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Benno, Maria Tina; Griger, Cassondra; Tracy, Braelyn; Nayyar, Akshita; Conaway, R. Brandon; Franklin, Kirsten; Schmitt, Ara J. – Communique, 2021
Pediatric chronic illnesses are characterized as conditions that last one year or more, require continuous medical intervention, and have implications for the overall functioning, including neuropsychoeducational functioning, of a child. Students with chronic illnesses are at risk for compromised cognitive and physical functioning, resulting in a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Chronic Illness, At Risk Students, Special Needs Students
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Aeschbach, Chelsea J.; Burrough, William B.; Olejniczak, Amy B.; Koepsel, Erica R. – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Many factors impact an adolescent's willingness to appropriately use health-care services and intent to begin the health-care transition process. Published literature continues to show that the way adolescents experience and utilize health-care services is ineffective and has long-term impacts on individuals and systems. Building upon the success…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Management, Child Health, High School Students
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Sundler, Annelie J.; Whilson, Marie; Darcy, Laura; Larsson, Margaretha – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Child abuse recognition and the protection of children is a global concern. In Sweden, the role of the school nurse (SN) is to promote schoolchildren's health and development and to identify and prevent harm. The aim of this study was to describe Swedish SN experiences of suspecting, identifying, and reporting child abuse and to compare them with…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Child Abuse, Foreign Countries, Role
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Rushing, Keith; Sneed, Jeannie; Curwood, Sandra; Johnson, James Thomas – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2021
Purupose/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the training needs of state agency staff and determine preferences for training formats, delivery methods, length of training, and best time of year to deliver training. Methods: A rigorous 3-phase data collection approach was used. A draft survey was developed in Phase…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Needs Assessment, Nutrition, Professional Personnel
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Massey, William V.; Thalken, Janelle; Szarabajko, Alexandra; Neilson, Laura; Geldhof, John – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: A majority of research findings have focused on recess as instrumental to achieving minutes of physical activity rather than focusing on the psycho-social benefits associated with a high-quality recess environment. The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between recess quality and teacher-reported social,…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Elementary School Students, Physical Activities, Correlation
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Garst, Barry; Weinberg, Stuart T.; Faricy, Alli – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2021
"Transition of care" is defined as the movement of an individual from one setting of care to another and involves communicating with appropriate out-of-camp stakeholders such as parents, teachers, and community health care providers to identify youth needs (before camp) and outcomes achieved (after camp) so desired health goals may be…
Descriptors: Camps, Caregivers, Summer Programs, Well Being
Kaur, Sarbjit – Online Submission, 2021
The IBSA forum is an important collaboration of India-Brazil-South Africa to address the social developmental challenges of developing countries through South-South Cooperation. All three countries share same colonial history and at present have developing economies and struggling to provide best public services to their citizens through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Developing Nations, Barriers
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Moura, Andreia Ferreira; Vidal, Leticia; Girona, Alejandra; Ares, Gastón – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Research on behavioral and social science has demonstrated that transitions throughout a person's life course, as the life event of becoming a parent, represent an opportunity for dietary changes. However, research in this area has been mostly restricted to developed European and North American countries and has shown ambiguous results. The…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Behavior Change, Health Behavior, Parent Attitudes
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Ganc, Malgorzata; Kobosko, Joanna; Jedrzejczak, W. Wiktor; Gruba, Joanna; Skarzynski, Henryk – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
In research on the psychological development of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children, there is a wealth of studies focused on aspects such as speech and language, communication, and social-emotional development, but some other spheres have been disregarded. This study looks more generally at the developmental outcomes of DHH children who use…
Descriptors: Child Development, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Scores
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Hartley, Natasha – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
In the United States, childhood obesity continues to increase at unprecedented rates. School-based occupational therapists can play a more significant role in health promotion and obesity prevention efforts in the school setting. Since this is a relatively new role for occupational therapists, there is still a tremendous gap in the literature…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Allied Health Personnel, Occupational Therapy
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Mann, Georgianna; Barnard, Marie; Knight, Kathy; Green, Eleanor; Tkachuk, Emma – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2020
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Good Food for Oxford Schools (GFOS) program by assessing perceptions of Child Nutrition Program (CNP) staff. This evaluation was completed to provide insights to support continued quality improvement of the program, and to explore the potential impact of the program on the students and teachers in the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Food, Nutrition, Dining Facilities
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Doig, Scott R.; Losee, Timothy M.; González-Toro, Christie M.; Cruz, Javier A.; Matthews, Tracey Dexter – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2020
Schools around the nation are attempting to increase the amount of physical activity (PA) students receive through a variety of creative means. Recently, organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institute of Health (NIH) have sounded an alarm about the lack of time children spend in PA participation. The purpose…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Child Health, Life Style
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Thorburn, Malcolm – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
This critical paper investigates one influential post-millennial initiative -- the Daily Mile programme -- which is designed to promote the multifarious lifelong enhancing benefits of running-based experiences. A textually orientated discourse analysis of the language used in media, policy and research-related documentary sources of evidence are…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
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Wyszynska, Justyna; Podgórska-Bednarz, Justyna; Deren, Katarzyna; Baran, Joanna; Czenczek-Lewandowska, Ewelina; Leszczak, Justyna; Mazur, Artur – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Adiposity is closely related to hypertension (HTN) in paediatric population. However, which adiposity indicator is most associated with HTN among children and adolescents with intellectual disability remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between HTN prevalence and different adiposity indicators: body…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Intellectual Disability, Hypertension
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Schluter, Philip J.; Audas, Richard; Kokaua, Jesse; McNeill, Brigid; Taylor, Barry; Milne, Barry; Gillon, Gail – Child Development, 2020
Literacy success lays the foundation for children's later educational, health, and well-being outcomes. Thus, early identification of literacy need is vital. Using data from New Zealand's national preschool health screening program for fiscal years 2010/2011-2014/2015, demographic and health variables from 255,090 children aged 4 years were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Development, Emergent Literacy, Intervention
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