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Download full textRajesh Ram – New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 2023
The world is changing: both a conventional and a vaccine passport are now needed to travel internationally. Mask mandates, and social distancing are the new norm in a rapidly changing society. These measures were put in place to control the spread of the highly infectious and often fatal COVID-19, caused by a viral agent, a microorganism, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biological Influences, Public Health, Communicable Diseases
Direct linkCass, Anna L.; Holt, Elizabeth W.; Criss, Shaniece; Hunt, Eleanor; Reed, Rachel – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: University wellness education can have a long-term impact on the health-related knowledge and behaviors of individuals. Moreover, individual perceptions influence the likelihood of participation in health-promoting behaviors. Therefore, understanding college students' health-related priorities and perceptions may increase the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Health Related Fitness, Wellness
Szilagyi, Peter G.; Schaffer, Stanley; Rand, Cynthia M.; Goldstein, Nicolas P. N.; Hightower, A. Dirk; Younge, Mary; Albertin, Christina S.; DiBitetto, Kristine; Yoo, Byung-Kwang; Humiston, Sharon G. – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Only half of US schoolchildren receive influenza vaccine. School-located influenza vaccination (SLIV) might raise vaccination rates but conducting flu vaccine clinics at schools is challenging to implement. We compared 2 school-based programs designed to raise influenza vaccination rates: parent reminder/educational messages sent to…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, School Health Services, Clinics, Communicable Diseases
Carolan, K.; Verran, J.; Amos, M.; Crossley, M.; Redfern, J.; Whitton, N.; Louttit, D. – Journal of Biological Education, 2019
Vaccination coverage in the United Kingdom is below the level recommended by the World Health Organisation, and when vaccination coverage is not sufficient, outbreaks of infectious diseases can occur. In 2015, coverage of the first dose of the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine declined in the United Kingdom for the first time since 2008, indicating a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immunization Programs, Communicable Diseases, Health Education
Khazaleh, Ahmad; Hwaidi, Tayel Abdel Hafez; Alnasraween, Mo'en Salman; Al-Taj, Heyam – International Education Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study is to identify the attitudes of the students of Amman Arab University toward pre-marital medical examination; it also aims to identify the role of premarital examination in reducing the appearance of disabilities. This study used the descriptive method; the sample of the study consisted of 200 undergraduate and master's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Marriage
Dimitra Perifanou; Eleni Konstantinou; Anne Nikula; Kristina Grendova; Aija Ahokas; Joan-Carles Casas-Baroy; Daniela Cavani; Paola Ferri; Paola Galbany-Estragués; Cinzia Gradellini; Michaela Machajova; Daniela Mecugni; Sari Nyman; Xavier Palomar-Aumatell; Janka Prnova; Montse Romero Mas; Carme Roure Pujol; Heli Thomander; Evanthia Sakellari – Higher Education Studies, 2024
Immunization is a highly cost-effective investment in health, proven to be an effective tool in controlling and eliminating dangerous infectious diseases. Health science students require evidence-based knowledge to tackle challenges in healthcare, particularly in the field of vaccination. The aim of the current study is to asses students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immunization Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Communicable Diseases
Cevik, Aynur; Saracoglu, Sibel; Kaya, Hasan – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2022
This study was carried out to determine the views of science teachers about the inclusion of epidemic diseases in science curriculum. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs, was used as the research design in the study. The study group consists of six science teachers who have at least five years of experience and have participated…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Communicable Diseases
Kafai, Yasmin B.; Xin, Yue; Fields, Deborah; Tofel-Grehl, Colby – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
The pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 has highlighted an urgent need for infectious disease education for K-12 students. To gather a better understanding of what educational interventions have been conducted and to what effect, we performed a scoping review. We identified and examined 23 empirical researcher- and teacher-designed studies conducted in…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Pingel, Emily S.; Llovet, Alexandra; Cosentino, Fernando; Lesser, Jeffrey – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Decreased engagement in preventive services, including vaccination, during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a grave threat to global health. We use the case of the Bom Retiro Public Health Clinic in São Paulo, Brazil, to underscore how continuity of care is not only feasible, but a crucial part of health as a human right. The long-standing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Urban Areas
Sabatke, Bruna; Rossi, Izadora Volpato; Ramirez, Graciela E.; Ramirez, Marcel I. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2023
In an academic semester, living in social isolation and under restrictions of the pandemic, we organized weekly multidisciplinary seminars from a postgraduate course program in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, integrating students from different regions of Brazil and South America. Outstanding researchers from Brazil, Germany, France, Argentina, Mexico,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Seminars, COVID-19
Öztürk, Mustafa; Pizmony-Levy, Oren – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the dispositions of early career teacher educators as young academics toward sustainability and accountability for sustainability issues. Through their interpretations, concerns, awareness and ownership of sustainability, the study portrays how a global phenomenon is articulated specifically within the local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Schools of Education, Teacher Attitudes
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS), 2022
This document describes resources to support the role of teachers in school safety efforts. The resources are organized into the following categories: (1) General Resources; (2) Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Development; (3) Educator Resilience and Self-Care; (4) Hazard- and Threat-Specific; and (5) Youth Preparedness.
Descriptors: Teacher Role, School Safety, Emergency Programs, Resilience (Psychology)
Van Gorp, Angelo; Collelldemont, Eulàlia; Félix, Inês; Grosvenor, Ian; Norlin, Björn; Padrós Tuneu, Núria – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2022
The question "What does this have to do with everything else?" refers to ecological thinking. In this article, we use an ecological approach to explore the interrelationships between the incidence of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19, its trajectories and impacts on education. Our emphasis on children and their environment, as specific…
Descriptors: Pandemics, Communicable Diseases, World History, Social Influences
Lam, Arena C.; Berliner, BethAnn; Barrat, Vanessa X. – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2021
Even before COVID-19, school districts wanted to understand if school-based telemedicine services met student health needs during the school day and helped keep students in school all day, every day. Specifically, districts were interested in knowing if telemedicine enabled students with a school-day health issue to return to class instead of…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Urban Schools, Age Differences, Instructional Program Divisions
Denny, Thomas N.; Andrews, Laura; Bonsignori, Mattia; Cavanaugh, Kyle; Datto, Michael B.; Deckard, Anastasia; DeMarco, Todd; DeNaeyer, Nicole; Epling, Carol A.; Gurley, Thaddeus; Haase, Steven B.; Hallberg, Chloe; Harer, John; Kneifel, Charles L.; Lee, Mark J.; Louzao, Raul; Moody, M. Anthony; Moore, Zack; Polage, Christopher R.; Puglin, Jamie; Spotts, P. Hunter; Vaughn, John A.; Wolfe, Cameron R. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020
In fall 2020, Duke University's COVID-19 prevention strategy included risk reduction behaviors, frequent testing using pooled SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testing, and contact tracing. Among 10,265 students who received testing 68,913 times, 84 had positive results. One half of infections were asymptomatic, and some had high viral loads.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Screening Tests, Disease Control
