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Denner, Jill; Coyle, Karin; Robin, Leah; Banspach, Stephen – Journal of School Health, 2005
Service learning has been identified as a promising approach to reduce sexual risk behavior, among other outcomes. This study used qualitative data analysis to offer suggestions for optimally integrating service learning into a program to reduce sexual risks among alternative school students. Data were collected from student participants in the…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Nontraditional Education, Data Analysis, Risk
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Flower, Jane; Saewyc, Elizabeth M. – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
The purpose of this descriptive study was to pilot test an Asthma Assessment Interview (AAI) and to determine the approximate age a child with asthma is capable to self-carry an inhaler. A random sample of 34 students with asthma (Grades K through 10) from a midwestern school district were interviewed by the school nurse using the AAI, which…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Diseases, Coping, Child Health
Halfon, Neal; Russ, Shirley; Regalado, Michael – Zero to Three (J), 2005
As medical knowledge and treatments improve, pediatricians' role in promoting children's health continues to change. Genetics and early experiences may have long-term effects on health and development. Theoretical models that influence providers' decisions about the use of health-care resources are: the disease model, the neuromaturational model,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Pediatrics, Genetics, Child Health
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Diehl, Sandy – Adult Learning, 2004
As the educational environment becomes increasingly diverse, adult educators are poised to serve as invaluable resources to adult learners, both as links to reliable health information and builders of skills. Health literacy skills are important tools that prepare learners to access, understand, and use information to make informed health…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Educational Environment, Literacy, Adult Students
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Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian; Kosloski, Karl; Montgomery, Rhonda J. V. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the practice-oriented model of service use (Yeatts, Crow, & Folts, 1992) relative to the more widely used behavioral model (Andersen, 1968) in its ability to explain the use of respite services by caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. Unlike the behavioral model, which focuses primarily on…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Access to Health Care, Alzheimers Disease, Caregivers
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Patt, Madhavi Reddy; Yanek, Lisa R.; Moy, Taryn F.; Becker, Diane M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
To better understand obesity and overweight among urban African American women, the authors examined sociodemographic, behavioral, and psychological factors within body mass index (BMI) categories. A total of 496 women were recruited for cardiovascular risk factor screening from 20 urban African American churches. Study participants had a mean age…
Descriptors: African Americans, Obesity, Body Composition, Marital Status
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Sipkin, Diane L.; Gillam, Alix; Grady, Laurie Bisset – Journal of American College Health, 2003
"Chlamydia trachomatis" infection in college students has not undergone a detailed large-scale evaluation. The authors undertook a cross-sectional study of 4,086 students enrolled on the campuses of California State University, Sacramento, and 3 local community colleges from fall 2000 through spring 2002. They used an outreach screening…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Students, At Risk Persons, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Buie, Mary E. – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
National statistics estimate that 1.2 million newborn males are circumcised annually in the United States (70% to 80%). Such values as sanctity, equity, fraternity, paternity and liberty affect circumcision rates in America. The value of sanctity allows freedom of religious beliefs and traditions that often overcome medical impetus in…
Descriptors: Surgery, Males, Social Values, Civil Rights
Kelley, R. Mark; Ball, Marcia; Cerullo, Jennie; Trunova, Elena – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2004
For several years, HIV infection has increasing rapidly in Eastern Europe and Russia (UNAIDS, 2000, 2003). The purpose of the study was to investigate the HIV and STD knowledge, sexual behaviors and drug taking behaviors of adolescents in southern Russia. The instrument was compiled by the authors, professionally translated, and pilot tested. Most…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Sexuality
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Cruce, Michael K.; Stinnett, Terry A.; Choate, Kurt T. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
Attributions toward HIV[positive] adolescents made by teacher education students who graduated from rural or urban high schools were examined. Participants read vignettes in which level of promiscuity and sexual orientation were varied, then completed a rating scale that reflected various attitudes toward HIV[positive] students. The vignette…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexual Orientation, Rating Scales, High Schools
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Bray, Melissa A.; Theodore, Lea A.; Patwa, Shamim S.; Margiano, Suzanne G.; Alric, Jolie M.; Peck, Heather L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
This investigation employed a multiple baseline design across five participants to examine written emotional expression as an intervention to improve lung function in high school-aged students, college students, and adults with asthma. The predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV[subscript 1] measure of large airway functioning) and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Diseases, Anxiety, School Psychologists
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Gendell, Mara, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2006
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Communicable Diseases
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Mitchell, Claudia; Stuart, Jean; Moletsane, Relebohile; Nkwanyana, Callistus Bheka – McGill Journal of Education, 2006
In this article, we draw on the example of the Friday Absenteeism Project, a photo voice project with sixth grade learners in a rural KwaZulu-Natal school, to interrogate the nature of participatory process and cultural production. In so doing, we explore a number of critical issues related to youth participation, including ethics, citizenship and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Social Change, Ethics, Democracy
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Takahashi, Lois M.; Magalong, Michelle G.; DeBell, Paula; Fasudhani, Angela – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
Though AIDS case rates among Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIs) in the United States remain relatively low, the number has been steadily increasing. Scholars, policy makers, and service providers still know little about how confident APIs are in carrying out different HIV risk reduction strategies. This article addresses this gap by…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, At Risk Persons, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Youth
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Maatta, Tuomo; Tervo-Maatta, Tuula; Taanila, Anja; Kaski, Markus; Iivanainen, Matti – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
The mental health, adaptive behaviour and intellectual abilities of people with Down syndrome (n=129) were evaluated in a population-based survey of social and health care records. Females had better cognitive abilities and speech production compared with males. Males had more behavioural problems than females. Behaviour suggestive of attention…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Age Differences
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