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Chebli, Perla; McBryde-Redzovic, Aminah; Al-Amin, Nadia; Gutierrez-Kapheim, Melissa; Molina, Yamilé; Mitchell, Uchechi A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Objectives: To determine whether actual community-level risk for COVID-19 in the Black community influenced "individual" perceptions of community-level and personal risk and how self-assessment of personal risk was reflected in the adoption of COVID-19 precautionary behaviors. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 20…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, At Risk Persons, African Americans
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van Sluis, Klaske E.; Passchier, Ellen; van Son, Rob J. J. H.; van der Molen, Lisette; Stuiver, Martijn; van den Brekel, Michiel W. M.; Van den Steen, Leen; Kalf, Johanna G.; van Nuffelen, Gwen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Several conditions and diseases can result in speech problems that can have a negative impact on everyday functioning, referred to as communicative participation. Subjective problems with acquired speech problems are often assessed with the speech handicap index (SHI). To assess generic participation problems, the Utrecht Scale for…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Translation, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Reeves, Patrick T.; Susi, Apryl; Hisle-Gorman, Elizabeth; Gorman, Gregory H.; Nylund, Cade – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children and can lead to significant complications. The aim of our study was to determine whether children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at increased risk for appendicitis and its complications compared to neurotypical (NT) peers. From 2000 to 2013, 292,572 children were included…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Diseases, Children
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Schneider, Tali – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: The increasing prevalence of asthma among adolescents and the limited studies exploring the educational outcomes for youth coping with asthma makes the inquiry in this field of special interest. This paper reviews the literature on empirical studies exploring the relationship between asthma and academic performance among adolescents.…
Descriptors: Diseases, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attendance Patterns
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Robin Griffith; Jennifer M. Smith – Literacy, 2024
This qualitative study highlights how children's literature can serve as a springboard for discussing current events while making connections with a similar historical event. Undergraduate students enrolled in children's literature courses read the graphic novel "Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918" and discussed the parallels between the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cartoons, Novels, Current Events
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AnnCatrin Röjvik; Gunilla Jaeger; Erland Hjelmquist; Kerstin W. Falkman – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
Rare diseases are usually complex syndromes, which sometimes cause extensive functional impairments affecting everyday life. The number of rare diseases and of people having one is increasing. Children with rare diseases often display special education needs and require support and adapted pedagogical methods to participate and achieve academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diseases, Physical Health, Child Health
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Pauline Heslop; Emily Lauer – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: We now have sufficient evidence demonstrating inequalities in specific avoidable causes of death for adults with intellectual disability compared to their peers without intellectual disability. Apart from COVID-19, the largest differentials that disadvantage people with intellectual disability are in relation to pneumonia, aspiration…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Death, At Risk Persons
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Rehamo, Aga – Comparative Education Review, 2022
This article proposes that the concept of "educational state of exception" (based on Giorgio Agamben's idea of the "state of exception") can productively explain a history of school administration, teachers, and class organization observed by the author at a school in a leper village. The educational state of exception found at…
Descriptors: Educational History, Rural Areas, Diseases, Educational Administration
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Richardson, Kelly; Huber, Jessica E.; Kiefer, Brianna; Kane, Caitlin; Snyder, Sandy – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the respiratory strategies used by persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) to support louder speech in response to two voice interventions. Contrasting interventions were selected to investigate the role of internal and external cue strategies on treatment outcomes. LSVT LOUD, which uses an internal…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Assistive Technology, Voice Disorders
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van Sassen, Charlotte G. M.; van den Berg, Pieter J.; Mamede, Silvia; Knol, Lilian; Eikens-Jansen, Manon P.; van den Broek, Walter W.; Bindels, Patrick J. E.; Zwaan, Laura – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2023
Diagnostic reasoning is an important topic in General Practitioners' (GPs) vocational training. Interestingly, research has paid little attention to the content of the cases used in clinical reasoning education. Malpractice claims of diagnostic errors represent cases that impact patients and that reflect potential knowledge gaps and contextual…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Malpractice, Grievance Procedures, Medical Education
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Pudasainee-Kapri, Sangita; Pontes, Nancy M. H.; Pontes, Manuel C. F. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Children with asthma are often marginalized at school, including bullying victimization. The purpose of this study is to estimate the association between asthma and school or electronic bullying victimization among US high school students, and test whether the association varies significantly by sex. Methods: Pooled data from five…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Diseases, Gender Differences
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Lee, Star W.; Tran, Stacy – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2023
To better prepare undergraduate students as informed citizens, they need skills to evaluate and interpret scientific data that are relevant to real world scenarios. Socioscientific issues are typically complicated or debatable issues that require individuals to evaluate their background knowledge and make decisions with respect to social and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Immunization Programs, Decision Making, Science Education
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Nicholson, Emma; McDonnell, Thérèse; Conlon, Ciara; De Brún, Aoife; Doherty, Edel; Collins, Claire; Bury, Gerard; McAuliffe, Eilish – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: General practitioners (GP) report multiple challenges when treating individuals with intellectual disabilities which may influence referral rates. The study aimed to establish factors that influence GP's decision-making when referring a child with intellectual disabilities to the emergency department. Method: Discrete choice…
Descriptors: Children, Intellectual Disability, Family Practice (Medicine), Physicians
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Adama, E. A.; Arabiat, D.; Foster, M. J.; Afrifa-Yamoah, E.; Runions, K.; Vithiatharan, R.; Lin, A. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
Living with a long-term medical condition is associated with heightened risk for mental health and psychosocial difficulties, but further research is required on this risk for children and adolescents with a rare disease in the educational setting. The aim of this study is to describe parents' perceptions of the psychosocial impact of rare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diseases, At Risk Persons, Mental Health
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Ramadhana A. B., Rakha; Chen, Hsiu-Ling – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
This article discusses the effect of using a commercial off-the-shelf immersive virtual reality game on engineering students' reaction time, hand-eye coordination, and spatial skills. Fifteen (15) college engineering students in Northern Taiwan were conveniently recruited in a single group. Participants were tasked to play the game for 30 min…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Computer Simulation
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