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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
Download full textUK Department for Education, 2021
At every stage since the start of the pandemic, decisions across education and care have been informed by the scientific and medical evidence -- both on the risks of COVID-19 infection, transmission and illness, and on the known risks to children and young people not attending school and college -- balancing public health and education…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Government Role
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Patrick, Megan E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2020
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 60. The study is funded under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute for…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Behavior, Communicable Diseases
Cuesta-Zigorraga, Amaia; Arrue, Marta; Labaka, Ainitze – Journal of School Health, 2023
BACKGROUND: Adolescents are more susceptible than originally thought to COVID-19, and they could play a significant role in community transmission. We aim to evaluate a health education program on students' declarative knowledge and risk awareness concerning COVID-19-related public health recommendations. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pre-post…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Health Education, Public Health, Knowledge Level
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Patrick, Megan E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2019
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 60. The study is supported under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Behavior, Communicable Diseases
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Patrick, Megan E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2018
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 60. The study is supported under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Behavior, Communicable Diseases
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Patrick, Megan E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2017
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 55. The study is supported under a series of investigatorinitiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute for…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Behavior, Communicable Diseases
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Patrick, Megan E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2016
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 55. The study is supported under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Behavior, Communicable Diseases
Johnston, Lloyd D.; Schulenberg, John E.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Patrick, Megan E.; Miech, Richard A.; Bachman, Jerald G. – Institute for Social Research, 2021
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 60. The study is funded under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute for…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Risk, Prevention, High School Graduates
Adegboyega, Lateef Omotosho; Ayoola, Victoria Abake; Muhammed, Shuaib – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2019
Sexual development of the youth has increased in the society and public health concerns of all involved. This study investigated the influence of peer pressure on sexual behavior of undergraduates in Kwara State. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study as well as multi stage sampling procedure. A total of 395 undergraduates…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Sexuality, Undergraduate Students, Public Health
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Patrick, Megan E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2015
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 55. The study is supported under a series of investigator-initiated, competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Behavior, Communicable Diseases
McElfish, Pearl A.; Long, Christopher R.; Stephens, R. Michael; Spencer, Nicola; Rowland, Brett; Spencer, Horace; Stewart, M. Kathryn – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
We performed this study to better understand communities' health priorities and willingness to participate in research in order to reduce health disparities. To include communities whose members often experience health disparities and may lack opportunities to participate in research, student interns from multiple disciplines administered the…
Descriptors: Public Health, Access to Health Care, Diseases, Diabetes
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2020
This year's "America's Children in Brief" highlights selected indicators by metropolitan status to give the reader a closer look at how well-being is influenced by the type of community in which children and their families live. The "Brief" also provides a snapshot of the overall well-being of America's children through the…
Descriptors: Well Being, Geographic Regions, Age Differences, Racial Differences
Voss, Michelle W.; Erickson, Kirk I.; Prakash, Ruchika S.; Chaddock, Laura; Malkowski, Edward; Alves, Heloisa; Kim, Jennifer S.; Morris, Katherine S.; White, Siobhan M.; Wojcicki, Thomas R.; Hu, Liang; Szabo, Amanda; Klamm, Emily; McAuley, Edward; Kramer, Arthur F. – Neuropsychologia, 2010
Over the next 20 years the number of Americans diagnosed with dementia is expected to more than double (CDC, 2007). It is, therefore, an important public health initiative to understand what factors contribute to the longevity of a healthy mind. Both default mode network (DMN) function and increased aerobic fitness have been associated with better…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Public Health, Physical Fitness, Diseases
Moolenaar, Ronald L., Ed. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data presented by the Notifiable Disease Data Team and 122 Cities Mortality Data Team in the weekly "MMWR" are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Animals, Communicable Diseases
