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Matchett, Andrew – PRIMUS, 2023
This article describes five elementary statistics projects involving the COVID-19 data made available to the public in csv files by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first project examined data available at the beginning of the COVID surge in New York City in spring, 2020, and used the correlation coefficient to estimate the…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Student Projects, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Jeon Hee Kim; Soonyoung Park; Youngmi Cho; Sohyune Sok – SAGE Open, 2023
Studies on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention education and its educational effects for elementary school students are necessary. This study aimed to examine the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention education on knowledge about cervical cancer, HPV, immunization, and attitude about immunization among girls in the sixth grade…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Disease Control, Prevention
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Yip, Sai Ho; Saunders, Jeffrey Allen – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
This study investigated whether increased attention to the central or peripheral visual field can reduce motion sickness in virtual reality (VR). A recent study found that increased attention to the periphery during vection was correlated with lower self-reported motion sickness susceptibility, which suggests that peripheral attention might be…
Descriptors: Visual Acuity, Attention, Computer Simulation, Diseases
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Thomas McAndrew; Rochelle L. Frounfelker; Lorenzo Servitje – PRIMUS, 2024
There is a need for public health undergraduates to acquire skills in data collection, statistical programming, and infectious diseases modeling. Public health officials and accreditation bodies underline the importance of a cumulative, "real-world" experience as part of a student's education. The Watermelon Meow Meow (WMM) outbreak is a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Statistics, Data Collection
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Caryn Babaian; Sudhir Kumar – American Biology Teacher, 2024
The emerging field of genomic medicine offers an opportunity for biology and anatomy teachers to bring the topics of DNA, genetics, molecular processes, and evolution together into one experience. Through the genomic medicine paradigm, students see the unbroken connection between small biological topics such as mutations and their potential…
Descriptors: Science Education, Genetics, Diseases, Genetic Disorders
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Sienkiewicz, Laura; Thomas, Yazmine; Reynoso, Alyssa; Munson, Erik – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of four sexually-transmitted infection (STI) agents among university students. Participants: A total of 1744 Milwaukee, Wisconsin metropolitan area student encounters at two university health clinics. Methods: Following consent, participants completed an eight-item demographic and…
Descriptors: Incidence, Clinical Diagnosis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, College Students
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Turan, Numan; Tekin, Isil – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
The present research emphasizes the role of learning in response changes to infection threats and suggests a new instrument. This preliminary study aims to develop a brief tool (SITS: Sensitivity to Infection Threats Scale) that measures individuals' health sensitivity to infection threats. The present research utilized the Brief Symptom…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Responses, Disease Control, Health Behavior
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Marta Castellar Cárdenas; María Del Carmen Romero López; Y María Del Pilar Jiménez Tejada – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
The current pandemic has highlighted the importance of hand hygiene as a preventive measure to avoid the transmission of diseases. It is a habit that should be reinforced during childhood, so that it lasts into adulthood. The main objective was to analyse and describe, through drawing, the mental schemas that 6-12 year-old pupils have about clean…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Shah, Shahid; Abbas, Ghulam; Chauhdary, Zunera; Aslam, Ayesha; Rehman, Anees ur; Khurram, Haris; Noreen, Sibgha; Chand, Usman Rashid; Younis, Muhammad Haseeb; Zulfiqar, Umar – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of students regarding the use of antibiotics in Punjab, Pakistan. Participants: 525 medical and non-medical students from Punjab in Pakistan. Methods: The t-test and ANOVA were used to compare the average response of respondents. Chi-square test was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Medical Students, Drug Therapy
Cohen, Rachel M. – American Educator, 2021
Many families are desperate to get their kids back to school, and many political leaders agree, worried about harm to children's educations and believing that key to fixing the economy is making it easier for parents to work. But the pandemic, which is still raging, has led to one of the most politicized and divisive debates in America: Can we…
Descriptors: School Closing, COVID-19, Pandemics, Safety
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Tavares, Jousilene de Sales; Gama, Gabriela Lopes; Cavalcante Guedes Pinheiro, Hannah; Souza de Azevedo, Girlene; Balbino da Silva, Mariana; Ayalla de Castro Meira, Chanazy; Melo, Adriana Suely Oliveira; Amorim, Melania Maria Ramos – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
To describe and analyze the changes in anthropometric parameters in children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) from birth to four years of age. This prospective study evaluated 117 children diagnosed with CZS. Anthropometric indices evaluated annually were classified with respect to presence of microcephaly and adequacy of weight-for-age,…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Infants, Preschool Children, Human Body
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Hannah G. Rosenblum; Hannah E. Segaloff; Devlin Cole; Christine C. Lee; Dustin W. Currie; Glen R. Abedi; Patrick L. Remington; G. Patrick Kelly; Collin Pitts; Kimberly Langolf; Juliana Kahrs; Kurt Leibold; Ryan P. Westergaard; Christopher H. Hsu; Hannah L. Kirking; Jacqueline E. Tate – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Characterize college student COVID-19 behaviors and attitudes during the early pandemic. Participants: Students on two university campuses in Wisconsin. Methods: Surveys administered in September and November 2020. Results: Few students (3-19%) participated in most in-person activities during the semester, with eating at restaurants as…
Descriptors: College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control
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Charitonos, Koula; Littlejohn, Allison – Studies in Continuing Education, 2022
This article examines tensions that professionals in healthcare settings in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) face in the evolving field around surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Few public health problems are of greater global importance today than AMR, that poses a threat to our ability to treat infections. In this context, the…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Health Services, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Tyler Moore; Katherine Graff; Teal R. Bell – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: We aimed to better understand the impact of statewide legislation removing personal belief exemptions (PBEs) for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) school immunization requirement and factors associated with resulting health-seeking behaviors. Methods: We used chi-squared tests and logistic regression models to determine individual-…
Descriptors: Preventive Medicine, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Educational Legislation
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Sarah I. Leonard; Eleanor R. Turi; Amarilis Céspedes; Jianfang Liu; Jennifer S. Powell; Jean-Marie Bruzzese – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Rural adolescents with asthma are a disparate group. Self-management is essential to asthma control. We describe asthma knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-management behaviors among 198 rural adolescents with poorly controlled asthma, exploring demographic differences; we also test the application of Social Cognitive Theory to asthma…
Descriptors: Self Management, Self Efficacy, Knowledge Level, Diseases
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