gary A. Sardon Jr.; Emily C. Weiss; Cindy M. Liu; Daniel E. Park; Maliha Aziz; Lynn R. Goldman; Amita N. Vyas; Karen A. McDonnell; Amanda D. Castel – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The George Washington University (GW) in Washington, D.C., USA established the Public Health Laboratory and Campus COVID-19 Support Team (CCST) to develop and implement its SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing and outbreak response for the 2020-2021 academic year. Participants and Methods: Approximately 4,000 GW members had access to campus…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Private Colleges, College Students, Disease Control
Deepa L. Sekhar; Eric W. Schaefer; Alicia M. Hoke; Perri Rosen; Roberta A. Chuzie; Dana M. Milakovic – Journal of School Health, 2024
Introduction: Pennsylvania's Student Assistance Program (SAP) began in the mid-1980s to address student barriers to academic success. SAP teams, groups of trained school and community professionals, review referrals, and connect students to services. State leadership conducts an annual SAP team survey, but capacity to evaluate data and affect…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Services, Referral, Community Information Services
Bohee So; Ki Han Kwon – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Skin symptoms (such as itching from mask use) pose public health concerns with potential repercussions, even after the pandemic. Purpose: This study used an extensive literature review to explore the factors of wearing masks that tended to impair skin health during the pandemic and to identify prevention protocols for potential skin…
Descriptors: Human Body, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Pandemics, COVID-19
H. Bowles; B. C. Clift; G. Wiltshire – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
In Spring 2020, the UK Government announced the cessation of in-person teaching for the vast majority of school-aged children in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prompting an accelerated shift towards digital learning across the curriculum, this announcement was accompanied by a rise in market-based solutions to address the problem of keeping…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Change, COVID-19, Pandemics
Christopher O'Donnell; Katherine Brownlee; Elise Martin; Joe Suyama; Steve Albert; Steven Anderson; Sai Bhatte; Kenyon Bonner; Chad Burton; Micaela Corn; Heather Eng; Bethany Flage; Jay Frerotte; Goundappa K. Balasubramani; Catherine Haggerty; Joel Haight; Lee H. Harrison; Amy Hartman; Thomas Hitter; Wendy C. King; Kate Ledger; Jane W. Marsh; Margaret C. McDonald; Bethany Miga; Kimberly Moses; Anne Newman; Meg Ringler; Mark Roberts; Theresa Sax; Anantha Shekhar; Matthew Sterne; Tyler Tenney; Marian Vanek; Alan Wells; Sally Wenzel; John Williams – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: A small percentage of universities and colleges conducted mass SARS-CoV-2 testing. However, universal testing is resource-intensive, strains national testing capacity, and false negative tests can encourage unsafe behaviors. Participants: A large urban university campus. Methods: Virus control centered on three pillars: mitigation,…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control
Alison C. McLeish; Joy L. Hart; Lindsey A. Wood; Kandi L. Walker – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The current study examined group differences in college students' views on e-cigarettes in terms of safety, popularity, health risks, social acceptability, efficacy as a cessation aid, and promoting combustible cigarette use. Participants: 337 undergraduates (M[subscript age] = 20.84, SD = 3.79; 72.1% female; 68.5% White) divided into…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Smoking, Health Behavior, Safety
Michael Stellefson; Izzy Boyd; Sarah Flora; Olivia Campbell; Adam Knowlden – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) "Learn About Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)" YouTube playlist educates the public on diagnosing, treating, and managing COPD. Despite its potential benefits, it is unknown if users with inadequate health literacy will likely understand and apply the…
Descriptors: Diseases, Health Education, Information Dissemination, Knowledge Level
Rebekah S. Halmo; Jennifer M. Putney; Cali-Ryan R. Collin – Journal of Social Work Education, 2024
Social workers can help advance public health through increased acceptability of harm reduction principles and practices. This study evaluated Master of Social Work students' attitudes towards harm reduction before and after a substance use and social work practice course and assessed differences in students' attitude outcomes across multiple…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworker Approach, Substance Abuse, Intervention
Maria Cristina Murano – Research Ethics, 2024
Over the last three quarters of a century, international guidelines and regulations have undergone significant changes in how children are problematised as participants in biomedical research. While early guidelines enacted children as vulnerable subjects with diminished autonomy and in need of special protection, beginning in the early 2000s,…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Research Methodology, Public Health, Guidelines
Marissa Muñoz; Oscar J. Muñoz – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
We offer this case study as an example of the important work that often happens quietly, and without grants or public recognition, and that only rarely appears in academic literature, and reflect to theorize our practices (Stepney & Thompson, 2021), making space for culturally relevant and impactful research practices by moving from practice…
Descriptors: Ethics, Capacity Building, College Programs, Item Response Theory
Download full textLauren M. Sherk; Melissa MacKay; Jennifer E. McWhirter; Andrew Papadopoulos – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Global public health events such as the COVID-19 pandemic create public awareness of the need for skilled public health graduates and public health graduate programs. Core Competencies for Public Health are tools that can guide graduate-level public health programs to ensure students are receiving the appropriate knowledge, tools and skills…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Education, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Nicholas D. Myers; Ahnalee M. Brincks; Seungmin Lee – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2024
Physical activity promotion is a best buy for public health because it has the potential to help individuals feel better, sleep better, and perform daily tasks more easily, in addition to providing disease prevention benefits. There is strong evidence that individual-level theory-based behavioral interventions are effective for increasing physical…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Public Health
