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Direct linkStuart Lee Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This hermeneutic phenomenological research project involved nonprofit board members' insights into their leadership role in dealing with children with rare illnesses. The organization studied was a charitable 501(3)(C) nonprofit foundation in Indiana and utilized interviews with 13 nonprofit board members to gain information attained from these…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Governing Boards, Attitudes, Leadership Role
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Download full textKailing Chen; Zhihong Lin; Isabelle do Prado; Zahra Mohammad; Karla M. Acosta; Sujata A. Sirsat – Journal of Extension, 2024
This study investigates college students' current food safety knowledge and food-handling perceptions and utilized an online survey which designed based on previous studies as method. The questionnaire measured respondents' food safety knowledge and perception, and were divided into knowledge, attitudes and perception categories. The results show…
Descriptors: College Students, Food, Safety, Student Attitudes
Abdalla Straker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of the quantitative study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention by comparing the improvement in knowledge and attitudes of older adult and caregiver participants in South Carolina. Orangeburg County, a rural area in South Carolina, ranks 8th in the nation for Alzheimer's disease prevalence, according to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Knowledge Level, Attitudes, Older Adults
Douglas, Crystal Clark; Jones, Rachel; Green, Rachel; Brown, Kristina; Yount, Greschen; Williams, Robert – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: Dietary modification is critical for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), yet few women with PCOS report receiving nutrition education. Nutrition knowledge may translate to dietary behaviors and diet quality, but nutrition knowledge among women with PCOS is unknown. Purpose: Using a descriptive design, we assessed…
Descriptors: College Students, Diseases, Knowledge Level, Nutrition
Ben-Michael, Eli; Feller, Avi; Stuart, Elizabeth A. – Grantee Submission, 2021
To limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, governments across the world implemented extraordinary physical distancing policies, such as stay-at-home orders, and numerous studies aim to estimate their effects. Many statistical and econometric methods, such as difference-in-differences, leverage repeated measurements and variation in timing to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Policy, Disease Control
Brandy N. Reeves – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Study One Background: This study sought to validate a new sexual assertiveness scale with college students in the United States. Sexual assertiveness is associated with safer sex and sexual satisfaction. Validating the new scale among students in the US is important, as sexual behaviors vary by country. Study design: College students at a Midwest…
Descriptors: College Students, Sex Education, Sexuality, Contraception
Díaz-González, Esteban E; Danis-Lozano, Rogelio; Peñaloza, Gonzalo – Health Education Research, 2020
Dengue virus is the main arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and affects mainly school-aged children and teens. Many methods have been developed for dengue control, including health education strategies for elementary and high school students. The objective of this study is to provide an update on the status of health education on…
Descriptors: Microbiology, Diseases, Child Health, Health Education
Denny, Thomas N.; Andrews, Laura; Bonsignori, Mattia; Cavanaugh, Kyle; Datto, Michael B.; Deckard, Anastasia; DeMarco, Todd; DeNaeyer, Nicole; Epling, Carol A.; Gurley, Thaddeus; Haase, Steven B.; Hallberg, Chloe; Harer, John; Kneifel, Charles L.; Lee, Mark J.; Louzao, Raul; Moody, M. Anthony; Moore, Zack; Polage, Christopher R.; Puglin, Jamie; Spotts, P. Hunter; Vaughn, John A.; Wolfe, Cameron R. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020
In fall 2020, Duke University's COVID-19 prevention strategy included risk reduction behaviors, frequent testing using pooled SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testing, and contact tracing. Among 10,265 students who received testing 68,913 times, 84 had positive results. One half of infections were asymptomatic, and some had high viral loads.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Screening Tests, Disease Control
Andrew S. London; Shannon M. Monnat; Iliya Gutin – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Objective: To estimate the percentage of U.S. working-age (18- to 64-year-old) adults in 2023 who self-reported ever being diagnosed with ADHD by a health care professional. Method: We analyze data from the 2023 National Wellbeing Survey (N = 7,053) to estimate self-reported lifetime ADHD diagnosis status among working-age adults, overall and by…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Clinical Diagnosis, Age
Silver, Rachel; Kendall, Nancy – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
In this article, we consider what would happen if the resources and energy devoted to formal, school-based sex education were redirected into a syndemic sex education approach that centres the individual, social, and structural conditions that shape adolescents' sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Drawing on a case study of youth in Malawi, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Sexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Freda, Maria Francesca; Lemmo, Daniela; Auriemma, Ersilia; De Luca Picione, Raffaele; Martino, Maria Luisa – Qualitative Research Journal, 2023
Purpose: Consistent with current literature, which highlights the role of narration as a key tool for exploring the processes by which people construct the meaning of their critical experiences the authors propose a theoretical and methodological model to analyse the narratives of illness and identify any innovative aspects. The generative model…
Descriptors: Coding, Qualitative Research, Semiotics, Diseases
Pijl, Esther K.; Vanneste, Yvonne T. M.; Feron, Frans J. M.; Mathijssen, Jolanda J. P.; de Rijk, Angelique E. – Educational Review, 2023
School absenteeism and its underlying causes can have negative effects on the cognitive, psychosocial and health development of a child. Research in primary education shows high rates of sickness absence. Many stakeholders are involved in addressing school absenteeism, including primary school professionals, child and youth healthcare physicians,…
Descriptors: Diseases, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Elementary School Students
Ricci, Kyra; McLauchlin, Benjamin; Hua, Jessica – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2023
Art is a common approach for communicating and educating about science, yet it remains unclear the extent to which science art can benefit varied audiences in varied contexts. To examine this gap, we developed an art exhibit based on the findings of two publications in disease ecology. In study 1, we asked visitors with varying formal science,…
Descriptors: Art Products, Exhibits, Diseases, Ecology
Li, Juo-Chi; Tsai, Shih-Jen; Chen, Tzeng-Ji; Chen, Mu-Hong – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The association between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and subsequent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the potential effects of medications on STI risk remain unknown. In all, 5076 adolescents and young adults with ASD and 57,060 age-/sex-matched individuals without ASD were enrolled between 2001 and 2009 and followed-up to the end of…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents, Young Adults
Clark, Brianna Soule – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
Flipping the classroom to generate engaging and intentional student-driven lectures is the focus of this learning activity. The learning activity derived out of the necessity of making a 3-h, one day a week, in-person class engaging while adhering to social distancing measures and ensuring quarantining students were not at a disadvantage while…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Learner Engagement, Learning Activities, COVID-19
