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Kapoor, Vineeta Gandotra; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2010
This school-based study analyzed the impact of RGI on lung functioning (forced expiratory volume in 1 s [FEV[subscript 1]] and forced expiratory flow 25-75 [FEF[subscript 25-75]]) and by employing a multiple baseline design across 3 high school students with asthma and clinically diagnosed anxiety disorders. The RGI intervention took place for a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Diseases, Anxiety Disorders, Relaxation Training
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Silverstein, Nina M.; Sherman, Robin – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2010
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate a training program for persons with early-stage Alzheimer's disease and their care partners. Care partners were mailed two surveys, one for themselves and one for the person with dementia. Domains covered in the training included an overview of cognitive disorders, treatment of symptoms including…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Caregivers, Training, Program Evaluation
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2008
This paper presents the results of two coordinated surveys of Massachusetts adolescents, the 2007 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (ESE) and the Massachusetts Youth Health Survey (DPH). These two surveys were supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administered in a random selection of 124 public…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Violence, Physical Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Fortson, Jane G.; Sanbonmatsu, Lisa – Journal of Human Resources, 2010
Using data from the Moving to Opportunity randomized housing voucher experiment, we estimate the direct effects of housing and neighborhood quality on child health. We show that, five years after random assignment, housing mobility has little impact on overall health status, asthma, injuries, and body mass index. The few effects that we observe…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Body Composition, Child Health, Housing
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Daltroy, Lawren H.; Phillips, Charlotte; Lew, Robert; Wright, Elizabeth; Shadick, Nancy A.; Liang, Matthew H. – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
To evaluate a theory-based educational program to prevent Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses (TBI), a randomized controlled trial of an educational program was delivered to ferry passengers traveling to an endemic area in southeastern Massachusetts. Rates of TBI and precautionary and tick check behaviors were measured over three summers…
Descriptors: Intervals, Prevention, Diseases, Clothing
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
Bowman, James E. – 1972
In recent years, sickle cell screening programs have been initiated by community groups, health centers, hospitals, medical schools, health departments, school systems, city and State governments, various branches of the Federal Government, fraternal and social clubs, and other organizations. Problems have resulted from mass sickle cell screening,…
Descriptors: Anemia, Blacks, Disease Control, Diseases
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Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, Boston. – 1994
This third report of the Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth deals with problems faced by gay and lesbian youth as they attempt to access health and human services. To gather information, the Commission held five hearings across Massachusetts in the autumn of 1992. This report focuses on the testimony of gay and lesbian…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Disease Control, Health
Tate, William F., IV, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012
"Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility" focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Neighborhoods, Suburban Schools, Educational Research
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Pivarnik, Lori F.; Patnoad, Martha S.; Richard, Nicole Leydon; Gable, Robert K.; Hirsch, Diane Wright; Madaus, Joseph; Scarpati, Stan; Carbone, Elena – Journal of Food Science Education, 2009
Adolescents with disabilities require access to general education and life skills instruction. Knowledge of food safety for this audience is important for health and valuable for work placement. The objective was to implement a survey to assess high school and transition special education teachers in RI, CT, and MA for food safety knowledge and…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Food Standards, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
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Lerman, Stephen J.; Bernardo, John; Daly, Jennifer S.; Husson, Robert – Journal of American College Health, 2004
To help college health services in all parts of the country improve their approach to latent tuberculosis, two Listservs were provided for them to post their questions on dealing with TB infection. In this article, the authors present some of the questions posted in the Listservs and their corresponding answers. In their answers, the authors have…
Descriptors: Prevention, Disease Control, Electronic Mail, Health Services
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Raj, Anita; Decker, Michele R.; Murray, Jessica E.; Silverman, Jay G. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2007
This study aimed to assess associations between school HIV education and protective sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV diagnosis with a representative sample of male and female high school students. Data from male and female adolescent participants in the 1999, 2001 and 2003 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n =…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Females, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, At Risk Students
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. – 1976
This manual is designed by the Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service as a guide for the control of the most common insects and related pests of vegetable crops grown commercially in Massachusetts. It contains general information on insects and specific descriptions of the major pests, their life cycles, and the damage they cause. The topics…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Biology, Certification, Disease Control
Gentile, A. G.; Scanlon, D. T. – 1978
This manual is designed by the Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service as a guide for the control of the most common insects and related pests of floricultural crops grown commercially in glass and plastic houses in Massachusetts. The publication consists of two sections. The first section presents a description of the major pests of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Biology, Certification, Disease Control
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Mixon, Franklin G., Jr. – Journal of Economic Education, 2000
Provides background information on the Salem Witch Trials (Salem, Massachusetts) and the medical explanation of the young village girls' behavior in Salem called ergotism (bread poisoning). Presents an economic interpretation of those trials, stating that the ministers employed religious beliefs about witchcraft to maintain their churchs' monopoly…
Descriptors: Church Role, Churches, Diseases, Economic Factors
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