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Johnson, Thomas C. – Journal of International Students, 2014
Emergency notifications and shelter-in-place warnings on college and university campuses are generally issued in English and presuppose either a common shared language and culture or the adaptation of the warning system to a multilingual and multicultural social structure. This study examined the roles that language, culture, and emergency…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Emergency Programs, College Students, Language Usage
Murphy, Kelle L.; Donovan, Jacqueline B.; Berg, Dominck A. – Physical Educator, 2016
Physical education teacher education (PETE) programs vary on how the topics of safe teaching and risk management are addressed. Common practices to cover such issues include requiring textbooks, lesson planning, peer teaching, videotaping, reflecting, and reading case law analyses. We used a mixed methods design to examine how risk management is…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Adapted Physical Education, Textbooks, Physical Education
Vieweg, Sarah Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In times of mass emergency, users of Twitter (a popular microblogging service) often communicate information about the event, some of which contributes to situational awareness. Situational awareness refers to a state of understanding the "big picture" in time- and safety-critical situations. The more situational awareness people have,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Telecommunications, Computer Mediated Communication, Safety
Savasci, Funda; Uluduz, Hatice – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2013
This study intends to investigate the fifth grade students' conceptions of earthquakes. Twenty two grade 5 students (11-12 years old) from five different elementary schools in Istanbul voluntarily participated in the study. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with each participant. Six interview questions were designed by…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Seismology, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Chang, Chin-Wei; Hsiao, Hung-Yi; Tang, Chieh-Hsin; Chuang, Ying-Ji; Lin, Ching-Yuan – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2010
The current study applies semantic differential to explore the semantic perception of emergency signs, in an attempt to analyze the meanings of emergency signs in regard to the psychological exigencies of the general public. The results indicate that problems concerning recognition accuracy have been observed, but also that the evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Semantics, Safety, Recognition (Psychology)
Peek, Lori; Morrissey, Bridget; Marlatt, Holly – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
The authors explored individual and family adjustment processes among parents (n = 30) and children (n = 55) who were displaced to Colorado after Hurricane Katrina. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 23 families, this article offers an inductive model of displaced family adjustment. Four stages of family adjustment are presented in the model: (a)…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Natural Disasters, Interviews, Safety
Seiter, Thomas C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Traditional models for studying user acceptance and adoption of technology focused on the factors that identify and tested the relationships forged between the user and the technology in question. In emergency response, implementing technology without user acceptance may affect the safety of the responders and citizenry. Integrating the factors…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Crisis Management, Safety, Correlation
McBride, James T. – Campus Law Enforcement Journal, 2010
An analysis of eleven state task force reports prompted by the tragic nature of the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 revealed that all shared a primary theme: no "single best way" to protect American college and university campuses yet exists. These documents, individually and collectively, make it clear that contemporary complex learning…
Descriptors: Campuses, Higher Education, Safety, School Safety
Kosa, Katherine M.; Cates, Sheryl C.; Karns, Shawn; Godwin, Sandria L.; Coppings, Richard J. – Educational Gerontology, 2012
Natural disasters and other emergencies can cause an increased risk of foodborne illness. We conducted a nationally representative survey to understand consumers' knowledge and use of recommended practices during/after extended power outages and other emergencies. Because older adults are at an increased risk for foodborne illness, this paper…
Descriptors: Safety, Public Health, Food Standards, Emergency Programs
Stewart, Mark G.; Mueller, John – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013
This paper estimates risk reductions for each layer of security designed to prevent commercial passenger airliners from being commandeered by terrorists, kept under control for some time, and then crashed into specific targets. Probabilistic methods are used to characterize the uncertainty of rates of deterrence, detection, and disruption, as well…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, Aviation Education, Policy Analysis, Decision Making
Office of Safe and Healthy Students, US Department of Education, 2013
Each school day, our nation's schools are entrusted to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for approximately 55 million elementary and secondary school students in public and nonpublic schools. In collaboration with their local government and community partners, schools can take steps to plan for these potential emergencies through the…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Planning, Cooperative Planning, Guides
Pazera, Carol – Online Submission, 2010
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) program took the initiative to investigate safety practices in its programs, especially with regard to chemicals and hazardous materials. This report highlights some responses from the CTE safety survey in 2010.
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Safety, Hazardous Materials, Teacher Surveys
Mishara, Brian L.; Weisstub, David N. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
The ethical basis of suicide prevention is illustrated by contrasting helpline emergency rescue policies of the Samaritans and the AAS and the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network. We contrast moralist, relativist, and libertarian ethical premises and question whether suicide can be rational. Samaritans respect a caller's right to…
Descriptors: Safety, Prevention, Suicide, Ethics
Washburn, Carolyn; Saunders, Kristine – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2010
According to the American Red Cross (n.d.), less than half of Americans have an emergency preparedness plan in place. Therefore, it is critical that the Cooperative Extension System takes a role in encouraging the development of family preparedness plans. The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) has developed a family and consumer sciences…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Extension Education, Consumer Science, Emergency Programs
Morris, Patty; Baker, Dian; Belot, Carol; Edwards, Audrey – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Schools are responsible for handling life-threatening events due to a variety of conditions, including anaphylaxis. California is one of a few states that permits school districts to stock emergency epinephrine auto-injectors and to train unlicensed assistive personnel to administer epinephrine for a life-threatening event. We surveyed…
Descriptors: Safety, School Nurses, Program Implementation, School Personnel