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Direct linkParisky, Alex – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to better understand the implementation of educational technology in selected medical schools. This study utilized Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation theory to investigate the perspectives of educational technology leaders at four different medical schools in the United States. In the coming years,…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Case Studies, Leaders, Attitudes
Newton, Franklin A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Several national groups have identified youth gambling as a major public health concern that merits more attention, research and understanding. This is an important topic for college campuses since, even before the recent rise in gambling popularity, many students come to campus already having gambled at some point during their adolescence. …
Descriptors: College Students, Campuses, Incidence, Public Health
McFarlane, Delano J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Researchers that investigate the media's coverage of health have historically relied on keyword searches to retrieve relevant health news coverage, and manual content analysis methods to categorize and score health news text. These methods are problematic. Manual content analysis methods are labor intensive, time consuming, and inherently…
Descriptors: Obesity, Research Methodology, Public Health, Hypothesis Testing
Rodriguez, Daniela Cristina – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In Mexico, as in many other countries, HIV/AIDS strategies are developed at the federal level and implemented at the state level. Local programs are expected to use data, in particular surveillance data, to drive their decisions on programmatic activities and prioritize populations with which the program will engage. Since the early 1980s Mexico…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), State Programs, Prevention, Foreign Countries
Gardner, Natasha D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Disproportionality, the over- or underrepresentation of a particular group compared to its presence in a population, in special education is a long-standing issue (Dunn, 1968; U.S. Department of Education, 2006; Waitoller, Artiles, & Cheney, 2010). Some scholars have proposed group or universal screening for emotional and behavioral risk in…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Public Schools, Screening Tests, Public Health
Tate, Erika Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
School science instruction that connects to students' diverse home, cultural, or linguistic experiences can encourage lifelong participation in the scientific dilemmas that impact students' lives. This dissertation seeks effective ways to support high school students as they learn complex science topics and use their knowledge to transform their…
Descriptors: Evidence, Prior Learning, Program Effectiveness, Science Instruction
