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Chad VanArnhem – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Health organizations recommend children get 60 minutes of daily physical activity. Research has shown that children in the United States of America are coming up well short of this number and are struggling with a variety of mental health and physical health issues while their academics are decreasing. These issues have been magnified by the…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Barriers
Hedger, Joseph – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2022
Nearly all states and the District of Columbia have policies requiring schools to address prevention of alcohol or drug use and abuse in high school health education curricula, according to National Association of State Boards of Education's (NASBE's) State Health Policy Database. But with the added concerns about the pandemic's impact on youth…
Descriptors: School Policy, Substance Abuse, Health Education, Narcotics
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Fisher, Bonnie S.; Zink, Therese; Regan, Saundra L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
A clinical sample of 995 community dwelling women aged 55 and older were surveyed by telephone about their experience with psychological/emotional, control, threat, physical, and sexual abuse. Nearly half of the women experienced at least one type of abuse since turning 55. Sizable proportions were victims of repeated abuse, and many experienced…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Females, Older Adults, Violence
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Foster, Thomas W.; Levitov, Justin E. – ADULTSPAN Journal, 2012
The authors explored how midlifers and older adults perceive wellness by factor analyzing the Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS; Adams, Bezner, & Steinhardt, 1997). Results indicated a 4-factor solution different from the 6 originally proposed wellness dimensions of the PWS, suggesting that wellness perceptions change as people age. Suggestions…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Wellness, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Measures
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Bigbee, Jeri L.; Musil, Carol; Kenski, Diane – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of rural versus urban caregiving grandmothers along with their physical and mental health status. Methods: A secondary analysis of data produced from the first wave of a longitudinal study of 485 Ohio grandmothers was conducted. Health status was measured using the SF-36 Health…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Health Promotion, Health Conditions, Physical Health