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Holmes, Allison K.; Rauch, Paula K.; Cozza, Stephen J. – Future of Children, 2013
Since the U.S. military began fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2002, approximately two million military children have seen a parent deploy into harm's way at least once, and many families have experienced multiple deployments. Most deployments end with a parent's safe return home, but more than 50,000 service members have been…
Descriptors: Military Service, Military Personnel, Death, War
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Kovarsky, Dana; Schiemer, Christine; Murray, Allison – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
We examined uncomfortable moments that damaged rapport during group interactions between college students in training to become speech-language pathologists and adults with traumatic brain injury. The students worked as staff in a community-based program affiliated with a university training program that functioned as a recreational gathering…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Speech Language Pathology, Interpersonal Relationship, Humor
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Journal of School Health, 1995
Presents guidelines for organizations planning head injury prevention programs for bicyclists. The guidelines examine the magnitude of the problem and potential impact of helmet use, characteristics of helmets, barriers to increasing helmet use, and approaches to increasing helmet use. Bicycle helmet legislation and community educational campaigns…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Bicycling, Community Programs, Head Injuries
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Farley, Celine; Vaez, Marjan; Laflamme, Lucie – Health Education, 2004
The objectives of the study are to assess the impact of a community-based bicycle-helmet program aimed at children aged 5-12 years (about 140,000). A quasi-experimental design, including a control group, was used. Sex- and age-group-based changes in the risk of bicycle-related head injury leading to hospitalisation were measured, using rate…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Head Injuries, Program Effectiveness