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Sanna Fjellström; Jessica Hölttä; Anna Nordström; Eva Flygare Wallén; Marie Lund Ohlsson; Elisabeth Hansen – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are less physically active and suffer from ill-health more than the general population. Support staff play an important role in the person's life. This study aimed to explore the support staff's experiences regarding the feasibility of adapted web-based exercise for people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, Web Based Instruction
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2024
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), the nation's first federal nutrition education program for low-income families and youths, remains at the forefront of providing nutrition education to improve the lives of historically underserved populations. EFNEP contributes to food and nutrition security as program families and youths…
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Low Income Groups, Nutrition Instruction
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Patrick Filipe Conway; Kathy Chau Rohn – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
Colleges and universities have recently focused more attention on incorporating high-impact practices into their curricula, often under the auspices of the potential benefits such practices have for developmental growth and student success (Lange & Stewart, 2019). Outdoor adventure education represents an experiential practice where students…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Experiential Learning
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Chia-Kuei Lee; Li-Ling Liao – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Most people start experimenting with and/or initiating health-compromising behaviors and establishing behavioral patterns during adolescence. Possible selves and episodic future thinking have been used to foster behavioral changes. In this study, we aimed to: (1) develop a program incorporating possible selves and episodic future thinking to…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Intervention, Prevention, Health Behavior
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Martha J. Decker; Abigail Gutmann-Gonzalez; Melissa Saphir; Ngoc Tram Nguyen; Qi Zhi; Claire D. Brindis – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Background: Most health and developmental issues affecting young people are interrelated. However, few interventions address multiple behavioral domains simultaneously or are based on theories that encompass a holistic perspective of youth development. Aim: The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and describe the range of theory-based,…
Descriptors: Health Education, Intervention, Health Behavior, Sexuality
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E. B. Gross; Shanna K. Kattari; Monique Steel; Rachelle Wilcox; Susan Ernst; Diana Parrish – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
To date, little research has focused on transgender and gender diverse (TGD) college students' experiences with health services; most of the literature around TGD health focuses on barriers to care. During the 2021-22 academic year, a collective of researchers, university health service providers, and transgender/gender diverse community members…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Sexuality, Student Diversity, College Students
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Kristen M. Van Swearingen; Nora E. Noel – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Disordered eating and problematic alcohol use may negatively impact women's health, and the two issues frequently occur together. We assessed the interaction between negative urgency and disordered eating variables on binge drinking frequency. We also examined impulsivity facets in relation to binge eating, purging, and restrictive…
Descriptors: Females, Conceptual Tempo, Eating Disorders, Alcohol Abuse
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Abigail Post; Larissa Brunner Huber – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2024
Cyberbullying is a serious problem, and research on associations between different types of interpersonal violence and cyberbullying victimization is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine how the frequency of physical dating violence (PDV), sexual dating violence (SDV), and forced sexual intercourse (FSI) is associated with…
Descriptors: Bullying, Dating (Social), Computer Mediated Communication, Gender Differences
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Nicolai Topstad Borgen; Dan Olweus; Kyrre Breivik; Lars Johannessen Kirkebøen; Mona Elin Solberg; Ivar Frønes; Donna Cross; Oddbjørn Raaum – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2024
Several meta-analyses have demonstrated that bullying prevention programs are successful in reducing bullying. However, scant research addresses if and how such anti-bullying efforts affect long-term internalizing health problems and even less on later use of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. This study explores how the school-based Olweus…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intervention, Drug Therapy, Drug Use
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Daniel Shattuck; Rachel Sebastian; Kim Zamarin; Susan Acosta; Mary M. Ramos – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
School nurses are critical components of school-based interdisciplinary teams supporting student behavioral health. The purpose of the present study is to understand the extent to which school nurses in New Mexico across grade levels manage emergencies related to behavioral health, violence, and trauma. The study also seeks to identify which…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Role, Crisis Management, Mental Disorders
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Bassam Hamam; Sanaa Khandaqji; Samer Sakr; Ali Ghaddar – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study aims to assess addiction to social media among university students and to explore the association of addiction to social media with academic performance. Methods: A random sample of 997 university students filled in a self-administered questionnaire using Google form (response rate 81%). The questionnaire adopted a validated…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Health Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Maria N. Moylan; Jessica L. Fales; Cathy A. Grover – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: While many are aware of the benefits of exercise, there has been a decline in participation across all ages, with dramatic declines during adolescence/young adulthood. This study aimed to determine whether hope, body-esteem, and motivation to exercise contribute to exercise behavior among college students. Participants: Undergraduates…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Esteem, Psychological Patterns, Human Body
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Rebecca Smith; Lucy Bryant; Bronwyn Hemsley – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: A recent literature review identified that past research has described the impacts of dysphagia on quality of life; but there is limited research on these impacts from the perspective of people with dysphagia, their supporters and allied health professionals. Recent qualitative research has provided details about these perspectives,…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Eating Disorders, Quality of Life, Attitudes
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Mee Young Um; Arati Maleku; Hanna Haran; Youn Kyoung Kim; Mansoo Yu; Sung Seek Moon – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examined associations among discrimination, mask-wearing behavior, and self-harming thoughts among international students in the United States during COVID-19. Participants: Undergraduate and graduate international students enrolled in universities during the 2020 summer semester participated in the online survey (N = 103).…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Hygiene
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Julie Prud'homme; Marlise K. Hofer; Megan E. Ames; Brianna J. Turner – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To compare the prevalence and trajectories of risky health behaviors in sexual minority (SM; lesbian/gay/bisexual/questioning/asexual) versus heterosexual undergraduates across their first year of post-secondary. Participants: First-year undergraduates (N = 704, M[subscript age] = 17.97 years, 24% SM) from a midsized Canadian…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, College Freshmen, LGBTQ People
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