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Oger, Marie; Martin-Krumm, Charles; Fenouillet, Fabien; Müller, Anita; Le Roux, Fleur; Tarquinio, Cyril; Broc, Guillaume – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
The quality of life of students at school is an increasingly topical issue in relation both to public health issues, made more acute by the pandemic and successive confinements, and to the technical nature of future jobs which means training has become an economic issue. There are therefore two issues, one linked to health and the other to school…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Educational Environment, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Dunn, Melissa; Drew, Christa; O'Brien, Joseph; Wood, Michael; Mora, Eriberto; Diener, Sam; Perry, Donna J. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Youth violence is a significant problem affecting community health. Community-academic partnerships can advance youth nonviolence education by synergizing the strengths of collaborators while working toward a common goal. We describe a collaboration between an urban public middle school, community nonprofit, and university-based…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Violence, Pretests Posttests, Prevention
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Barwood, Donna – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to distinguish pedagogies supporting critical health literacy development in adolescent populations. Specifically, for sun safety education in schools. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws on an exploratory intrinsic case study design to qualitatively examine the learning conditions that Pre-Service…
Descriptors: Health Education, Safety Education, Multiple Literacies, Knowledge Level
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Oghogho, Etinosa Sharon; Bland, Helen W. – College Student Journal, 2021
Obesity rates among children and young adults are considered one of the most consequential global public health challenges of the 21st century (Hurt et al., 2010; WHO, 2016). Obesity comorbidities include propensity of low self-esteem (Franklin et al, 2006). Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), a triangulation mixed-methods,…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Body Composition, Obesity, Middle School Students
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Smith, Kristie W.; Falbe, Kristina N. – Middle Grades Review, 2020
When we envision the ideals of middle school, we so often think about the importance of physical setting. Physical setting helps to create a material space for so many of the tenets of the middle school mindset. For example, "A successful (middle) school for young adolescents is an inviting, supportive, and safe place -- a joyful community…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Disease Control, Public Health, Disease Incidence
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2018
For the forty-first time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains twenty-seven…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education
Project WET Foundation, 2003
This 200-page activity guide for educators of students in grades six through university level raises the awareness and understanding of water quality issues and their relationship to personal, public and environmental health. "Healthy Water Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide" will help educators address science standards through 25…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Water Quality, Teaching Guides, College Students
Juszczak, Linda; Schlitt, John; Moore, Aisha – National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2007
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care conducted the 2004-05 Census, the tenth count of school-based health centers (SBHCs) since 1986, to: (1) provide a better understanding of the role of SBHCs in meeting the needs of underserved children and adolescents; (2) collect up-to-date data on demographics, staffing services, operations,…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Health Personnel, Program Descriptions, Patients