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Andrew Craig Schroeder – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As school safety continues to be a growing issue in public schools, this study takes an exploratory approach to examine the impact vaping is having on public schools in Arkansas. Student vaping is rapidly becoming a common issue in schools. This study examined the response to vaping from administrators in Arkansas. The study surveyed 82 Arkansas…
Descriptors: Smoking, Electronic Equipment, Administrator Attitudes, Health Behavior
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Akel, Marwan; Fahs, Iqbal; Salameh, Pascale; Godeau, Emmanuelle – Health Education Journal, 2019
Introduction: The concept of the health promoting school offers a coherent approach to promoting health and well-being within a whole school community. This study sought to evaluate the health programmes and policies adopted by different Lebanese schools, and their appropriateness for this role as part of health promotion. Methods: Our research…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Education, Well Being, Program Evaluation
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Terry, Amanda; Zhang, Ning Jackie – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Developing and implementing policies to curb and prevent youth tobacco use is of the utmost importance. In Florida, public school districts were authorized to develop tobacco-free school policies through an amendment to the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act in 2011. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of tobacco-free school…
Descriptors: School Policy, Smoking, Public Schools, Zero Tolerance Policy
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Barbero, Colleen; Moreland-Russell, Sarah; Bach, Laura E.; Cyr, Julianne – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: One way to address tobacco use by youth is for primary and secondary schools to adopt and implement comprehensive tobacco policies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the comprehensiveness of tobacco policies in St. Louis County, Missouri public school districts. Methods: We evaluated the strength of tobacco policies from all 23…
Descriptors: Smoking, School Policy, Policy Analysis, Public Schools
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Boyce, Jennifer C.; Mueller, Nancy B.; Hogan-Watts, Melissa; Luke, Douglas A. – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: School tobacco control policies vary widely in their strength, extensiveness, and enforcement. Currently, no standardized method exists to assess the comprehensiveness of school tobacco policies. The purpose of this study was to develop a new practical rating system for school tobacco policies, assess its reliability, and present…
Descriptors: Smoking, Board of Education Policy, School Policy, Policy Analysis
Christian, Cinda; Garland, Marshall W.; McCracken, Kasey – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's federally-funded Title IV safe and drug-free schools program activities for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years.
Descriptors: School Districts, Grants, Drug Abuse, Violence
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Trinidad, D. R.; Gilpin, E. A.; Pierce, J. P. – Health Education Research, 2005
Our objective was to examine factors associated with compliance and support for a smoke-free campus before and after a 1995 campus-wide smoking ban for everyone, including teachers and visitors, in California. Adolescent (12-17 years) data from the 1993, 1996, 1999 and 2002 (N approximately 6000 each year) California Tobacco Surveys…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Free Schools, Smoking