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Direct linkNaomi Schwartz; Theresa Poon; David Hammond; Erin Hobin – Health Education Research, 2024
This study investigated whether noticing cannabis education campaigns was associated with increased cannabis risk perceptions in Canada's three territories following non-medical cannabis legalization. Data were from the Cannabis Policy Study in the Territories, including 2452 participants, age [greater than or equal to]16 years residing in Yukon,…
Descriptors: Public Health, Marijuana, Risk, Foreign Countries
Weems, Carl F.; McCurdy, Bethany H.; Scozzafava, Mikaela D.; Pina, Armando A.; Varela, R. Enrique – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
This systematic review synthesizes studies that used experimental designs to evaluate techniques theorized to foster the development of antiracism among youth in school settings (19 published reports; 23 independent studies; participant ages 3-19 years old, primarily White). Our goal herein was to identify unique program components, design…
Descriptors: Racism, Children, Adolescents, Whites
Iris Menu; Lanxin Ji; Tanya Bhatia; Mark Duffy; Cassandra L. Hendrix; Moriah E. Thomason – Child Development, 2025
Preterm birth poses a major public health challenge, with significant and heterogeneous developmental impacts. Latent profile analysis was applied to the National Institutes of Health Toolbox performance of 1891 healthy prematurely born children from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study (970 boys, 921 girls; 10.00 ± 0.61 years;…
Descriptors: Child Development, Premature Infants, Cognitive Development, Scores
Nisar, Faiza; Zeb, Sadaf; Oosterhoff, Benjamin; Ahmed, Shaf – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: Community attachments are thought to promote adolescents' engagement in public health behaviors. To date, past research has exclusively examined the social benefits of community attachments among adolescents in the United States and less is known about these benefits among youth in low-income adolescent-dense countries such as…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Health
Young-Shin Lee; Hee-Jin Jun; Kyeongra Yang; Kim Moreno – Health Education Journal, 2024
Purpose: To explore factors influencing compliance with COVID-19 recommended preventive behaviours focusing on types of information sources about COVID-19, learning about disinfectant use and constructs of the Health Belief Model among adolescents at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive design. Setting: A survey…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Health, Guidelines
Lorraine M. Smith; Lindsey Boehm; Lyndsey V. Strang; Chelsea DeMarre; Diane Marcyjanik – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
There is a public health epidemic in adolescents' use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDSs), also known as electronic cigarettes, vaping products, or JUULs. However, little is known about the level of knowledge school staff have about ENDS. The purpose of this study is to examine outcomes of a nurse-led educational intervention designed…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Education, Health Behavior, Prevention
Lauren Cross; Emma Carey; Simon Benham-Clarke; Alex Hartley; Franki Mathews; Anne-Marie Burn; Tamsin Newlove-Delgado; Tamsin Ford – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic brought abrupt changes and disruption to the lives of children and young people. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews to explore how participants navigated national lockdowns (including school closures), social restrictions, and the reintegration back into pre-pandemic routines. Twenty children, young people…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Health, School Closing
Joshi, Deepa S.; Lebrun-Harris, Lydie A.; Shaw, Esther; Pilkey, Diane; Collier, Abby; Kinsman, Sara – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Schools are essential public health partners for safeguarding students' health. Child Death Review (CDR) is one public health activity where collaboration with schools is integral for developing strategies to prevent child death but the degree of collaboration is unknown. This study assessed school participation in CDR and the…
Descriptors: Public Health, Child Health, Death, Prevention
Lim, Willone; Lau, Bee Theng; Islam, Fakir M. Amirul – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Cyberbullying is widely acknowledged as a serious public health problem affecting adolescents and youth. Numerous digital and non-digital interventions have been developed to minimize cyberbullying occurrences considering the negative social and psychological effects of cyberbullying on youths' development. Therefore, to gain deeper insight into…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Early Intervention, Educational Environment
Download full textMarjolein E. A. Barendse; Jessica Flannery; Caitlin Cavanagh; Melissa Aristizabal; Stephen P. Becker; Estelle Berger; Rosanna Breaux; Nicole Campione-Barr; Jessica A. Church; Eveline A. Crone; Ronald E. Dahl; Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary; Melissa R. Dvorsky; Sarah L. Dziura; Suzanne van de Groep; Tiffany C. Ho; Sarah E. Killoren; Joshua M. Langberg; Tyler L. Larguinho; Lucía Magis-Weinberg; Kalina J. Michalska; Jordan L. Mullins; Hanna Nadel; Blaire M. Porter; Mitchell J. Prinstein; Elizabeth Redcay; Amanda J. Rose; Wendy M. Rote; Amy K. Roy; Sophie W. Sweijen; Eva H. Telzer; Giana I. Teresi; April Gile Thomas; Jennifer H. Pfeifer – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study aimed to examine changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before to during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of 1,339 adolescents (9-18 years old, 59% female) from three countries. We also examined if age, race/ethnicity, disease burden, or strictness of government restrictions moderated change in…
Descriptors: Change, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Vallone, Donna M.; Perks, Siobhan N.; Pitzer, Lindsay; Liu, Michael; Kreslake, Jennifer M.; Rath, Jessica M.; Hair, Elizabeth C. – Health Education Research, 2021
Mass media campaigns are an effective population-level intervention for preventing tobacco use. However, little evidence exists for whether these campaigns similarly influence demographic subgroups. This study examined the effects of the truth® campaign to reduce tobacco use among demographic subgroups. We used data from a national, continuous,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Smoking, Public Health, Health Behavior
Cuesta-Zigorraga, Amaia; Arrue, Marta; Labaka, Ainitze – Journal of School Health, 2023
BACKGROUND: Adolescents are more susceptible than originally thought to COVID-19, and they could play a significant role in community transmission. We aim to evaluate a health education program on students' declarative knowledge and risk awareness concerning COVID-19-related public health recommendations. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pre-post…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Health Education, Public Health, Knowledge Level
Mshigeni, Salome K.; Rittenhouse, Annie; Gwanzura, Tendai; Arroyo, Rebecca; Vaughn, Caitlin – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: E-cigarette use has increased rapidly in the past decade despite studies showing their negative health outcomes. There is limited knowledge on the characteristics of users and possible interventions. Purpose: This study presents the demographic characteristics of e-cigarette users in California, propose tailored interventions, and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Electronic Equipment, Health Behavior, Public Policy
Thomson, Sue – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2021
The most recent OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey enables educators, policy makers and the wider community to compare Australian students with each other, as well as with their counterparts across the world. PISA measures the extent to which 15-year-old students near the end of compulsory education have acquired the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, World Affairs, Climate, Change
A. Denche-Zamorano; M. Mendoza-Muñoz; S. Barrios-Fernández; C. Galán-Arroyo; J. C. Adsuar; J. y Rojo-Ramos – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Suicide is a global mental health problem. In recent years, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicides have increased in children and adolescents. In this population, cyberbullying is a public health problem that has grown along the increase in use of devices with internet access. Cybervictimization is related to negative health effects,…
Descriptors: Suicide, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Mental Health
