Active shooter drills have become a standard practice in nearly all U.S. schools, yet their potential impact on students and educators has received limited attention. School Active Shooter Drills: Mitigating Risks to Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health explores how these drills are conducted and how to reduce potential harm while supporting…

Career and technical education (CTE) and apprenticeship share many common goals, combining workplace skills with academic knowledge. Yet, until recently, CTE and Registered Apprenticeship (RA) were entirely separate systems in the United States. CTE programs are embedded in secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, while RA has…

Metrics of success for postsecondary institutions that are open-access or have low barriers to entry are based primarily on the academic achievements of students, with an increasing focus on employment and earnings outcomes. Efforts to hold postsecondary institutions accountable for academic and employment outcomes are important, but those metrics…

With bases in the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM), Protection Motivation Theory, and the Extended Parallel Process Model, this study builds a multilevel model including neighborhood risk factors, cognitive appraisals, and media information use with research hypotheses and questions developed at the individual, community, and cross levels. The…

Significant disparities in academic performance that may be associated with specific demographics can be utilized for supporting diverse student cohorts. Strategies can be developed for students to enhance equity and inclusivity in undergraduate occupational therapy education to ensure student success. This study aimed to determine the predictive…

The underrepresentation of individuals with profound autism (who require 24/7 access to care) in autism research has resulted in limited knowledge about their service needs and a lack of evidence-based practices tailored to those needs. This study explored caregiver perspectives on service needs, barriers to accessing care, and treatment…

This qualitative small-scale study aimed to better understand practitioner perspectives and experiences relating to barriers, guidance and support systems associated with children and young people's mental health within the primary classroom. The research aims were explored through three role-defined focus groups: senior leaders, teachers and…

Education has become the right of every child so as to live with dignity and harmony. Family and Classroom are the two major zones determine mental health status of the children. Facilitating a holistic and healthy environment prevents them from delinquency. Besides academics, teachers must be equipped with 360-degree potentialities to face…

Background/purpose: Depressive symptoms are prevalent in student-athletes. Evidence for the factorial validity of measures assessing depressive symptoms in student-athletes is presently absent from the literature. This study examined the best fitting factorial structure and invariance across sexes of the PHQ-9. Methods: Data were collected from…

Illegal drug use is a major global problem that has increased significantly over the last decade. Since it is often initiated in adolescence, government programs have targeted this demographic to reduce drug use. To analyze the reach of such campaigns, the study presents a hybrid manual and automated content analysis approach to identify campus…

Creating a sense of community and belonging for students is a desired outcome for residence life staff. This qualitative study explored how campus housing directors defined a sense of belonging and how they implemented curriculum, programs, and services to enhance residents' sense of connection and community. Utilizing semi-structured interviews,…

Objective: With growing international interest in youth mental health as well as the other health issues faced by young people, school health education draws the attention of scholars from both East and West. However, what stands for health education in the context of a 'health and physical education' (HPE) curriculum varies widely between…

This study examined the phenomenon of peer support for personal problems among adolescents and why adolescents might prefer to disclose their personal problems to peers, and their perceptions of school-based peer support interventions (PSIs). An exploratory qualitative research approach included six focus groups with Year 9 students (N = 32) at…

Much has been said and written about the purpose and value of mainstream education generally and physical education (PE) specifically. However, in contrast, little attention has been given to the purpose and value of alternative provision, and none about PE in those education settings. In this article, we draw upon the concepts of culture, power,…

Objective: Low mental well-being is increasingly reported among vocational education and training (VET) students. Changing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) may be beneficial for student mental well-being (SMW). Therefore, the effect of an existing physical activity (PA)-based lifestyle intervention on…