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Download full textCook, David P.; Steed, Kevin; Read, Chloe; Baysarowich, Renée; Redway, Tyler; Robineau-Charette, Pascale; Carnegie, Jacqueline – HAPS Educator, 2020
STEM-related educational outreach offers students enriching opportunities to become more familiar with science, in terms of how it relates to their daily lives and with respect to possible career paths that they might want to follow. At the same time, graduate student trainees providing that outreach act as important resources for elementary and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Graduate Students, College Graduates
Direct linkde la Torre, Adela – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2014
Niños Sanos, Familia Sana (NSFS) is a 5-year multi-intervention study aimed at preventing childhood obesity among Mexican-origin children in rural California. Using a transdisciplinary approach and community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodology, NSFS's development included a diversely trained team working in collaboration with community…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Intervention, Obesity, Prevention
Curtis, Alexa C.; Waters, Catherine M.; Brindis, Claire – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Context: Adolescence is a pivotal developmental period for the establishment of positive health and health practices. However, developmentally propelled risk behaviors coinciding with barriers to health services may increase the propensity for untoward health outcomes in adolescence. In addition, the sociocultural context of the rural environment…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Race, Ethnicity, Age
Shaikh, Ulfat; Nettiksimmons, Jasmine; Romano, Patrick – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Objective: To determine health care provider needs related to pediatric obesity management in rural California and to explore strategies to improve care through telehealth. Methods: Cross-sectional survey of health care providers who treated children and adolescents at 41 rural clinics with existing telehealth connectivity. Results: Most of the…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Obesity, Distance Education, Self Efficacy
Fisher, Allison; Lange, Mary Anne; Young-Cureton, Virginia; Canham, Daryl – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
Very little is known about body satisfaction among minority children. This study examined the relationship between perceived and actual body size and Body Mass Index among 43 low-socioeconomic Hispanic 3rd-graders. Researchers measured participants' Body Mass Index; students self-reported Perceived Ideal Self Image and Perceived Actual Self Image…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Self Concept, Minority Group Children
Shaw, Frederic E., Ed. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data in the weekly "MMWR" are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. This issue of "MMWR" contains the following studies: (1) Youth Risk Behavior…
Descriptors: Death, Heart Disorders, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases
