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Direct linkJackson, Ashley M.; Mullican, Lindsay A.; Tse, Zion T. H.; Yin, Jingjing; Zhou, Xiaolu; Kumar, Dharamendra; Fung, Isaac C. -H. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: For pandemic preparedness, researchers used online systematic searches to track unplanned school closures (USCs). We determine if Twitter provides complementary data. Methods: Twitter handles of Michigan public schools and school districts were identified. All tweets associated with these handles were downloaded. USC-related tweets…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Disease Control, Communicable Diseases, Social Media
Dooyema, Carrie A.; Copeland, Daphne; Sinclair, Julie R.; Shi, Jianrong; Wilkins, Melinda; Wells, Eden; Collins, Jim – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: In fall 2009, many US communities experienced school closures during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic (pH1N1) and the state of Michigan reported 567 closures. We conducted an investigation in Michigan to describe pH1N1-related school policies, practices, and identify factors related to school closures. Methods: We distributed an online…
Descriptors: School Closing, Communicable Diseases, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
Salerno, Jennifer; Darling-Fisher, Cindy; Hawkins, Nicole M.; Fraker, Elizabeth – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: This article describes a school-wide sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening to identify adolescent high-risk sexual behaviors, STI history/incidence, and presence of chlamydia and gonorrhea, and examines relationships between high-risk behaviors and screening positive for chlamydia and gonorrhea in an alternative high school…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Risk, Sexuality, Adolescents
Clark, Noreen M.; Shah, Smita; Dodge, Julia A.; Thomas, Lara J.; Andridge, Rebecca R.; Little, Roderick J. A. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Asthma is a serious problem for low-income preteens living in disadvantaged communities. Among the chronic diseases of childhood and adolescence, asthma has the highest prevalence and related health care use. School-based asthma interventions have proven successful for older and younger students, but results have not been demonstrated…
Descriptors: Low Income, Academic Achievement, Quality of Life, Diseases
Nelson, Belinda Wilburn; Awad, Daniel; Alexander, Jeffrey; Clark, Noreen – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: Asthma is a chronic health condition that has a disproportionate effect on low-income minority children who reside in large urban areas. African American children report significantly higher rates than the general population of children and have more-severe asthma and poorer outcomes. This article describes the prevalence of asthma in…
Descriptors: African American Children, African Americans, Participatory Research, Disadvantaged Youth
Nelson, Belinda W.; Clark, Noreen M.; Valerio, Melissa A.; Houle, Christy R.; Brown, Randall W.; Brown, Clive – Journal of School Health, 2006
The Early Childhood Asthma Project involved asthma case identification in 35 Head Start centers in Detroit, MI, and attempted implementation of an intervention designed to help families manage a child's asthma more effectively. Surveys were distributed to the parents of all Head Start children (3408), and 2198 complete surveys were returned. Case…
Descriptors: Diseases, Early Intervention, Young Children, Surveys
