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Ignacio Martinez Escobedo; Kathleen Doherty; Claire Eccleston – American Journal of Distance Education, 2024
Introduction: Health promotion MOOCs (hpMOOCs) can be designed to educate general audiences on global health issues and provide accessible evidence-based content. Thus, it is essential to assess the instructional design quality of hpMOOCs through more than one perspective to ensure course participants have an effective learning experience and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, MOOCs, Dementia, Risk Management
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Katherine M. Bender; Kendel M. E. Jester – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
Since 2010, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among college students have increased. Student affairs (SA) practitioners may not have received sufficient training to handle issues regarding student suicidality. Results of a survey of SA professionals across the United States assessing their knowledge, opinions, and actions taken around student…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Knowledge Level, Attitudes, Behavior
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Olivia L. Bolts; Samuel R. Davis; Morgan A. Douglass; Kirstyn N. Smith-LeCavalier; Mark A. Prince – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students report high rates of alcohol use and negative alcohol-related consequences (ARC). Many studies document that protective behavioral strategy (PBS) use is negatively associated with ARC. Few studies examine consequence severity and PBS helpfulness, both of which may provide nuance to this relationship. Participants and…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Program Effectiveness, College Students
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Keri G. Hobbs; Sheri Dorn – Journal of Extension, 2023
The University of Georgia (UGA) has a training requirement for adults working with youth. To meet this requirement for Georgia 4-H and Extension Master Gardener volunteers, a standardized online training module was created and delivered across program areas. Volunteers were surveyed to evaluate training effectiveness and experience. Understanding…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Youth Programs, Extension Agents, Volunteers
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Connell, Arin M.; Seidman, Samuel; Ha, Thao; Stormshak, Elizabeth; Westling, Erika; Wilson, Melvin; Shaw, Daniel – Prevention Science, 2023
This study employed integrative data analysis techniques to examine the long-term effects of the family check-up (FCU) on changes in youth suicide risk using three randomized prevention trials, including one trial initiated in early childhood and two initiated in early adolescence. Data were harmonized across studies using moderated nonlinear…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Suicide, Risk Management, Prevention
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Santos, José M. R. C. A.; Varela, Carolina; Martínez-Galán, Enrique – Journal of Research Administration, 2022
The contemporary complex settings under which research and innovation (R&I) activities are executed in academic institutions calls for the definition of suitable management and administration approaches. To this end, (1) the existing literature on the management of R&I projects in the academia is reviewed; (2) major specificities of…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Program Administration, Higher Education, Innovation
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Monaghan, Rosemary; O'Dwyer, Máire; Luus, Retha; Mulryan, Niamh; McCallion, Philip; McCarron, Mary; Henman, Martin C. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: This study explored antiepileptic drug use, frequency of seizures, and the effect of psychotropic drugs with the potential to lower the seizure threshold in persons diagnosed with epilepsy and intellectual disability. Methods: Data for this study were drawn from Wave 3 of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Seizures, Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability
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Heather L. McDaniel; Alexa C. Budavari; Alexandra T. Tonigan; Ava E. Michael; Stephen G. West; Nisha Gottfredson O'Shea; Nicole P. Powell; Lixin Qu; Lissette M. Saavedra; Anna C. Yaros; Catherine P. Bradshaw; John E. Lochman; Antonio A. Morgan-López – Grantee Submission, 2025
Objective: Despite evidence-based interventions for the psychiatric disorders that often precede suicidality, suicide remains a leading cause of death among youth. There has been increased interest in whether preventive interventions targeting early risk factors lead to decreased distal risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB). We examined…
Descriptors: Prevention, Suicide, Risk Management, Coping
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Brown, Charlene; Applegate, Brooks; Seburg, Christine; Mapondera, Aaron – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Study Purpose: This study was undertaken to establish if the Holistic Wellness Assessment (HWA) can detect intra-individual changes following a 12-week undergraduate course in holistic wellness (N = 235). Methods: A single-group pretest post-test non-experimental design was used to evaluate changes in the eight HWA factors; concurrent collection…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Wellness, Health Promotion, Program Effectiveness
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Wang, Bo; Deveaux, Lynette; Cottrell, Lesley; Li, Xiaoming; Adderley, Richard; Dorsett, Barbara; Firpo-Triplett, Regina; Koci, Veronica; Marshall, Sharon; Forbes, Nikkiah; Stanton, Bonita – Prevention Science, 2022
Background: Effective implementation strategies are needed to enhance the success of evidence-based prevention programs. The current study evaluates the effects of two implementation strategies on teachers' implementation of an evidenced-based HIV intervention. Methods: Using our 7-item pre-implementation school screening tool, we identified…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation
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Marisol L. Meyer; Jacqueline Del Rosario; Guerda Nicolas – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2024
Limited research is available on the acceptability of comprehensive sex education for economically marginalized Black youth. The current evaluation study collected quantitative self-report data from 109 high-school-aged predominately Black or African American economically marginalized youth after completing a comprehensive sex education program.…
Descriptors: Sex Education, African American Students, Low Income Students, High School Students
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Kishi, Toshiyuki; Ohnishi, Masafumi; Inagaki, Ryousuke – Cogent Education, 2023
Water safety programs to protect children from water-related accidents and increase their awareness of the risk factor crucial to maintaining safety. This study examined the behavior of 48 junior high school students after an intervention program on water safety in a river using the Rohrmann's Risk Communication Model and the Analysis, Design,…
Descriptors: Safety Education, Water, Risk Management, Child Safety
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Arazan, Christine; Costelloe, Michael T.; Willingham, Mark T. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of a harm reduction e-card at increasing protective drinking behaviors and decreasing negative outcomes from consuming alcohol. Participants: Participants were college students who turned 21 years old between January 21, 2016 and September 27, 2017. A total of 1,064 students completed the posttest: 737 from…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Risk Management, Intervention
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Wachenheim, Cheryl – Journal of Food Science Education, 2021
A situated learning exercise was employed to teach food safety content in agribusiness management classes at Renmin University in China. Pedagogical objectives included proficiency at identification and assessment of food safety risk factors, source causation factors, and risk mitigation strategies. Identified themes emerging from student ex-post…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food Service, Food Standards, Safety
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Petitclerc, Amélie; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Prevention Science, 2022
Early childhood intervention is particularly cost-beneficial when it reduces justice involvement, but ingredients that contribute to this outcome are unknown. The goal of this study was to estimate the effects of two common early childhood intervention ingredients--home visits and center-based education--on juvenile justice involvement. The Infant…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Home Visits, Program Effectiveness, Juvenile Justice
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