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Direct linkJensen, Peter S.; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Steiner, Hans; Findling, Robert L.; Meyer, Roger E.; Malone, Richard P.; Carlson, Gabrielle A.; Coccaro, Emil F.; Aman, Michael G.; Blair, James; Dougherty, Donald; Ferris, Craig; Flynn, Laurie; Green, Evelyn; Hoagwood, Kimberly; Hutchinson, Janice; Laughren, Tom; Leve, Leslie D.; Novins, Douglas K.; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To determine whether impulsive aggression (IA) is a meaningful clinical construct and to ascertain whether it is sufficiently similar across diagnostic categories, such that parallel studies across disorders might constitute appropriate evidence for pursuing indications. If so, how should IA be assessed, pharmacological studies…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Public Health, Ethics, Clinical Experience
Libman, Kimberly – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2007
Much attention is currently being paid to rising rates of obesity, especially among youth. In this context, garden-based education can have a role in improving public health. A qualitative study conducted at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) Children's Garden provides supporting evidence for the claim that growing vegetables can improve the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Nutrition, Public Health, Eating Habits
Download full textUS Department of Health and Human Services, 2009
While data sources exist to measure and monitor the health of children in the United States, few take into account the many contexts in which children grow and develop, including their family and community environments. The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), conducted in 2007, addresses multiple aspects of children's health and…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Conditions
US Department of Education, 2007
"Lessons Learned" is a series of publications that are a brief recounting of actual school emergencies and crises. This "Lessons Learned" issue addresses the experience of a school district where three middle school students hung themselves within a three-week timeframe. Although deaths were apparently unconnected, the school district is part of a…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Middle School Students, School Personnel, Health Services
Jelalian, Elissa; Wember, Yana Markov; Bungeroth, Heidi; Birmaher, Vered – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Pediatric obesity is a significant public health concern, with rising prevalence rates in both developed and developing countries. This is of particular significance given that overweight children and adolescents are at increased risk for multiple medical comorbidities, as well as psychosocial and behavioral difficulties. The current…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activities, Public Health, Adolescents
Canuso, Regina – Zero to Three, 2007
Screening for maternal depression was a core component of the P.E.A.C.E., Inc., Early Head Start program's comprehensive approach to supporting the mental health needs of low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers. The addition of a mental health coordinator as a full-time staff member created an opportunity to develop a…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Promotion, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Health
Picciotto, Robert – American Journal of Evaluation, 2007
The millennium development goals have created new challenges for development evaluation. The main unit of account has shifted to the country level. Evaluation ownership must move from donor agencies to developing countries. The recognition that rich countries have development obligations is opening up evaluation frontiers beyond aid. A…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Developing Nations, Evaluation Needs, Global Approach
Dick, Rhonda Wiegman; Manson, Spero M.; Hansen, Amy L.; Huggins, Annie; Trullinger, Lori – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2007
The development and dissemination of culturally relevant health care information has traditionally taken a "top-down" approach. Governmental funding agencies and research institutions have too often dictated the importance and focus of health-related research and information dissemination. In addition, the digital divide has affected rural…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Technical Assistance, Rural Areas, Public Health
Bruce, Linda; Gresh, Kathy; Vanchiswaran, Rohini; Werapitiya, Deepthi – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
This article discusses the part-time/Internet-based Master of Public Health (MPH) program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was the first school of public health in the United States to offer a Master of Public Health program via the Internet. The JHSPH MPH Program…
Descriptors: Public Health, Internet, Masters Programs, Part Time Students
Rosenbaum, Eric; Klopfer, Eric; Perry, Judy – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
The learning of science can be made more like the practice of science through authentic simulated experiences. We have created a networked handheld Augmented Reality environment that combines the authentic role-playing of Augmented Realities and the underlying models of Participatory Simulations. This game, known as Outbreak @ The Institute, is…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Simulated Environment
Mahe, Antoine; And Others – Children in the Tropics, 1994
Common skin diseases are prevalent in tropical countries because of extreme weather conditions, mediocre hygiene, and lack of adequate treatment of infectious dermatoses. This guide describes the major endemic skin diseases and their signs for the purpose of helping unspecialized health agents train themselves and determine when a patient should…
Descriptors: Child Health, Developing Nations, Disease Control, Diseases
Lagardere, Bernard; Dumburgier, Elisabeth – Children in the Tropics, 1994
Intestinal parasites have become a serious public health problem in tropical countries because of the climate and the difficulty of achieving efficient hygiene. The objectives of this journal issue are to increase awareness of the individual and collective repercussions of intestinal parasites, describe the current conditions of contamination and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Disease Control, Diseases, Epidemiology
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Health Information Network. – 1996
The primary goal of this handbook is to provide basic information about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It incorporates information on different facets of the HIV pandemic drawn from various sources. Section one addresses facts about the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and how the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Grief
Schlitt, John S., Ed.; Lear, Julia Graham, Ed. – 1995
In recent years, increased state interest in school-based health centers has been reflected in greatly expanded financial support for the centers. However, with no apparent new sources of support for continued expansion of the centers and increased competition among community providers for existing public health dollars the further of SBHC is…
Descriptors: Child Health, Conference Proceedings, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Needs
Myrick, Roger – 1996
HIV/AIDS are affecting increasingly complex, more diverse populations, particularly communities of color. Despite National prevention efforts designed to speak to marginal experience, these communities continue to be disproportionately affected, especially in rural areas of the country which are difficult to access with communication about HIV. A…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Black Community, Case Studies, Communication Research
