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In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures. Working Paper 30795
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Hansen, Benjamin; Sabia, Joseph J.; Schaller, Jessamyn – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
This study explores the effect of in-person schooling on youth suicide. We document three key findings. First, using data from the National Vital Statistics System from 1990-2019, we document the historical association between teen suicides and the school calendar. We show that suicides among 12-to-18-year-olds are highest during months of the…
Descriptors: School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19, Suicide
Investing in Public School Kitchens and Equipment as a Pathway to Healthy Eating and Equitable Access to Healthy Food
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O'Neill, Moira; Mujahid, Mahasin; Hutson, Malo; Fukutome, Amanda; Robichaud, Raine; Lopez, Jaime – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: We gathered baseline data about student need of healthy, free school food, and if current school meal programming serves students in need of healthy free school food, in anticipation of the completion of a district-wide kitchen infrastructure and educational farm project in a high-poverty urban school district. Methods: We used mixed…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Food, School Districts, Educational Facilities