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The Value of College Health Promotion: A Critical Population and Setting for Improving the Public's Health
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Lederer, Alyssa M.; Oswalt, Sara B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
College students are an important priority population, and higher education is an opportune setting for chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Yet many people do not understand why enhancing the well-being of college students is of value. In this commentary, we address 3 common misperceptions about college health promotion: (1) College…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Promotion, College Students, Higher Education
A Time Like No Other: 4-H Youth Development and COVID-19
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Arnold, Mary E.; Rennekamp, Roger A. – Journal of Extension, 2020
In this thought leader commentary, we review the potential devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, including trauma, impacts on mental health, socioemotional distress, and changes in academic learning. Stating that 4-H is uniquely positioned to mitigate these effects through intentional positive youth development efforts, we…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Extension Education, Disease Control, Public Health
Campus High-Risk Drinking Culture as a Social Justice Issue: A Commentary on the Potential Impact on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Marginalized College Students
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Satinsky, Sonya; Washington, Reonda L.; Pastor, Jonathan; Wagner, A. Katherine – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
High-risk drinking (HRD) is a public health priority on college campuses in order to decrease harm to individuals who engage in HRD, as well as others in their presence. We posit an underexplored impact of campus HRD culture: the exposure of marginalized students to instances of bias perpetrated by those under the influence. Therefore, our focus…
Descriptors: Drinking, Social Justice, Well Being, Chronic Illness
Incarceration and Women's Health: The Utility of Effective Health Education Programming--A Commentary
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Robertson-James, Candace; Nunez, Ana – American Journal of Health Education, 2012
The health and well-being of incarcerated women is a significant public health concern. Compared with non-incarcerated women, incarcerated women in the United States are more often from minority populations, younger (between the ages of 18 and 34 years), of low socioeconomic status, unemployed and mothers to children under 18 years of age. More…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Health Education, Females, Public Health
The Emotional Well-Being of Our Nation's Youth and the Promise of Social-Emotional Learning
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Lazarus, Philip J.; Sulkowski, Michael L. – Communique, 2011
A public health crisis is looming in US schools. Millions of children do not receive mental health services, are poorly bonded to supportive educational communities, and fail to develop important social and emotional competencies. Considering these problems, many of which relate to students' school functioning, efforts are needed to support…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, School Psychologists, Mental Health Programs
A Children's Agenda, 1988.
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Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago. – 1988
This position paper by Voices for Illinois Children describes alarming problems faced by Illinois children and proposes legislative and programmatic interventions. It is noted that the well-being of children in Illinois has deteriorated dramatically in the past 10 years, and that significant improvements in policies and programs for children are…
Descriptors: Day Care, Delinquency, Educational Policy, Elementary Education