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Pinho, Micaela; Pinto Borges, Ana – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
This article aims to investigate to what extent health care professionals in Portugal find health-related behaviors relevant as a criterion to priority setting, to study what type of risk behavior they consider relevant in such decisions and to compare their views with those of laypersons. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from a…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Health Services, Health Behavior, Patients
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Günal, Ayla; Bumin, Gonca; Huri, Meral – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2019
Autistic children have problems in cognitive and motor skills areas. This study investigated the effects of motor and cognitive problems on daily living activities and quality of life in autistic children. Thirty-two autistic children were included in the study. Thirty typically developing children were selected as the control group. The Bruininks…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Motor Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Gordon, Chivaugn; Mitchell, Veronica – Education as Change, 2019
The wellbeing of sexual and gender minorities (SGM) is undermined by widespread homophobia that extends to health systems, and is exacerbated by medical curricula under-representing the health needs of this key population group. In 2012, under the auspices of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cape Town in South…
Descriptors: Rewards, Risk, Minority Group Students, Social Bias
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Yingling, Marissa E.; Bell, Bethany A.; Hock, Robert M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Health coverage of early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) for children with autism spectrum disorder is expanding. Yet there is no longitudinal research on patterns of or inequities in utilization of EIBI. We integrated state administrative records with Medicaid and Census data for children enrolled in an EIBI Medicaid waiver (N = 730) to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Longitudinal Studies
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Bruce, Elizabeth R. – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2019
This analysis examines South Africa's "Policy and Strategic Framework on HIV and AIDS for Higher Education." According to the Foreword by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, it is addressed towards "all" at higher education institutions, including students, university management, and other role players, for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), School Policy
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Taylor, Shanon S.; Bingham, Ann; Vega, Sara A. – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2019
We will discuss how we found evidence of courtesy stigma in a early case study and through those parental interviews, determined that siblings have an important story of their own to share. The issues surrounding courtesy stigma are that the family members of the child with an E/BD feel diminished and de-valued by the very professionals that…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Mental Disorders, Parent Child Relationship, Case Studies
Sobel, Kiley – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2019
What do we know about immersive media--virtual, augmented, mixed, and cross realities (VR, AR, MR, and XR)--and young children? So far, designers, developers, and media producers have been focusing on creating hardware, software, and content for and conducting studies with adolescents and adults--but children find these technologies incredibly…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Young Children, Child Development
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2019
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is the nation's first nutrition education program and remains at the forefront of educational efforts to reduce nutrition insecurity of low-income families and youth today. Funded by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), EFNEP supports program participants' efforts…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Foods Instruction, Nutrition, Food
McMullan, Crissie; Lucas, Erin; Pokawa, Hindolo – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Child- and family-serving programs in community-based settings wield tremendous power for improving the lives of infants and toddlers. In this article, three authors, from Ohio, Montana, and Sierra Leone, describe the principles of adaptive leadership and will share their real-world applications. Their stories explore critical questions for…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Innovation, Infants, Toddlers
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Porta, Carolyn M.; Mann, Erin M.; Amiri, Rohina; Avery, Melissa D.; Azim, Sheba; Conway-Klaassen, Janice M.; Golzareh, Parvin; Joya, Mahdawi; Mwikarago, Emil Ivan; Nejabi, Mohammad Bashir; Olejniczak, Megan; Radhakrishnan, Raghu; Tengera, Olive; Thomas, Manuel S.; Weinkauf, Julia L.; Wiesner, Stephen M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Despite ongoing insecurity, Afghanistan has demonstrated improvement in health outcomes. Reasons for this success include a strategic public-private health service delivery model and investment in Afghan health care workforce development. Afghan universities have the primary responsibility for ensuring that an adequate health care workforce is…
Descriptors: Health Services, Public Health, Delivery Systems, Labor Force Development
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Bailey, John – Education Next, 2020
In this article John Bailey discusses how schools can successfully reopen following the COVID-19 pandemic. Bailey asserts that the rethinking of schooling that was forced by the pandemic can serve as an opportunity to introduce some long-overdue reforms and improvements to better serve students, particularly students of color. The task is not…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Safety
Freeman, Jennifer; Sugai, George; Goodman, Steve; Flannery, Brigid; Sears, Sandra – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2020
For students to learn, they must be present and engaged in school. As a result, absenteeism is a concern for all schools. Poor attendance is associated with a host of negative short- and long-term outcomes, such as academic failure, disengagement, leaving school, and problem behaviors in school and community. Despite the challenges, evidence…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, At Risk Students, Behavior Modification, Positive Behavior Supports
Moore, Kristin Anderson; Paschall, Katherine; Pina, Gabriel; Anderson, Samantha – Child Trends, 2020
Because families are the first nurturers and educators of their children, it is helpful for policymakers and other stakeholders to understand how family characteristics, the activities in which families engage, and their neighborhood circumstances are associated with preschool children's health and readiness for learning. The analyses presented in…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Neighborhoods
Margolius, Max; Doyle Lynch, Alicia; Pufall Jones, Elizabeth; Hynes, Michelle – America's Promise Alliance, 2020
The novel virus caused by COVID-19 has disrupted life across the country and led to nationwide school closures. In the midst of this disruption and uncertainty, young people, teachers, parents, and other youth-serving professionals are working in new and creative ways to support young people's education. In the interest of understanding how young…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Public Health, Disease Incidence, Crisis Management
UnidosUS, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on Latino children's health and learning. This fact sheet examines the specific impact on Latino children's well-being and ability to learn and provides steps to keep children healthy and ready for school.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Hispanic Americans, Children
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