Utahs Family High Risk Program: Bridging the Gap Between Genomics and Public Health by Steven C. Hunt, PhD, LaDene Larsen, RN, BSN, Ted Adams, PhD, MSPH, Joan Ware, MSPH, RN, Jenny Johnson, CHES, Rebecca T. Giles, MPH, CHES

“…Methods From 1983 through 1999, the Utah Department of Health, local health departments, school districts, the University of Utah, and the Baylor College of Medicine implemented and conducted the Family High Risk Program, which identified families at risk for chronic diseases using the Health Family Tree Questionnaire in Utah high schools. …”
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Local Youth Groups in Georgia Working Towards Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes by Anne-Marie Coleman, Kenneth Ray, Kia Toodle, Alina Chung, Jean O'Connor

“…<strong> Results:</strong> The local youth groups who attended the summit in 2014 were instrumental in four school districts adopting the model 100% Tobacco-Free Schools policy: Lowndes County Schools and Irwin County Schools (Valdosta, GA); Emanuel County Schools and Jenkins County Schools (Augusta, GA). …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Intervention Methods of Neurofeedback Training (NFT) and the Movement Program on the Handwriting Performance of 9-11 Years Old Children with... by Saeid Arsham, Farhad Ghadiri, Mehdi Babak

“…Thirty right-handed boy students aged 9 to 11 years old were selected from elementary and middle schools (district 4) in Karaj, based on the dysgraphia Fallahchai test. …”
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Longer afterschool active commutes and the travel environment of middle schools in Shenzhen, China by Si'an Meng, John Zacharias, Xili Han

“…A field study coded all possible routes within the school districts by playable open spaces, sidewalk width, controlled crossings, road category, and public transit stops. …”
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Loci of Causality and Orientation in Occupational and Educational Choices by Kalervo Friberg

“…At the local school system level, 649 subjects of the mean ages of 16.0 years participated in an Internet survey in two school districts in southwestern Finland in 2008. The variables were inserted in Linear Multiple Regression Analysis in IBM SPSS. …”
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Exploratory analysis of recent trends in school travel mode choices in the U.S. by Abhay Lidbe, Xiaobing Li, Emmanuel Kofi Adanu, Shashi Nambisan, Steven Jones

“…However, the likelihood of riding a school bus for distances >15 miles is higher than that of auto, indicating a policy implication to support school transportation budgets, especially in rural school districts. Lower-income households have a higher likelihood of riding the school bus. …”
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Association Between Food Choices Motivators and Physical Activity in Body Image (dis)Satisfaction in Portuguese Adolescents by Sara Simões Dias, Sara Simões Dias, Marlene Lages, Roberta Frontini, Roberta Frontini, Luís Luís, Maria dos Anjos Dixe, Pedro Sousa, Pedro Sousa

“…Twelve to sixteen years old adolescents were recruited from three school districts. The Portuguese version of the Food Choices Questionnaire (FCQ) was used to assess food choice motivators, and the Quantification de l'Activité Physique en Altitude Chez les Enfants was used to assess physical activity and to calculate daily energy expenditure (DEE). …”
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Investigating the Spatial planning components in Social science books Geographic chapters of the fourth and fifth grades by Akram Karamali, Fatemeh Qorban, Masumeh Zohorian

“…However, regarding the large statistical population, the sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan Table and 360 teachers were chosen from the study population and among all of the school districts of Tehran (north, south, east, west and center) through the multistage random cluster sampling method. …”
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Investigating the Spatial planning components in Social science books Geographic chapters of the fourth and fifth grades by Akram Karamali, Fatemeh Qorban, Masumeh Zohorian

“…However, regarding the large statistical population, the sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan Table and 360 teachers were chosen from the study population and among all of the school districts of Tehran (north, south, east, west and center) through the multistage random cluster sampling method. …”
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Modern aspects of organization of hygienic monitoring of atmospheric air as a factor of providing sanitary-epidemic mechanical disease by Zhanna, Krystyna, Olena, Liubov, Natalya

“…The relationship between atmospheric air pollution in school districts and the presence of diseases among schoolchildren has been established. …”
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COVID-19 Impact on Pediatric Health: A survey of families in Wayne County, MI by Raksha Raheja DO, Chaya Pitman-Hunt DO, Sara Haidar MD, Slavica Gjorgjevska MD, Jacqueline Leja MD

“…We conducted a survey through the Wayne County Public School Districts to elicit information regarding subjects’ access to pediatric health care as well as experiences pertinent to their child(ren)’s mental health. …”
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Neighborhood Characteristics and Cardiovascular Risk among Older People in Japan: Findings from the JAGES Project. by Yosuke Inoue, Andrew Stickley, Aki Yazawa, Kokoro Shirai, Airi Amemiya, Naoki Kondo, Katsunori Kondo, Toshiyuki Ojima, Masamichi Hanazato, Norimichi Suzuki, Takeo Fujiwara

“…Data came from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study project; questionnaire data collected from 3,810 people aged 65 years or older living in 20 primary school districts in Aichi prefecture, Japan, was linked to a computed composite CVD risk score based on biomarker data (i.e., hemoglobin A1c, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and estimated glomerular filtration rate). …”
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Farm-to-School Grant Funding Increases Children’s Access to Local Fruits and Vegetables in Oregon by Kristen Giombi, Anupama Joshi, Caroline Rains, Jean Wiecha

“…We undertook this study to measure the reach of Oregon’s legislated farm-to-school grant program among school districts and children, particularly low income, and examine changes in local purchasing, particularly fruit and vegetables, and the use of produce from school gardens in school meals. …”
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EFEKTIFITAS METODE PREVIEW, QUESTION, READ, REFLECT, RECITE, REVIEW DAN METODE KONVENSIAL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR by Resi Mayangsari

“…The results showed that, using method (PQ4R) is more effective than conventional methods in teaching social studies standards of competence of the money economy and financial institutions in class X PGRI Gumelar school districts. Banyumas school year 2011/2012. This can be evidenced from the average - average post test for the experimental class at 78.57 and 75.31 for the control class. …”
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Human papillomavirus vaccinations at recommended ages: How a middle school-based educational and vaccination program increased uptake in the Rio Grande Valley by Ana M. Rodriguez, Thuy Quynh N. Do, Lu Chen, Kathleen M. Schmeler, Jane R. Montealegre, Yong-Fang Kuo

“…The objective was to compare HPV vaccination rates among medically underserved, economically disadvantaged, students in rural middle school districts (Rio Grande Valley [RGV], Texas) by age of initiation (≤ age 11 years vs. age 12 years and older). …”
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MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach: Does It Affect Reading Fluency in Elementary School? by Heidi Kloos, Stephanie Sliemers, Macey Cartwright, Quintino Mano, Scott Stage

“…In order to test the efficacy of MVRC, we recruited three school districts. One district provided data from elementary schools that used the MVRC program in Grades 2 to 6 (N = 2,531 total). …”
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Naturalistic development of trait mindfulness: A longitudinal examination of victimization and supportive relationships in early adolescence. by Michael T Warren, Kimberly A Schonert-Reichl, Randip Gill, Anne M Gadermann, Eva Oberle

“…Using data from 4,593 fourth and seventh grade students (50% female; MageG4 = 9.02; 71% English first language) from 32 public school districts in British Columbia (BC), Canada, we examined links from peer belonging, connectedness with adults at home, and peer victimization to mindfulness over time. …”
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Calculation of the Cost of an Adequate Education in Kentucky: A Professional Judgment Approach by Deborah A. Verstegen

“…The study produced a per pupil base cost for each of three prototype school districts and an total statewide cost, with the funding gap between existing revenue and the revenue needed for current operations of $1.097 billion per year (2001-02). …”
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Recommendations for cyberbullying prevention and intervention: A Western Canadian perspective from key stakeholders by Brittany P. Hendry, Laurie-ann Michelle Hellsten, Laureen J. McIntyre, Brenan R. R. Smith

“…Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to capture a holistic understanding of potential youth cyberbullying prevention and intervention strategies (i.e., inhibiting forces that may reduce cyberbullying) from key stakeholders with professional knowledge about cyberbullying (i.e., educational administration, psychological counseling, technology and bullying education consultation, policing, research, and social support services).MethodsTwenty (n = 20) participants were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling techniques from both urban and rural school districts in one Western Canadian province to participate in either in a semi-structured individual interview (n = 16) or a scheduled focus group (n = 4) to achieve depth and understanding of cyberbullying issues. …”
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Injuries among young workers in career-technical-vocational education and associations with per pupil spending by Derek G. Shendell, Saisattha Noomnual, Jesse Plascak, Alexsandra A. Apostolico

“…NJ public schools and charter schools (CS) through school districts (SD) or county offices report school data annually to NJDOE, including per pupil spending (PPS). …”
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