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Alison Devitt; Melissa Nott; Rachel Rossiter – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: The global rise in chronic health conditions highlights the importance of self-management in empowering people to actively participate in their healthcare. People with intellectual disabilities are disproportionately affected by these conditions and face barriers in accessing self-management interventions. Method: This scoping review…
Descriptors: Self Management, Health Behavior, Intellectual Disability, Barriers
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Marion D. Driessen-Willems; Nina H. M. Bartelink; Kathelijne M. H. H. Bessems; Stef K. Kremers; Patricia van Assema – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: Implementation of school-based health promotion programs requires contextual fit. To strengthen the nutrition education program "Krachtvoer" (ENG: "Power Food") and learn general lessons about contextual fit, this study examined how the program, the context, and program-context interactions affected teachers'…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Nutrition Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Context Effect
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Ledderer, Loni; Kjaer, Marianne; Madsen, Emilie Kirstine; Busch, Jacob; Fage-Butler, Antoinette – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Nudging is increasingly used in public health interventions in Western societies to produced health-promoting behavior changes; however, there is lack of clarity as to what constitutes a nudge, scant knowledge of the effectiveness of nudging techniques in public health lifestyle interventions and a number of ethical and value-based concerns. The…
Descriptors: Public Health, Intervention, Health Behavior, Behavior Change
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van den Toren, Suzanne J.; de Haas, Stans; Dalmijn, Eline; Feenstra, Hans; van Berlo, Willy – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Girls with a mild intellectual disability generally receive less sexuality education than their non-disabled peers, while their needs for sexual knowledge are possibly greater. This study aimed to evaluate the effect and process of a new sexuality education programme (Girls' Talk+), focused on sexual health among girls with a mild…
Descriptors: Females, Mild Intellectual Disability, Sex Education, Program Effectiveness
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Vennegoor, Gerjanne; Van Assema, Patricia; Eekhout, Iris; Lezwijn, Jeanette; Molleman, Gerard; Jansen, Maria – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Implementation of Health Promoting School (HPS) programs can be challenging due to the dynamic school context. Navigating between program fidelity and adaptation, as well as integrating the program, is essential for successful implementation, and consequently, for program effects. As part of an evaluation study in the Netherlands, this…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Test Construction, Psychometrics, Questionnaires
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Bootsma, Jael N.; Stadskleiv, Kristine; Phoenix, Michelle; Geytenbeek, Johanna J. M.; Gorter, Jan Willem; McCauley, Dayle; Fiske, Sara; Campbell, Fiona; Crews, Natasha; Cunningham, Barbara Jane – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
This study assessed implementation of the Computer-based Instrument for Low-motor Language Testing (C-BiLLT). The C-BiLLT is an accessible language comprehension assessment tool originally developed for children with cerebral palsy and complex communication needs. The purpose of the current study was to understand the clinical contexts in which…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Computer Assisted Testing
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Wallace, Sarah J.; Worrall, Linda; Rose, Tanya A.; Alyahya, Reem S. W.; Babbitt, Edna; Beeke, Suzanne; de Beer, Carola; Bose, Arpita; Bowen, Audrey; Brady, Marian C.; Breitenstein, Caterina; Bruehl, Stefanie; Bryant, Lucy; Cheng, Bonnie B. Y.; Cherney, Leora R.; Conroy, Paul; Copland, David A.; Croteau, Claire; Cruice, Madeline; Dipper, Lucy; Hilari, Katerina; Howe, Tami; Kelly, Helen; Kiran, Swathi; Laska, Ann-Charlotte; Marshall, Jane; Murray, Laura L.; Patterson, Janet; Pearl, Gill; Quinting, Jana; Rochon, Elizabeth; Rose, Miranda L.; Rubi-Fessen, Ilona; Sage, Karen; Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Visch-Brink, Evy; Volkmer, Anna; Webster, Janet; Whitworth, Anne; Le Dorze, Guylaine – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Evidence-based recommendations for a core outcome set (COS; minimum set of outcomes) for aphasia treatment research have been developed (the Research Outcome Measurement in Aphasia--ROMA, COS). Five recommended core outcome constructs: communication, language, quality of life, emotional well-being and patient-reported…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Aphasia, Foreign Countries
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Van Berkel, Annet Johanna Maria; Bosman, Anna M. T. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2023
The Dutch Central Government wants to focus on preventing mental health issues and the educational system needs to play a role in that process. Research has already shown that art therapy has significant positive results on mental wellbeing, so the question was asked whether arts in the education could help relief mental health stress of children.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prevention, Mental Health, Well Being
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Ooms, Joëlle A.; Jansen, Carel J. M.; Hoeks, John C. J. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objectives: This study compared the effects of two types of health warnings on cigarette packages: 'narrative visual warnings', showing an image portraying people plus a corresponding slogan that could evoke a story-like interpretation, and 'non-narrative visual warnings' with non-narrative content (i.e. body parts). Moreover, the mechanisms…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Promotion, Merchandise Information, Human Body
Gula, Louie Petere – Online Submission, 2022
The purpose of the study: The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of participants in physical activities, the motivation needed by the students to engage in the activity, challenges encountered by the implementors, health benefits, and recommendations and suggestions needed for the improvement of the implementation. Materials and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Recreational Activities, Student Motivation, Barriers
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Teunissen, R. A. G.; Dierx, J. A. J.; Venter, T.; Young, C. T.; Titus, S. – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
In defining successful collaborative international projects within the theory of change or logic model, focus is often on 'outcome' and 'impact'. Less empirical information is available regarding the 'input' and 'activities' aspects of this model. To address this knowledge gap and to offer insight into pivotal elements for management, this study…
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Consortia
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Frielink, Noud; Oudshoorn, Cathelijn E. M.; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: The use of eHealth in support for daily functioning of service users with intellectual disability (ID) is a rather unexplored domain. Therefore, the current study identified the a) level of familiarity, b) advantages/disadvantages, and c) facilitating/impeding factors for the use of eHealth in support for daily functioning of people…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Residential Care
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Martin, Rosemarie; Murtagh, Elaine M. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of classroom-based physical activity interventions that integrate academic content and assess the effectiveness of the interventions on physical activity, learning, facilitators of learning, and health outcomes. Method: Six electronic databases (ERIC, PubMed, Google Scholar,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Teaching Methods, Body Composition, Physical Activity Level
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Versluis, Anke; Verkuil, Bart; Spinhoven, Philip; Brosschot, Jos F. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
Worry is an important mediator in the relation between stressors and health. This pilot study examined whether a smartphone-based in time worry-reduction training was feasible and improved physiological health (i.e. increased heart rate variability [HRV]). A total of 26 high-worriers were randomised to an experimental or active-control condition…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Stress Management, Training, Telecommunications
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Schaap, Feija D.; Finnema, Evelyn J.; Stewart, Roy E.; Dijkstra, Geke J.; Reijneveld, Sijmen A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: The ageing of people with intellectual disabilities, involving consequences like dementia, creates a need for methods to support care staff. One promising method is Dementia Care Mapping (DCM). This study examined the effect of DCM on job satisfaction and care skills of ID-care staff. Methods: We performed a quasi-experimental study in…
Descriptors: Dementia, Job Satisfaction, Older Adults, Intellectual Disability
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