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Brendalynn Lieberman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Introduction: Sexual health education is crucial in reducing the burden of STIs among young adults. Comprehensive sexuality education can lead to positive risk reduction outcomes, such as delayed initiation of sex, a decreased number of sexual partners and frequency of sex, and increased use of contraceptives. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Sex Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Kristina M. Angelo; Kaitlyn Ciampaglio; Julie Richards; Anjali Silva; Catherine Ebelke; Gerard T. Flaherty; Gary Brunette; Sarah Kohl – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
Background: Knowledge of specific health-related events encountered by students studying abroad and the availability and use of pre-travel healthcare for these students is lacking. Methods: Anonymous web-based questionnaires were sent to study abroad offices, student health centers, and undergraduate students after studying abroad at eight…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Study Abroad, Health Services, Student Attitudes
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Meng Chen; Laramie D. Taylor; Robert A. Bell – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Narratives have been widely acknowledged as a powerful persuasion tool in health promotion and education. Recently, great efforts have been devoted to identifying message components and causal pathways that maximize a narrative's persuasion power. Specifically, we investigated how narrator point of view and readers' subjective relative risk…
Descriptors: Diseases, Personal Narratives, Risk, Intention
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Molly Rosenberg; Aaron E. Carroll; Nir Menachemi; Hannah Inman; Amanda Agard; Katherine M. Hiller; Lana Dbeibo – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To examine how in-person classroom instruction was related to risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in undergraduate students. Participants: Indiana University undergraduate students (n = 69,606) enrolled in Fall 2020, when courses with in-person and remote instruction options were available. Methods: Students participated weekly in mandatory…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Risk, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Edlin Garcia Colato; Molly Rosenberg; Christina Ludema; Sina Kianersi; Maya Luetke; Jonathan T. Macy – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This longitudinal study tested the relationship between cigarette and e-cigarette use and SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion among US college students. Participants: Undergraduate students (n = 764), drawn from a randomly selected invitation-only pool from a large Midwestern university, that were initially negative for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and…
Descriptors: Smoking, COVID-19, Health Behavior, Human Body
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Megan K. Oggero; Cathy L. Rozmus; Geri LoBiondo-Wood – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
The proportion of infants in the United States who are breastfed at 1 year remains well below the Healthy People 2030 target. The health implications of suboptimal breastfeeding durations are significant, including increased risk of childhood leukemia and maternal Type 2 diabetes. Prenatal breastfeeding education provides an opportunity to improve…
Descriptors: Prenatal Care, Nutrition, Infants, Nutrition Instruction
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Natalie Grafft; Barbara Mendez-Campos; Danielle T. Walker; Summer Sherburne Hawkins – Youth & Society, 2024
Little is known about the implications of cannabis legalization on adolescent health behaviors. This study sought to examine the relationship between recreational cannabis legalization and adolescent sexual risk behaviors. Data on 371,487 respondents who have ever had sexual intercourse from 41 states in the 2005 to 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Sexuality, Adolescents, Health Behavior
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Sarah Batbold; Gabrielle Cummings; Kirsten A. Riggan; Marsha Michie; Megan Allyse – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) experience increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent studies suggest that a vaccine against AD may be forthcoming. Parental buy-in is critical to the success of any intervention in this population, as adults with DS often rely on familial support. This study aims to characterize parents' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Down Syndrome, Children, Alzheimers Disease
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Rania Abu Alhaija; Ali Abdel Halim Hasab; Nessrin Ahmed El-Nimr; Dalia Ibrahim Tayel – Health Education Research, 2024
This intervention study aimed to assess mothers' knowledge of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). It also measured the impact of a health education program on their level of knowledge and their infants' IDA rates in rural areas of Nablus Governorate. Using a randomized pretest--posttest control group design, the efficacy of 3 months' education program…
Descriptors: Mothers, Health Education, Diseases, Program Effectiveness
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Maria Ferrara; Elisa Langiano; Maurizio Esposito; Giuseppina Lo Moro; Rosalia Lombardi; Pia Vuolanto; Elisabetta De Vito – Health Education Research, 2024
The VAX-TRUST project addresses vaccine hesitancy in seven European countries with a systematic and evidence-based approach. Interventions, targeting healthcare professionals, draw from behavioural and social theories. A checklist, inspired by the TIDieR (Template for Intervention Description and Replication), ensures a detailed description of…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Immunization Programs, Public Health, Program Descriptions
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Pascale Garnier; Anne Greve; Oddbjørg Skjaer Ulvik; Victoria Chantseva; Sylvie Rayna; Bjørg Fallang; Liv Mette Gulbrandsen; Ingvil Øien – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
This comparative study of everyday life in Norwegian and French preschools explores how 'risk' related to children's body practices is understood, practised and negotiated by teachers and how this may regulate educational practices in a short- and long-term perspective. Studying educational institutions in two different societies illuminates…
Descriptors: Risk, Preschool Education, Outdoor Education, Coping
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2024
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is an epidemiologic surveillance system that was established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help monitor the prevalence of behaviors that not only influence youth health but also put youth at risk for the most significant health and social problems that can occur during…
Descriptors: High School Students, Health Behavior, At Risk Students, National Surveys
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Bailey A. Hendricks; Marie A. Bakitas; J. Nicholas Odom; Emily E. Johnston; Gwendolyn Childs; Melinda S. Kavanaugh – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: Due to the progressive deterioration of motor, cognitive, and psychological function, individuals with Huntington's disease (HD) rely heavily on family caregivers, including children in the home. This "young carer" role can result in responsibilities that are inappropriate for the child's age and abilities. Also referred to…
Descriptors: Diseases, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Well Being
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Samuel O. Master; Samantha Garbers; Laura Lynch; David L. Bell; Marina Catallozzi; John Santelli – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) allows for informed and healthy decisions. College students often lack understanding of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Conversations and Pizza (CAP), an interactive curriculum, was designed to address gaps in CSE and improve SRH outcomes. Participants: 66 fraternity affiliated undergraduate…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Undergraduate Students, Fraternities, Knowledge Level
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Shemeka Thorpe; Paige Orphé; Gabriella Pitcher; Kendall McCleod; Natalie Malone; Danelle Stevens-Watkins – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
The rise in opioid misuse coincides with increased sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV incidence. Transactional sex is an under-researched phenomenon among Black Americans who misuse opioids, and may increase their risk of STI or HIV transmission. Given the disproportionate impact of the opioid epidemic on Black Americans and the risks…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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