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Krista M. Soria; Stacey E. Vakanski; Trevor White; Ryan Arp – Community College Review, 2024
Objective: The purpose of this paper was to examine variables associated with food insecurity among community college caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used data from a multi-institutional survey of 15,051 caregivers enrolled at 130 community colleges in 42 states in fall 2020. We used a logistic regression to examine whether…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Community Colleges, Caregivers
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Annie L. Reid; Kathleen J. Porter; Brittany M. Kirkpatrick; Donna-Jean P. Brock; Christopher J. Altizer; Jamie M. Zoellner – Health Education Research, 2024
Kids SIP"smart"ER is a 6-month behavioral and health literacy intervention effective at reducing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake among middle school students and their caregivers in the rural Appalachian region. This exploratory mixed methods study utilized a convergent parallel design to assess participant acceptability of a…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Middle School Students, Eating Habits, Health Promotion
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Wang, Shutao; Dong, Xuan; Mao, Yaqing – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2017
This study aimed to determine if boarding on campus benefited left-behind children's social-emotional competence (SEC). We developed a SEC scale for the Chinese context and culture using exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability analysis. Data were collected from 6638 school-aged children from 74 rural boarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boarding Schools, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Cartwright, Luke; Reid, Marie; Hammersley, Richard; Blackburn, Chrissie; Glover, Lesley – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
People with intellectual disabilities experience a range of health inequalities. It is important to investigate possible contributory factors that may lead to these inequalities. This qualitative study identified some difficulties for healthy eating in day centres. (1) Service users and their family carers were aware of healthy food choices but…
Descriptors: Food, Eating Habits, Intellectual Disability, Qualitative Research
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Guthrie, Susan; Lecko, Caroline; Roddam, Hazel – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Following a series of fatal choking incidents in one UK specialist service, this study evaluated the detail included in incident reporting. This study compared the enhanced reporting system in the specialist service with the national reporting and learning system. Methods: Eligible reports were selected from a national organization and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Death, Reports, Disclosure