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Kimberly McNally; Amira Roess; Ali Weinstein; Lisa Lindley; Robin Wallin – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Understanding the school nurse's experience in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion can reduce vaccine disparities. HPV vaccination is critical to cancer prevention. Despite the importance of the school nurse in vaccine promotion, there is a lack of understanding. This article aims to examine the knowledge, attitude, experience, and role…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Role, Immunization Programs, Cancer
Universities UK, 2022
As the new academic year begins, higher education providers (HEPs) are building on their experience of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic--including key partnerships with public health--to mitigate possible risks of monkeypox. This briefing provides principles for the prevention and case management of monkeypox infections in UK higher education…
Descriptors: Prevention, Communicable Diseases, Public Health, Foreign Countries
Jeon Hee Kim; Soonyoung Park; Youngmi Cho; Sohyune Sok – SAGE Open, 2023
Studies on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention education and its educational effects for elementary school students are necessary. This study aimed to examine the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention education on knowledge about cervical cancer, HPV, immunization, and attitude about immunization among girls in the sixth grade…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Disease Control, Prevention
Carolan, K.; Verran, J.; Amos, M.; Crossley, M.; Redfern, J.; Whitton, N.; Louttit, D. – Journal of Biological Education, 2019
Vaccination coverage in the United Kingdom is below the level recommended by the World Health Organisation, and when vaccination coverage is not sufficient, outbreaks of infectious diseases can occur. In 2015, coverage of the first dose of the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine declined in the United Kingdom for the first time since 2008, indicating a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immunization Programs, Communicable Diseases, Health Education
O'Neill, Jenny; Elia, Sonja; Perrett, Kirsten P. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is offered in Australia to all males and females at 12 to 13 years. In 2015 the national HPV coverage was 77.4% for females and 66.4% for males. There is no Australian coverage data for the subgroup of adolescents with disabilities. Method: We reviewed the HPV vaccine status of all 14 year-old…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities
Kelly-Hanku, Angela; Newland, Jamee; Aggleton, Peter; Ase, Sophie; Fiya, Voletta; Aeno, Herick; Vallely, Lisa M.; Mola, Glen D. L.; Kaldor, John M.; Vallely, Andrew J. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: The type of health education messages that communities and individuals seek to have communicated about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is important if vaccine programmes are to succeed, especially in settings such as Papua New Guinea (PNG), which have a high burden of cervical cancer, low health literacy and negative experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cancer, Prevention, Immunization Programs
Pineau, Pablo; Frechtel, Ignacio – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2022
This article discusses the connections between health, illness and education from a historical perspective, aiming at providing clues for understanding these relationships that, as demonstrated in recent global events, cannot be analyzed separately. Over the centuries, societies have always found different ways of educating their new generations…
Descriptors: Educational History, Diseases, Pandemics, Foreign Countries
Hopfer, Suellen; Garcia, Samantha; Duong, Huong T.; Russo, Jennefer A.; Tanjasiri, Sora P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Disparities in cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination persist among Vietnamese and Latina women. Through a partnership with Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties (PPOSBC) in Southern California, we conducted in-depth interviews with young adult Latina (n = 24) and Vietnamese (n = 24) women, and PPOSBC staff…
Descriptors: Cancer, Immunization Programs, Females, Vietnamese People
Jones, Georden; Perez, Samara; Huta, Veronika; Rosberger, Zeev; Lebel, Sophie – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: The goals of the present study are (1) to identify sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related stigma and (2) to examine the relationship between HPV-related stigma in predicting HPV vaccine decision-making among college males. Participants: Six hundred and eighty college males aged 18--26 from 3…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Bias, Immunization Programs, Decision Making
Shahrabani, Shosh; Benzion, Uri – Health Education & Behavior, 2012
This study examines the impact of past experience with influenza and the influenza vaccine on four categories of the Health Belief Model: beliefs about susceptibility to contracting influenza, severity of illness, perceived benefits of the vaccine in preventing influenza, and perceived barriers to getting vaccinated. The study population comprised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Immunization Programs, Diseases
Lai, Ching-Yi; Wu, Wei-Wen; Tsai, Shao-Yu; Cheng, Su-Fen; Lin, Kuan-Chia; Liang, Shu-Yuan – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Background: Lack of education is a known barrier to vaccination, but data on the design and effectiveness of interventions remain limited. Objective: This study aims to identify the effectiveness of a Facebook-assisted teaching method on female adolescents' knowledge and attitudes about cervical cancer prevention and on their human papillomavirus…
Descriptors: Cancer, Prevention, Immunization Programs, Control Groups
Vahe, Mariliis – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation evaluates the effectiveness of a customized educational health intervention on sexual health and female cancer prevention among young women in Pakistan and evaluates the applicability of the integrated model of behavior prevention (IM) when predicting three health behaviors among this population. The study used randomized…
Descriptors: Females, Cancer, Prevention, Foreign Countries
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2016
Each year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) releases its annual list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field. The 20 studies selected have given new insight into the underlying biology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and potential risk factors, tested approaches for improving early screening…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Incidence, At Risk Persons
Martin, Ellen; Senior, Naomi; Abdullah, Ammar; Brown, Janine; Collings, Suzanne; Racktoo, Sophie; Walpole, Sarah; Zeiton, Moez; Heffernan, Catherine – Health Education, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this small-scale focus group study is to explore the impact the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine has on attitudes towards HPV, cervical cancer and sexual risk taking amongst university students in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: Participants were recruited through advertisements placed on notice boards throughout the…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Education, Sex Education, Health Promotion
US Department of Education, 2009
The document provides a transcript of a conference call moderated by Bill Modzeleski, Director of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. The focus of the call was the recent outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the United States. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) actions and recommendations to the education community were discussed. A comparison…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Private Sector, Prevention, Diseases
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