Parents, family members, and other adults can play critical roles in helping their multilingual preschool-age children confront the stresses and trauma of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. This brief highlights various language practices of multilingual children that deserve to be respected and nurtured through daily conversations and…

ACT has been investigating issues and supports related to high school students' mental health even before the COVID-19 pandemic. ACT researchers expanded on prior research by asking students to indicate, near the beginning of the new 2020-2021 school year, their perceptions of how well their school was supporting their mental health and the extent…

Head Start is a national program that helps young children from families with low income get ready to succeed in school. The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is the premier source of national information about Head Start programs and participants. For more than two decades, FACES has been advancing the knowledge base about…

Background: Because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy, control measures were adopted, such as closure of schools, universities, workplaces, and subsequently lockdown, so everyone's life changed. This is associated with psychological disorders in general public and in particular on students. Objective: To evaluate validity and…

Physical literacy involves being physically active throughout the lifetime (Whitehead, 2010) and has been referred to as a journey (Green et al., 2018). Developing each of the four domains of physical literacy - daily behavior, self-efficacy, motivation, and knowledge - can provide the tools necessary to maintain physical activity (PA) throughout…

Since the 1940s, researchers have envisioned lifelogging as the systematic capture and utilization of lived experiences for augmenting learning, performance, and community. Unfortunately, this vision was never actualized since few, if any, systems support lifelogging in the term's original sense. Technologies that emerged through the…

Unnecessary antibiotics are often ordered for positive urine cultures in long-term care (LTC) residents despite a lack of symptoms, indicating asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). Treating ASB with antibiotics can result in antibiotic-resistant organisms, allergic reactions to antibiotics, and secondary infections such as clostridium difficile. The…

Mental health impacts on college campuses are on the rise. According to the National College Health Assessment, students reported increased depression and anxiety symptoms that overwhelmed their studies. Recent studies show that 1 in 6 undergraduates felt too depressed to function, 1 in 5 felt overwhelming anxiety, and 1 in 15 seriously considered…

College students report sub-optimal perceived wellbeing including fatigue and low energy. The health behaviors of sleep, particularly sleep quality (SQ), sedentary behavior (SED), and physical activity (PA), including both aerobic and resistance training (RT) activity are interrelated and linked to wellbeing. These associations may differ for male…

This theoretical paper argues that Feminist Science and Technology Studies (FSTS) can help advance the emancipatory project in critical Ed Tech research. To support this claim, we deploy Tsing's concept of 'scale-making projects' (2005. "Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection." Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press) to connect…

Objective: With the increasing prevalence of unhealthy weight status in pre-school children, this study sought to understand pre-school child weight management practices in Blackburn with Darwen, UK, with a view to informing appropriate intervention strategies. Design: Mixed-methods study (semi-structured interviews, quantitative survey). Setting:…

In Australia, where high temperatures, excessive ultraviolet (UV) radiation and an outdoors lifestyle is commonplace, adherence to sun protection by adolescents is poor. As a group of sun-seekers, adolescents have the highest incidences of sunburns and repeat sunburns. This health-compromising behaviour occurs despite the knowledge that simple…

The purpose of the study was to examine the characteristics of Internet memes created and disseminated by proponents and opponents of vaccinations. A quantitative content analysis was performed on 234 pro- and antivaccine memes culled from the vaccination fan pages with the greatest number of followers on Facebook. Coding variables included…

The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceived usefulness of a diabetes economic model as a potential tool for aiding evidence-based decision making in public health. Methods: Fifteen interviews and two focus groups, with four participants in each, were conducted with health and management professionals working in one public health…

Background: Breast cancer is an important public health issue among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. However, there are very few published studies describing the evaluation of breast health promotion programs among AI/AN women. Purpose: To describe the formative evaluation of a multicomponent intervention to promote mammography…