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Adebayo, Oluwamuyiwa Winifred; Anderson, Jocelyn C.; Wardecker, Britney M. – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify preferences for content, method of delivery and frequency of information to encourage self-initiated sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing. Design: Qualitative study involving individual in-depth interviews with 35 college students aged 18-24 years. Setting: A university in Central…
Descriptors: College Students, Information Dissemination, Delivery Systems, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Soomro, Bahadur Ali; Lakhan, Ghulam Rasool; Shah, Naimatullah – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The present study examines the knowledge, attitude and practice towards the reduction of COVID-19 spread among entrepreneurs of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST), Karachi Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: The authors employed cross-sectional data to infer the results. The data are collected through…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Entrepreneurship
Santos, Joana M. L. G.; Ribeiro, Óscar; Jesus, Luis M. T.; Matos, Maria Assunção C. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The aim of the study was to provide an updated systematic review of randomized controlled trials that studied the effectiveness of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions to prevent aspiration pneumonia in older adults at risk for aspiration. Method: The search was conducted in MEDLINE (PubMed), Scopus, and Web of Science…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Diseases, Older Adults
Pavloski, Erin L.; Triezenberg, Heather A. – Journal of Extension, 2021
Gain and loss framing has been used in risk communication across many fields as a technique for shaping individuals' behaviors. Via community-engaged research conducted with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, we tested five message frames to determine efficacy for outreach programs. We made the following determinations: (1) for…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Disease Control, Agricultural Occupations, Intention
Samad, Daizal R.; Harripersaud, Ashwannie – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Save for the most callous among us, all of humanity knows the chaos wreaked upon the world by the COVID-19 Virus. The losses are of unspeakable proportions. Those losses continue. Among those losses is lost educational opportunity for our children and young adults. The debate among world experts continues unabated: when should we re-open schools?…
Descriptors: Educational Change, COVID-19, Pandemics, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Supasit Pannarunothai – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
Health services play one of the important roles in achieving equity in health. In the absence of equity awareness, health services searching for practice excellence will themselves inadvertently be causing health inequity rather than closing the gap. The elderly are increasingly occupying considerable capacities of health services to all. This…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Access to Health Care, Health Services
Mee Young Um; Arati Maleku; Hanna Haran; Youn Kyoung Kim; Mansoo Yu; Sung Seek Moon – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examined associations among discrimination, mask-wearing behavior, and self-harming thoughts among international students in the United States during COVID-19. Participants: Undergraduate and graduate international students enrolled in universities during the 2020 summer semester participated in the online survey (N = 103).…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Hygiene
Hao Gao; Qingting Zhao; Lina Li; Xintong Bai; Difan Guo – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To explore whether/how the willingness of Chinese college students to receive the influenza vaccines in the sample is affected by different information channels. Participants: Two hundred and four volunteers were recruited to participate in an anonymous online survey. All participants were college students, mainly undergraduates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Immunization Programs, Student Attitudes
Jennifer Tsui; Michelle Shin; Kylie Sloan; Bibiana Martinez; Lawrence A. Palinkas; Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati; Joel C. Cantor; Shawna V. Hudson; Benjamin F. Crabtree – Prevention Science, 2024
HPV vaccination rates remain below target levels among adolescents in the United States, which is particularly concerning in safety-net populations with persistent disparities in HPV-associated cancer burden. Perspectives on evidence-based strategies (EBS) for HPV vaccination among key implementation participants, internal and external to clinics,…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health Behavior, Allied Health Personnel
Rania Abu Alhaija; Ali Abdel Halim Hasab; Nessrin Ahmed El-Nimr; Dalia Ibrahim Tayel – Health Education Research, 2024
This intervention study aimed to assess mothers' knowledge of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). It also measured the impact of a health education program on their level of knowledge and their infants' IDA rates in rural areas of Nablus Governorate. Using a randomized pretest--posttest control group design, the efficacy of 3 months' education program…
Descriptors: Mothers, Health Education, Diseases, Program Effectiveness
F. Bösebeck; H. Worthmann; C. Möller; C. Konrad – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
During the COVID-19 pandemic, drastic measures to interrupt SARS-CoV-2 infection chains were implemented. In our study we investigated the consequences of pandemic related restrictions on the social, psychological, and physical well-being of institutionalized adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Methods: Online survey among…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Caregivers, Intellectual Disability
Zahra Sadat Manzari; Hassan Vossoughinia; Behzad Nedaei; Hossein Rafiei; Mohamad Hossein Mafi – Health Education Research, 2024
The use of the best teaching method to promote self-care in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not been well defined. Therefore, the current study was conducted to compare the effect of self-care education by two methods of teach-back and a smartphone application. The current clinical trial with a pre- and post-test design was…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Diseases, Patients, Self Management
Sandra V. Loosli; Lennart C. Neumann; Elisabeth Wlasich; Catharina Prix; Laura Koll; Endy Weidinger; Jonathan Vöglein; Olivia Wagemann; Adrian Danek; Georg Nübling; Johannes Levin – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: The CAMDEX-DS is an instrument to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Down syndrome consisting of an informant interview and a cognitive test battery (CAMCOG-DS). Measurement properties of the German CAMDEX-DS were investigated. Method: Fifty-five adults with Down syndrome (19-58 years) participated in this observational study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diagnostic Tests, Alzheimers Disease, Down Syndrome
Nancy Boury; Amy Siegesmund; David B. Kushner; Davida S. Smyth; Mary E. Allen; Adronisha Frazier; Illona Gillette-Ferguson; Miriam Markum; Glenn Patriquin; Sara E. Reynolds; Sarah Rosario; J. Jordan Steel; Rachel Horak – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2024
Curricular guidelines promote standardized approaches to coverage of essential knowledge and skills in undergraduate education. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Microbiology were developed in 2012. Continuous, rapid growth of knowledge in science and a dynamic, changing world necessitate updates…
Descriptors: Microbiology, Communicable Diseases, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Kezia H. Mkwizu; Kathija Yassim – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
The trends in higher education's post-pandemic recovery and towards sustainability are not new concepts and are still being discussed in various contexts. Evidence shows that higher education suffered greatly from the pandemic due to closures of institutions. Hence, more post-pandemic studies are necessary to understand its effects and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Sustainability, COVID-19