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Healy, Sean; Pacanowski, Carly; Kennedy, Lauren; Obrusnikova, Iva – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Personal beliefs and attitudes about body weight and body image are important determinants of weight management practices. To inform efforts to prevent and treat obesity among autistic adults, this study examined how autistic adults perceive weight management, body weight, and body image. Eleven adults participated in semi-structured interviews.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Attitudes
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Townsley, Matt; Waldron, Jennifer; Alborn-Yilek, Susan; Schares, Denise; Huckstadt, Kim; McNamara, Scott; Gute, Deeanne – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: A statewide 6-month school administrator health and wellness program encouraged participants to use a fitness tracker to self-monitor their physical activity and sleep patterns. The purpose of this study was to examine participants' experience in a school administrator health and wellness program and their perceptions of the impact on…
Descriptors: School Administration, Experience, Health Promotion, Wellness
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Gonzalez, Diana Peña; Villaire, Michael – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Healthy People 2030 has expressed the need for increased organizational health literacy. In order to support this growing effort, the Institute for Healthcare Advancement has developed 2 resources to help support health education professional development: (1) The Health Literacy Specialist Certificate Program as a rigorously designed professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Health Education, Health Promotion, Literacy
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Hoppe-Herfurth, Anne-Cathrin; Burkhardt, Birgit; John, Nancy; Bilz, Ludwig – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Teachers are exposed to many stressors. Compared to other occupational groups, they are more frequently affected by psychosomatic complaints. In recent decades, numerous prevention and intervention measures for promoting health have been developed and implemented for this target group. However, it remains unclear how the uptake of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Lamia, Tamara L.; Lowry, Garry F.; McLees, Anita W.; Frazier, Cassandra M.; Young, Andrea C. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2021
The flexibility federal block grants provide recipients poses challenges for evaluation. These challenges include aggregating data on wide-ranging activities grant recipients implement and the outcomes they achieve. In 2014, we began designing an evaluation to address the challenges of assessing outcomes and to improve outcome accountability for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Grants, Program Evaluation, Health Services
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Lee, Sunwoo – Educational Gerontology, 2021
Obtaining adequate information using digital technology or online communities has become more prevalent during the COIVD-19 pandemic. Therefore, understanding collected resources and information plays a significant role in the ability of older adults to cope with the adversities during the pandemic. On the one hand, older adults are exposed to…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Older Adults, COVID-19
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Spotswood, Fiona; Vihalemm, Triin; Uibu, Marko; Korp, Leene – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: In this study, the authors offer a practice theory framing of school physical activity transition with conceptual and managerial contributions to whole school approaches (WSAs). Design/methodology/approach: Based on a literature overview of the limitations of WSA, ecological and systems theorisation and a practice theory framing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Holistic Approach, Educational Practices
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Lunde, Hilde; Blaalid, Laila; Areskoug Josefsson, Kristina; Gerbild, Helle – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Norwegian social educator students' attitudes towards addressing sexual health are unknown, even if their future clients often have needs related to sexual issues. Purpose: To investigate social educator students' readiness to address sexual health in their future profession. Methods: In 2019, 213 social educator students (response…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Sex Education, Health Education
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Rismayanthi, Cerika; Sugiyanto; Kristiyanto, Agus; Doewes, Muchsin – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2022
Increasing age that helps everyone will lead to the elderly group being vulnerable to various activities because of the decline in physiological functions. On the other hand, the elderly have to be able to survive. In addition to the psychological aspects, aspects of muscle, cardiovascular, balance, and mobility are essential factors to support…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Physical Fitness, Health Promotion, Delphi Technique
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Thomas, Jafra D.; Kennedy, Winston; Cardinal, Bradley J. – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2022
To sensitize individuals, organizations, and communities to the sociostructural barriers individuals with disabilities face, Mace et al. (1997) advanced seven principles of universal design (as cited by the Center for Excellence in Universal Design, n.d.). Each principle provides guidance on how spaces, products, and services can be developed or…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Barriers, Athletics, Adults
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Ferriz, Roberto; Jiménez-Loaisa, Alejandro; González-Cutre, David; Romero-Elías, María; Beltrán-Carrillo, Vicente J. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: Adolescents' and parents' experiences within a multidimensional school-based physical activity intervention grounded on self-determination theory were explored. Method: Qualitative data from 29 adolescents (aged 15-17 years) and three parents on behalf of the total students' families were collected via participant observation (research…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Physical Activities
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Zhao, Xue; Lee, Rebecca E.; Ledoux, Tracey A.; Hoelscher, Deanna M.; McKenzie, Thomas L.; O'Connor, Daniel P. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: This study describes a method for harmonizing data collected with different tools to compute a rating of compliance with national recommendations for school physical activity (PA) and nutrition environments. Methods: We reviewed questionnaire items from 84 elementary schools that participated in the Childhood Obesity Research…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computation, Compliance (Legal)
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Yarimkaya, Erkan; Esentürk, Oguz Kaan – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Described as a global outbreak (pandemic) by the World Health Organization, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) raises great concern with more than 2 million infected patients worldwide. A series of measures are taken by governments worldwide to prevent the spread of the outbreak. As new cases increase, people are asked to stay at home. Active living…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Autism Spectrum Disorders, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Brianne A. Bruijns; Matthew Bourke; Tanya Nguyen; Patricia Tucker – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Early childhood educators (ECEs) greatly influence young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviors in childcare and psychosocial factors have been found to influence their teaching practices in this environment. This study sought to determine which personal and professional characteristics predicted ECEs' self-efficacy, behavioral…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Motion
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Jorge Gaete; Daniela Meza; Javiera Andaur; Samuel McKay; Jo Robinson; Daniel Nuñez – Prevention Science, 2025
Suicide prevention programs delivered in school settings have been shown to reduce suicide attempts and ideation among adolescents. School-based digital interventions targeting at-risk youth are a promising avenue for suicide prevention, and some evidence has shown that blending digital and face-to-face components may improve the effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Suicide, Prevention
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