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Martin, Molly A.; Caskey, Rachel; Glassgow, Anne Elizabeth; Pappalardo, Andrea A.; Hsu, Lewis L.; Jang, Jiyeong; Basu, Sanjib; Minier, Mark; Fox, Kenneth; Voorhees, Benjamin Van – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: In this study, we aimed to determine how school attendance changed over time for children on Medicaid with chronic health conditions enrolled in a comprehensive care coordination program called Coordinated HEalthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK). Methods: Medicaid beneficiaries from one managed care organization were randomized into 2…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Attendance Patterns, Low Income Students, Chronic Illness
Deborah Becker – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Using theoretical sampling, focused on those who could best inform the theory, the participants in this study, all Latina women, consisted of two program "Tias" (Aunties), currently teaching and mentoring in the "Abuelas Preparando a los Ninos Para La Escuela" [Grandmothers Preparing the Children for School], or APPLE program,…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Child Caregivers, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning
Minnie Mossop – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This is a randomized controlled experimental, sequential explanatory mixed-methods study that evaluated the effectiveness of an early childhood mental health professional development program, Caring with Caring, that was offered to early childhood educators working with infants and toddlers in a licensed group early childhood care and education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Polacsek, Michele; Boninger, Faith; Molnar, Alex; O'Brien, Liam M. – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: One promising approach to influence nutrition behavior is to limit food and beverage marketing to children. Children are a lucrative market and schools may be an effective setting in which to intervene. Studies have shown that marketing in schools is prevalent but little is known about digital marketing (DM) to students in the school…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Eating Habits, Food, Child Health
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Álvarez-García, Cristina; Álvarez-Nieto, Carmen; Carter, Rachel; Kelsey, Janet; Sanz-Martos, Sebastián; López-Medina, Isabel M. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objectives: Children are among the most vulnerable population groups with regard to environmental risks. Nursing students must be fully educated on children's environmental health as they are in a key position to prevent and reduce the effects of environmental hazards. The main objective of this study was to adapt and validate an English language…
Descriptors: Child Health, Questionnaires, Nursing Students, Foreign Countries
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Cressman, Celine; Miller, Fiona A.; Guttmann, Astrid; Cairney, John; Hayeems, Robin – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2020
Background: Despite broad scientific consensus about the importance of the early years in the lifelong health and wellbeing of children, there is debate about whether and how healthcare professionals can optimise early child development through monitoring or screening. The evidence in support of a systematic population-level intervention is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice
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Sutton, Kate – Primary Science, 2020
There is a general feeling of change in primary education in England, in conjunction with the changes to the Ofsted inspection framework (Ofsted, 2019). There is more of a focus on the mental health and wellbeing of children, redeveloping community and reconnecting with nature as part of providing a broad and balanced curriculum. It is so…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Child Health
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Dial, Lauren A.; Emley, Elizabeth; Koerten, Hannah R.; Waite, Tabitha C.; Musher-Eizenman, Dara R. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
Given the overlap between mindfulness and food neophobia, the current study developed and tested a mindfulness-based intervention to decrease food neophobia in preschoolers. Preschoolers (ages 3-5) participated in 10 sessions of a mindfulness intervention group (n = 27) or a food-exposure control group (n = 25). Children were assessed pre- and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Preschool Children, Food, Pretests Posttests
Grauer, Stuart R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
As predictions about the effects of climate change have become more urgent, Stuart Grauer has wondered how much to bring this information into the curriculum at his school. Would learning about the possibly disastrous effects of climate change cultivate a sense of despair in students and ruin their childhoods? When working with students in the…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Ecology, Conservation (Environment)
Yager, Kate; Davis, Rochelle – Healthy Schools Campaign, 2020
Illinois has an important opportunity to dramatically expand comprehensive school-based health services for the state's most vulnerable children by making a simple change to its Medicaid policy. In 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter to state Medicaid directors clarifying which health services could be…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Child Health, Federal Programs, State Federal Aid
Becker, Stephen P.; Gregory, Alice M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
It is anticipated that the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated societal response will have wide-ranging impacts on youth development and mental health. Sleep is crucial for child and adolescent health and well-being, and the potential for sleep problems to emerge or worsen during and following the pandemic is high.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Sleep, Anxiety
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McGregor, Karla K.; Ohlmann, Nancy; Eden, Nichole; Arbisi-Kelm, Tim; Young, Alys – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this study was to situate developmental language disorder (DLD) within the impairment and disability framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF); describe the functional strengths and weaknesses of a cohort of first-grade children with DLD and their peers; and explore the ways that…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Intervention, Individual Characteristics
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Shuffrey, Lauren C.; Morales, Santiago; Jacobson, Melanie H.; Bosquet Enlow, Michelle; Ghassabian, Akhgar; Margolis, Amy E.; Lucchini, Maristella; Carroll, Kecia N.; Crum, Rosa M.; Dabelea, Dana; Deutsch, Arielle; Fifer, William P.; Goldson, Brandon; Hockett, Christine W.; Mason, W. Alex; Jacobson, Lisette T.; O'Connor, Thomas G.; Pini, Nicolò; Rayport, Yael; Sania, Ayesha; Trasande, Leonardo; Wright, Rosalind J.; Lee, Seonjoo; Monk, Catherine – Child Development, 2023
This study examined the association of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), prenatal, and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms with externalizing, internalizing, and autism spectrum problems on the Preschool Child Behavior Checklist in 2379 children aged 4.12 ± 0.60 (48% female; 47% White, 32% Black, 15% Mixed Race, 4% Asian, <2% American…
Descriptors: Young Children, Pregnancy, Diabetes, Mothers
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Thomas G. Power; Susan S. Baker; Karen V. Barale; M. Catalina Aragón; Jane D. Lanigan; Louise Parker; Karina Silva Garcia; Garry Auld; Nilda Micheli; Sheryl O. Hughes – Prevention Science, 2024
Researchers are increasingly using web-based technologies to deliver family-based, prevention programming. Few studies have examined the success of such approaches for families with low incomes. The purpose of this study was to describe the level of in-class and online engagement in a childhood obesity prevention program for parents with low…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Parent Education, Low Income Groups
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Williams, Rita; Hickman, Greg; Leggett, Carmen; Ricketts, Diane; Bryant, Misty; Gwaltney, Kesia – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2022
Poverty has an enormous impact on children and their success in school. Children with low socioeconomic status often perform poorly in reading. Poor reading skills often lead to truancy, low rates of high school graduation, low-paying jobs, and cycles of illiteracy in generations of families. Secondary data was collected from the Tennessee…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Low Income Students, Lunch Programs
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