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Direct linkSullivan, Jessica; Tillman, Katharine; Shtulman, Andrew – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced children to reckon with the causal relations underlying disease transmission. What are children's theories of how COVID-19 is transmitted? And how do they understand the relation between COVID-19 susceptibility and the need for disease-mitigating behavior? We asked these questions in the context of children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Beliefs, COVID-19, Pandemics
Schurtz, David R.; Cerel, Julie; Rodgers, Philip – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
Myth-busting, in which a so-called myth is presented and dispelled by facts, is used in suicide prevention gatekeeper trainings such as QPR. Evidence from other areas of public health shows this technique leads to memory for myths and not facts. An internet survey was used to determine if the "myths" and "facts" presented in QPR are endorsed as…
Descriptors: Mythology, Prevention, Public Health, Suicide
Download full textGilley, Brian Joseph; Keesee, Marguerite – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2007
This article presents the results of a pilot study on the use of conspiracy beliefs by American Indian (AI) men who have sex with men and their peers to explain the origins of HIV/AIDS. We found that one-third (N = 15) of the individuals surveyed believed that HIV/AIDS was intentionally created by "Whites, White Christians, or the Federal…
Descriptors: Whites, Etiology, Public Health, Males
Peer reviewedYeakley, Anna M.; Gant, Larry M. – Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 1997
Discusses the failure to use condoms among U.S. Latino populations and identifies six "myths" related to traditional cultural values and gender roles, and associations between condoms and prostitution, infidelity, and disease, that prevent condom use in these populations. Suggests ways that programs can address these myths in HIV…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Beliefs, Condoms, Contraception
Holden, Debra J.; Evans, W. Douglas; Hinnant, Laurie W.; Messeri, Peter – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
The American Legacy Foundation funded 13 state health departments for their Statewide Youth Movement Against Tobacco Use in September 2000. Its goal was to create statewide tobacco control initiatives implemented with youth leadership. The underlying theory behind these initiatives was that tobacco control efforts can best be accomplished by…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Smoking, Structural Equation Models, Psychology
