Gender-diverse students face many barriers and stressors that contribute to suicidal behavior. This article reviews the risks and protective factors for youth suicide among gender-diverse youth and describes school practices that may promote protective factors. Although many school psychologists may be limited by laws and regulations that…

Background/purpose: This study aims to develop and assess the effectiveness of a sexual harassment handling model through the "Courageous Campus" campaign, which is based on educational outreach in higher education institutions in Medan city. The urgency of this campaign is underscored by the increasing cases of sexual harassment in the…

Introduction: Bullying and cyberbullying undermine the identity of the young people who suffer them. This multidimensional phenomenon takes place within the peer group, in different interaction settings, outside the classroom contexts. It also presents various risk factors related to leisure spaces and activities, which in many cases have a high…

The research aims to develop scientific and pedagogical recommendations for improving the educational training of social workers during their higher education in the context of implementing lifelong learning. According to the authors, one of the main professionally significant qualities of a social worker is their stress management competence. The…

This study delves into school heads' perspectives regarding microaggressions in eight diverse school environments. The term 'microaggressions' may be unfamiliar to many, as it pertains to the subtle verbal and nonverbal offensive behaviors of students or adults in classroom settings or outside the classroom. Despite the potential impact of these…

Background: Firearm violence is the leading cause of death among US children and adolescents, and school nurses are increasingly recognized as key partners in prevention efforts. While school nurses are uniquely positioned to counsel on firearm safety, existing training curricula often lack content tailored to their specific roles and settings.…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently leading an industrial revolution in most aspects of human life, and education is no exception. With the increasing ratio of students to faculty, AI could be an extremely beneficial tool for individual mentoring; for example, for cases of dropout and for student retention. While many models have already…

The current work introduces the concept of AI-trap questions as a tool for maintaining academic integrity in online courses. AI-trap questions are assessment tools designed to detect cheating by exploiting generative AI's tendency to provide answers that are common rather than context-specific. This paper explores theoretical perspectives of…

Public health campaigns have the potential to correct vaping misperceptions. However, campaigns highlighting vaping harms to youth may increase misperceptions that vaping is equally/more harmful than smoking. Vaping campaigns have been implemented in the United States and Canada since 2018 and in England since 2017 but with differing focus: youth…

Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death for adolescents, and school connectedness is a potential, modifiable protective factor for suicide. We sought to examine if school connectedness protected against suicide among high school students and if potential moderators affected the relationship between school connectedness and suicide.…

This paper investigates the student dropout phenomenon in a technical Italian university from a time-to-event perspective. Shared frailty Cox time-dependent models are applied to analyse the careers of students enrolled in different engineering programs with the aim of identifying the determinants of student dropout through time, predicting the…

Hazing is a growing concern in US middle schools, high schools, and colleges. As more is understood about the complex phenomenon, so are strategies to prevent its occurrence and the cultures supporting it. This article reviews and critiques prevention strategies in four case studies set in high school, college, and student organization settings. A…

This paper explores the issue of harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) presented by young people, advocating a preventative approach through an increased focus on primary education. The definition of HSB, contributing factors and recent prevalence among young people is discussed. Much of the research and policies explored relate directly to England and…

The primary objective of this doctor of nursing practice (DNP) project was to educate staff on urinary tract infection (UTI) prevention. A gap in practice was identified among nursing staff at an assisted-living facility who lacked current, evidence-based knowledge. This project was conducted to determine whether educating staff on UTI prevention…

Narratives have been widely acknowledged as a powerful persuasion tool in health promotion and education. Recently, great efforts have been devoted to identifying message components and causal pathways that maximize a narrative's persuasion power. Specifically, we investigated how narrator point of view and readers' subjective relative risk…