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Hou, Su-I; Pereira, Vince – Journal of Experiential Education, 2017
This study piloted a service-learning assessment suite to measure students' perceived self-efficacy on program development and implementation competencies (Service-Learning Self-Efficacy on Program Development and Implementation [SL-SEPDI]), Service-Learning Belief Inventory (SLBI), and an Overall Service-Learning Self-Efficacy on Program…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Development, Program Implementation, Measures (Individuals)
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Leask, Calum F.; Sandlund, Marlene; Skelton, Dawn A.; Chastin, Sebastien F. M. – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: The increasing health care costs associated with an ageing population and chronic disease burden are largely attributable to modifiable lifestyle factors that are complex and vary between individuals and settings. Traditional approaches to promoting healthy lifestyles have so far had limited success. Recently, co-creating public health…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Public Health, Health Promotion, Intervention
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Browne, Geoffrey R.; Davern, Melanie; Giles-Corti, Billie – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2017
Victorian local governments (LGs) are required to develop evidence-based Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans (MPHWPs) that improve health and wellbeing. This study evaluated the implementation of this requirement across 79 LGs. Evidence in 116 documents was categorised by source, issue, and policy specificity. Over 11,000…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Municipalities, Health Programs, Health Promotion
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Currin, Joseph M.; Hubach, Randolph D.; Durham, André R.; Kavanaugh, Katherine E.; Vineyard, Zachary; Croff, Julie M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
The information shared in schools on sex education in the USA is highly variable depending on the state and sometimes city in which a student lives. Gay and bisexual students living in a socially conservative, primarily rural state such as Oklahoma often receive little information about sexual health information that pertains to their behaviours…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Homosexuality, Semi Structured Interviews, Males
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Kahn, Peter; Everington, Lucy; Kelm, Kathleen; Reid, Iain; Watkins, Francine – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
It is important to develop understanding of what underpins the engagement of students in online learning environments. This article reports on a multiple case study that explored student engagement in a set of postgraduate degrees offered on a fully online basis. The study was based on a theorization of student engagement as the exercise of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Educational Environment
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Yaeger, Jeffrey P.; Moreno, Megan A. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of longitudinally reporting age at first drink (AFD), and to test AFD and setting of first drink (SFD) as predictors of collegiate problem drinking. Participants: 338 first-year college students were interviewed multiple times during their first academic year, from May 2011…
Descriptors: Role, Drinking, Age Differences, Alcohol Abuse
Kraus, Lewis – Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire, 2017
The "2016 Disability Statistics Annual Report" presents statistics to address the following types of questions: (1) How many people with disabilities live in the United States; (2) What is the percentage of people with disabilities in different age groups; (3) What is the percentage of people with disabilities for different types of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Disabilities, Statistical Data, Federal Programs
Kanimodo, Folasade – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Sexually Transmitted Infections have resulted in millions of dollars being spent by the public in health care costs. Sexually transmitted infections continue to remain a public health concern among young adults. Youth are more susceptible to overlooking the consequences of promiscuous sexual behavior. Promiscuous behaviors include multi partners,…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Public Health, Sexuality, At Risk Persons
Van Laere, Katrien; Sharmahd, Nima; Lazzari, Arianna; Serapioni, Martino; Brajkovic, Sanja; Engdahl, Ingrid; Heimgaertner, Henriette; Lambert, Liesbeth; Hulpia, Hester – European Commission, 2021
This report explores the different ways in which European Union (EU) Member States (MS) have attempted to ensure high-quality ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) for children and families in the era of COVID-19. The rationale for the report builds on the Conclusions of the European Council concerning the fight against COVID-19 in education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Early Childhood Education
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Campbell, Kathryn Peltier; Cheah, Ban; Fasules, Megan L.; Gulish, Artem; Quinn, Michael C.; Sablan, Jenna R.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff; Barrese, Sarah – Postsecondary Value Commission, 2021
In this report, we present the results of a thought experiment in which we estimated the potential costs and benefits to society of achieving equality in educational attainment and related workforce outcomes by race/ethnicity, class, and gender. We conducted this thought experiment to clarify the role that education can play in reducing…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Ethnicity
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Campbell, Kathryn Peltier; Cheah, Ban; Fasules, Megan L.; Gulish, Artem; Quinn, Michael C.; Sablan, Jenna R.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff; Barrese, Sarah – Postsecondary Value Commission, 2021
Many Americans would agree that all people should have equal educational opportunity and equal pay for equal work. And yet, inequality in postsecondary education access, college completion, and post-college outcomes such as wages stubbornly persists, along with the impression that achieving equal outcomes would be too expensive and would take too…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Ethnicity
Tinubu Ali, Titilayo; Herrera, Mirel – Southern Education Foundation, 2020
Government officials are taking swift public health actions to slow the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of March, statewide school closures affected 55.1 million K-12 public school students across the country. While school closures affect all students, students from underserved communities feel this impact even greater. Data on…
Descriptors: Public Health, Disease Control, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
National Education Association, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the schools, the economy, and the nation's families, exacerbating racial inequities and placing a disproportionate burden on communities of color throughout the country. While physically opening schools at the beginning of the 2020--2021 school year is the goal of most districts, the…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Prevention, Educational Facilities
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Awofeso, Niyi; Hassan, Moustafa; Hamidi, Samer – Open Learning, 2016
This case study provides evidence-based suggestions for the use of Question and Answer discussion forums for improving quality and assessment of online learning. General online discussion forums are accessible at any time to all subscribers, making it possible for some learners to update, concur with or paraphrase discussions posted earlier by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Public Health, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Messner, Marcus; Medina-Messner, Vivian; Guidry, Jeanine – Communication Teacher, 2016
Course description: An undergraduate open online course used Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to explore global health issues and designed social media campaigns for nonprofit clients. Social media platforms were used as teaching as well as learning platforms to allow students to explore their real life applications in global health contexts.
Descriptors: Public Health, Undergraduate Study, Online Courses, Social Media
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