Background and Purpose: Sleep is an important determinant of health in adolescence, but many adolescents around the world are sleep-deprived. Compared to children and adults, getting enough sleep is especially challenging for adolescents due to the natural alteration of circadian rhythms that govern sleep-wake cycles. The delayed circadian rhythm…

Tennessee Coordinated School Health (CHS) connects physical, emotional and social health with education through eight inter-related components. This coordinated approach improves students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities, and schools working together. Physical education and physical activity create…

With the development of technology, people's gaming tools and practices have also changed. While games are an activity that people need to have fun, they are also important for their cognitive and affective development. Today, digital games have largely replaced traditional games and become popular among children and young people. This situation…

Suicide is a global public health concern. The interplay of the multiple risk factors (sexual violence victimization, prescription drug misuse, bullying experience) with adolescents' suicidal behaviors has not been studied extensively. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between sexual violence victimization, prescription drug…

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many challenges undergraduate students face including their ability to manage stress. Poor stress management can contribute to poor academic performance and health outcomes; better wellness habits and stress reduction go hand-in-hand, as improved wellness habits reduce overall stress and expand positive stress…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, academic advisors worked remotely and conducted virtual appointments. One higher education advising unit in the Southeast United States resumed in-person appointments while maintaining virtual appointments in Fall 2021. To address whether significant differences occur in appointment modalities, this study conducted…

Critical media health literacy (CMHL) is concerned with identifying health-related messages in the media, acknowledging the potential effects on health behaviours, critically analyzing the content of the message, and the subsequent application of the message to one's health behaviours (Levin-Zamir & Bertschi, 2018). This exploratory research…

Objectives: To identify potential associations between student characteristics and mental health symptoms during the early parts of the pandemic. Participants: 3,883 students at a large public university on the West Coast of the United States. Methods: We conducted a repeated cross-sectional survey to assess health-protective behaviors, mental…

Objective: To examine the role of social support and health behaviors in the association between discrimination and mental health (e.g., anxiety/depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation) among college students experiencing various forms of discrimination. Participants: Data were collected from 709 college students (42.8% White; 72.2% female) at a…

Background: Adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) experience many adverse health and social outcomes, yet their healthcare utilisation is under-researched. Method: This population-based descriptive cohort study utilised ICES provincial administrative health databases and Canadian Death Vital Statistics to identify adults with FAS via usage of…

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy of cooperative learning integrated into self-management support in influencing adolescents' physical activity (PA) and cardiopulmonary fitness (CRF), and to examine retention following an experimental intervention. Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: Elementary school setting the…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of self-affirmation on African American smokers' intentions to quit smoking sooner and desire to stop smoking altogether in response to viewing graphic cigarette warning labels. It also tested the mediating role of perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy in explaining the impact of…

Purpose: This paper aimed to review globally the empowerment programs for the prevention and control of smoking behavior among youths, to examine the role of empowerment in health promotion, to explore the stages of health promotion through community empowerment strategies including planning, implementation and evaluation. Finally, this paper will…

Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) increasingly use internet-based websites and geospatial apps to seek sex. Though these platforms may be useful for public health intervention, evaluations of such interventions are rare. We sought to evaluate the online behavior of young MSM of color in Philadelphia and the effectiveness of using ads to…

Finding messaging to promote the use of face masks is fundamental during a pandemic. Study 1 (N = 399) shows that telling people to "rely on their reasoning" increases intentions to wear a face mask, compared with telling them to "rely on their emotions." In Study 2 (N = 591) we add a baseline. However, the results show only a…