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Evidence Summary: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the Use of Face Coverings in Education Settings
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UK Department for Education, 2022
At every stage since the start of the pandemic, decisions across education and childcare have been informed by the scientific and medical evidence -- both on the risks of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, transmission and illness, and on the known risks to children and young people not attending education settings -- balancing public health and…
Descriptors: Evidence, COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries
Evidence Summary: COVID-19 -- Children, Young People and Education Settings
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UK Department for Education, 2021
At every stage since the start of the pandemic, decisions across education and care have been informed by the scientific and medical evidence -- both on the risks of COVID-19 infection, transmission and illness, and on the known risks to children and young people not attending school and college -- balancing public health and education…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Government Role
"Skittles & Red Bull Is My Favourite Flavour": E-Cigarettes, Smoking, Vaping and the Changing Landscape of Nicotine Consumption amongst British Teenagers--Implications for the Normalisation Debate
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Measham, Fiona; O'Brien, Kate; Turnbull, Gavin – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2016
Aims: From an academic discourse explaining trends in drug-related attitudes and behaviours, "normalisation" now also encompasses public health policy advocating "denormalisation" of smoking. This study explored young people's attitudes and behaviours to cigarettes and e-cigarettes to ascertain whether a process of…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Public Health, Public Policy
Education and Obesity in Four OECD Countries. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 39
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Sassi, Franco; Devaux, Marion; Church, Jody; Cecchini, Michele; Borgonovi, Francesca – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
An epidemic of obesity has been developing in virtually all OECD countries over the last 30 years. Existing evidence provides strong suggestions that such epidemic has affected certain social groups more than others. In particular, education appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, especially among women. A range of analyses of…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Obesity, Probability
A Survey of 14 to 16 Year Olds as to Their Attitude toward and Use of Sunbeds
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Mackay, H.; Lowe, D.; Edwards, D.; Rogers, S. N. – Health Education Journal, 2007
Objective: Sunbeds pose a potential risk to health. Although not recommended for children under 16 years of age they are used by this age group. The purpose of this study was to assess the awareness of suntanning guidelines, the use of sunbeds and the attitude towards tanning in children aged between 14 and 16 years. Design and method: 499 pupils…
Descriptors: Age, Public Health, Gender Differences, Students
Managing Meningococcal Disease (Septicaemia or Meningitis) in Higher Education Institutions. Guidelines
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Universities UK, 2004
Students face many pressures today--pressure to be successful, financial worries and uncertainty about future career prospects. Good health is often taken for granted. It has taken publicity about recurring cases on meningococcal disease at university to bring home to students, universities and their associated doctors that students are at risk.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Health Services, Public Health