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Direct linkJennifer E. DeVoe Ed.; Amy Geller Ed.; Yamrot Negussie Ed. – National Academies Press, 2019
Children are the foundation of the United States, and supporting them is a key component of building a successful future. However, millions of children face health inequities that compromise their development, well-being, and long-term outcomes, despite substantial scientific evidence about how those adversities contribute to poor health.…
Descriptors: Brain, Children, Child Health, Early Childhood Education
Download full textWhite, Howard; Saran, Ashrita – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
This research brief is one of a series of six briefs, which provide an overview of available evidence shown in the Campbell-UNICEF Mega-Map of the effectiveness of interventions to improve child well-being in low- and middle-income countries. Five of these briefs summarize evidence as mapped against the five goal areas of UNICEF's 2018-2021…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Strategic Planning, Children, Well Being
Högberg, Björn; Lindgren, Joakim; Johansson, Klara; Strandh, Mattias; Petersen, Solveig – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
Education reforms that entail increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, assessment and grading have spread across education systems in recent decades. Critics have argued that these policies could have consequences for stress, identity, self-esteem and the overall health of pupils. However, these potentially negative consequences have rarely been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Grading, Adolescents
Richardson, Brittany Paige; van der Linde, Jeannie; Pillay, Bhavani; Swanepoel, De Wet – Health Education Journal, 2021
Introduction: Inadequate caregiving conditions interfere with successful health and development outcomes. Access to appropriate information can result in improved health and development outcomes in children. Health promotion text messaging, a primary mHealth strategy, has been implemented in various countries to reach communities where the…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Access to Information, Access to Health Care
Lafave, Lynne; Webster, Alexis D.; McConnell, Ceilidh – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
Government guidelines for relaunching early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic have required the implementation of various practices to minimize the risk of infection transmission. These directives include recommendations regarding serving and handling food, shared spaces, and physical distancing which have a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Early Childhood Education, Disease Control
Lohr, Abby M; Krause, Keegan C.; McClelland, D. Jean; Van Gorden, Noah; Gerald, Lynn B; Del Casino, Vincent; Wilkinson-Lee, Ada; Carvajal, Scott C. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2021
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has five competencies: relationship skills, responsible decision-making, self-awareness, social awareness, and self-management. A promising practice to promote positive SEL is school garden programming. There is a need to understand how school gardens impact SEL by consolidating existing research. In this…
Descriptors: Gardening, Social Emotional Learning, Educational Environment, Decision Making
Jacksonville Public Education Fund, 2021
Social emotional learning has become a top priority for public education. In response to growing understanding of the importance of mental health, educators have implemented significant measures to help children in crisis and explicitly teach skills to manage emotions in the classroom. Duval County (FL) Public Schools (DCPS) began its first mental…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Emotional Response, Self Control, Mental Health
Brockman, Tabetha A.; Sim, Leslie A.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Bronars, Carrie A.; Meiers, Sonja J.; Tolleson, Ellen; Ridgeway, Jennifer L.; Asiedu, Gladys B.; Hanza, Marcelo M.; Olson, Molly A.; Slowiak, Kathleen A.; Weis, Jennifer A.; Patten, Christi A.; Clark, Matthew M.; Millerbernd, Jodi; Sia, Irene G.; Wieland, Mark L. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Youth Programs, After School Programs, Body Height
Worrell, Allyson; Hushman, Glenn; Gaudreault, Karen L.; Mallett, Laura; Hushman, Carolyn – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
Research has shown that students who are healthier and have access to opportunities for physical activity may achieve improved academic achievement. However, challenges with classroom and behavior management can be disruptive to learning opportunities in physical education classes. A combination of a comprehensive school physical activity program…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Academic Achievement, Stress Variables
Gyllencreutz, Lina; Rolfsman, Ewa; Frånberg, Gun-Marie; Saveman, Britt-Inger – Education 3-13, 2020
Approximately 36,000 Swedish children seek medical care annually because of injuries during school time. The purpose of this field study is to investigate risky outdoor play at the school yard and to describe teachers' perceptions of risk and safety in relation to learning and development. The study includes observations of children (6-12 years…
Descriptors: Injuries, Risk, Play, Outdoor Education
Cheung, Nicole W. T. – Youth & Society, 2020
Although gender has become a key dimension in migration research, previous scholarship has largely focused on adult rather than child migrants. Even less attention has been paid to the role of gender in migration-related child health. By comparing rural migrant and urban-born adolescents in the largest city in south China, this study assessed…
Descriptors: Child Health, Gender Differences, Role, Rural Areas
Kinkead-Clark, Zoyah; Burns, Sheron; Abdul-Majied, Sabeerah – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2020
The vast majority of the islands in the Anglophone Caribbean ratified the Convention of the Rights of the Child shortly after its adoption by the United Nations in 1989. In this piece, we examine how the articulation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in the Caribbean has shaped early childhood care and education. We note that though…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Rights, International Law, Foreign Countries
Ruggieri, Dominique G.; Bass, Sarah Bauerle; Alhajji, Mohammed; Gordon, Thomas F. – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
Half of U.S. states measure students' body mass index (BMI), with many communicating that information to parents through a "BMI report card" or notification letter. School nurses are usually responsible for implementing these programs and communicating results to parents. The purpose of this study was to understand parents' perceptions…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Body Composition, Screening Tests, School Nurses
Heinrich, Carolyn; Hernández, Mónica; Shero, Mason – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023
Interior immigration enforcement in the U.S. has rapidly increased over the past two decades, including increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and the revival of workplace raids under the Trump administration. We contribute to the body of research that aims to better understand the consequences of immigration enforcement for…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Law Enforcement, Public Policy, Undocumented Immigrants
Tareena Musaddiq; Farah Said – Grantee Submission, 2023
In 2004, the government of Punjab, Pakistan introduced a conditional cash assistance program for girls attending secondary schools. We exploit variations in exposure to the program across cohorts and regions to estimate the long run effects of the program on women's marriage and fertility decisions, maternal healthcare utilization and the health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Access to Education, Secondary School Students
