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Moreland-Russell, Sarah; Farah Saliba, Louise; Rodriguez Weno, Emily; Smith, Romario; Padek, Margaret; Brownson, Ross C. – Health Education Research, 2022
Public health agencies are increasingly concerned with ensuring that they are maximizing limited resources by delivering effective programs to enhance population-level health outcomes. Preventing mis-implementation (ending effective activities prematurely or continuing ineffective ones) is necessary to sustain public health efforts and resources…
Descriptors: Leadership, Competence, Program Implementation, Public Health
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Artawan Eka Putra, I. Wayan Gede; Purnama Dewi, Ni Putu Eka; Probandari, Ari Natalia; Notobroto, Hari Basuki; Wahyuni, Chatarina Umbul – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Lack of participation of household contacts is the main problem of early detection of tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia. A comprehensive health education (CHE) program has been developed to encourage the participation of household contacts. This study aimed to assess the implementation of the CHE to improve participation of household contacts in…
Descriptors: Health Education, Identification, Communicable Diseases, Foreign Countries
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Rebka Ephrem; Roshan Sapkota; Isaiah Dawkins; Patrick Faherty; Yael Sarig; Jason Peres da Silva; Julia Pierce; Ethan Epstein; Vincent Amato; Darby K. Melia; Nicholas Messina; Orly Richter; Mona Polavarapu; Jessica Chiu; Russell Paredes; Toni-Marie Achilli – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2023
Service-learning models serve as noteworthy curriculum paradigms that can help students engage with their communities while continuously learning. This article recounts the implementation of a service-learning model within a student initiative aimed to help combat vaccine hesitancy and promote the uptake of vaccinations within the Rhode Island…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Service Learning, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
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Yoong, Sze Lin; Bolsewicz, Katarzyna; Grady, Alice; Wyse, Rebecca; Sutherland, Rachel; Hodder, Rebecca Kate; Kingsland, Melanie; Nathan, Nicole; McCrabb, Sam; Bauman, Adrian; Wiggers, John; Moullin, Joanna; Albers, Bianca; Fernandez, Maria E.; Hall, Alix; Sims-Gould, Joanie; Taylor, Natalie; Rissel, Chris; Milat, Andrew; Bailey, Andrew; Batchelor, Samantha; Attia, John; Wolfenden, Luke – Health Education Research, 2020
While there is some guidance to support the adaptation of evidence-based public health interventions, little is known about adaptation in practice and how to best support public health practitioners in its operationalization. This qualitative study was undertaken with researchers, methodologists, policy makers and practitioners representing public…
Descriptors: Public Health, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation
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Krieger, Theresia; Floren, Miriam; Feron, Frans; Dorant, Elisabeth – Educational Action Research, 2021
Complex public health programmes may suffer from 'teething problems' during their implementation in practice, especially when programmes are developed top-down without the participation of end-users and service providers. Trying out and optimising a new concept in practice with stakeholder's participation may enhance the programme's chance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Caregivers, Caregiver Role
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Erin Broas; Ashley A. Lowe; Kimberly Ivich; Melissa Garcia; Jackie Ward; James Hollister; Lynn B. Gerald – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
The increasing rate of food allergies in children, combined with the role of food as an integral part of the school day has led to the emergence of anaphylaxis as a daily threat to students, regardless of prior allergy diagnosis. Stock epinephrine--non-patient specific epinephrine auto-injectors that may be used during emergencies--is a means for…
Descriptors: Medicine, Drug Therapy, Food, Allergy
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Markham, Wolfgang A. – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to extend a theory of health promoting schools (Markham and Aveyard, 2003) that draws heavily upon Nussbaum's Aristotelian interpretation of good human functioning (Nussbaum, 1990). This theory of health promoting schools proposed that health is grounded in the meeting of identified fundamental human needs and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Public Health, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Emenike, Nkechi W.; Onukwugha, Franklin I.; Sarki, Ahmed M.; Smith, Lesley – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Lack of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education contributes to poor SRH outcomes for adolescents and young people in Sub-Saharan Africa. School-based comprehensive SRH education programmes in low- and middle-income countries aim to advance gender equality and human rights and reduce risky sexual behaviours in adolescents. However, the…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Public Schools
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Margaret H. Sibley; Mercedes Ortiz; Alexandria Rios-Davis; Courtney A. Zulauf-McCurdy; Paulo A. Graziano; Leonard Bickman – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2022
Community implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is greatly lacking. A recent randomized community-based trial of an EBP for ADHD (Supporting Teens' Autonomy Daily; STAND) demonstrated suboptimal implementation and effectiveness outcomes. In the present study, we conducted an…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Evidence Based Practice, Barriers
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Stadnick, Nicole A.; Lau, Anna S.; Dickson, Kelsey S.; Pesanti, Keri; Innes-Gomberg, Debbie; Brookman-Frazee, Lauren – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Public mental health systems play an important role in caring for youth with autism spectrum disorder. Like other dually diagnosed populations, youth with autism spectrum disorder may receive services in the context of evidence-based practice implementation efforts within public mental health systems. Little is known about service use patterns…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Evidence Based Practice
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Chu, Kar-Hai; Shensa, Ariel; Colditz, Jason B.; Sidani, Jaime E.; Hoffman, Beth L.; Sinclair, David; Krauland, Mary G.; Primack, Brian A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette) offers potential to facilitate cigarette smoking cessation, yet potentially increases risk of cigarette smoking initiation. This relationship has been primarily modeled in mathematical ways that often do not represent real-world complexities, which could inform decisions regarding local…
Descriptors: Smoking, Electronic Equipment, Risk, Health Behavior
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Ward, Vicky; Smith, Simon; Keen, Justin; West, Robert; House, Allan – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2018
Background: In the UK managers from multiple organisations are commonly tasked with collectively devising and implementing local health and wellbeing policies as a way of addressing increasing demand for healthcare. This requires them to create knowledge together but relatively little is known about how this occurs. This paper reports the results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Well Being, Interaction
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Ornelas, India J.; Schwartz, Malaika; Sabin, Janice A.; Frogner, Bianca K. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2022
Health professions students can increase their understanding of how social determinants impact health equity through experiential learning opportunities. Using key informant interviews with faculty and staff familiar with experiential education programs in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and social work, we sought to…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Experiential Learning, Professional Education, Training
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Lisa T. Washburn; Heather Norman-Burgdolf; Karen L. Franck; Lauren E. Kennedy; Christopher T. Sneed – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Public health efforts have emphasized changes to policies, systems, and environments (PSEs) to improve health behaviors for individuals and communities. Extension has increasingly emphasized these approaches, particularly for the work of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) agents. In part, this emphasis on PSEs in Extension has been driven by…
Descriptors: Public Health, Extension Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Federal Programs
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Garney, Whitney R.; Szucs, Leigh E.; Primm, Kristin; King Hahn, Laura; Garcia, Kristen M.; Martin, Emily; McLeroy, Kenneth – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Introduction: In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded the American Heart Association to implement policy, systems, and environment-focused strategies targeting access to healthy food and beverages, physical activity, and smoke-free environments. Method: To understand factors affecting implementation and variations in success…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Public Health, Health Promotion, Program Evaluation
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