Summer Camp Youth Leadership Development: An Investigation of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Best Practices by Katlyn Martin

“…This qualitative study explored adolescent participants’ perceptions of the Leaders-in-Training (LIT) program at Waycross Camp, a residential summer camp. The main data set was collected through interviews with former LIT program participants. …”
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Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis Due to Norovirus in Schools and Summer Camps in Catalonia, 2017–2019 by Ignacio Parrón, Irene Barrabeig, Núria Soldevila, Rosa Bartolomé, Susana Guix, Cristina Rius, Thais Cornejo-Sánchez, Conchita Izquierdo, Àngela Domínguez

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Impacts of a Southern Indiana Summer Camp: Adult Reflections on Childhood Experiences by Colin L. Snider, James R. Farmer

“…Scholars have well documented the impact on youth of attending a residential summer camp. Quantitative studies, generally consisting of pre/post assessments, have found positive outcomes related to self-esteem, self-efficacy, hard skills, and social skills. …”
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Exploring Children’s Online Summer Camp Adventures through Creativity and Problem Solving by Zeynep Gecu-Parmaksiz, Janette Hughes

“…Summer camps can help children continue to learn beyond school, build knowledge, keep their learning skills sharp, and help them prepare for the following school year. …”
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Developmentof problem solving abilities of grades 5–8 at Kangaroo summer camp by Romualdas Kašuba, Regina Rudalevičienė

“…In the presented article some problems especially suitable for useful solution on Kangaroo summer camps are presented and discussed.…”
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Measuring close proximity interactions in summer camps during the COVID-19 pandemic by Elia Leoni, Giulia Cencetti, Gabriele Santin, Timofei Istomin, Davide Molteni, Gian Pietro Picco, Elisabetta Farella, Bruno Lepri, Amy L. Murphy

“…By means of this technology, we have collected real contact data of children and educators in three summer camps during summer 2020 in the province of Trento, Italy. …”
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Cluster of Lyme Disease Cases at a Summer Camp in Kent County, Maryland by G. Thomas Strickland, Leena Trivedi, Stanley Watkins, Margaret Clothier, John Grant, John Morgan, Edward Schmidtman, Thomas Burkot

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The Immediate and Lasting Effects of Resident Summer Camp on Movement Behaviors Among Children by Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Yuji Minatoya, Natsuko Imai, Akiko Shikano, Shingo Noi

“…This study aims to examine the immediate and lasting effects of resident summer camp on movement behaviors among children with repeated pre-, during-, and post-intervention measurements. …”
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Review of the 2023 Korean Society of Medical Informatics Summer Camp on SNOMED CT by Hyeoun-Ae Park

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Cultivating Youth Affinity for College Within the Context of Campus-Based Summer Camps by Barry A. Garst, Ryan J. Gagnon, Thomas Clanton, Jay Woodward

“…College and university-based (CUB) summer camps are a prominent pre-collegiate experience targeting middle and high school adolescents, which research suggests may enhance college aspirations and preparedness, develop academic knowledge and skills, and influence future career choices. …”
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Trust Building in the Promotion of Peace and Intercultural Dialogue among Adolescents in International Summer Camps by Federico Farini

“…The analysis regards international summer camps established in Italy. Each camp is attended by four delegations of ten adolescents coming from different countries; aiming to promote adolescents’ ability in conflict resolution, peaceful relationships and intercultural dialogue. …”
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Evaluation of an infection control protocol to limit COVID-19 at residential summer camps in 2021 by Tirzah Weiss, Tate Reuter, Evan Dowell, Mitchell Singstock, Katherine Smith, Jeffrey Schlaudecker

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Tutorial support for forming the readiness of future teachers for recreational work with children in summer camps by Z. I. Tyumaseva, E. B. Bystray, I. L. Orekhova

“…In this regard, the natural environment acts as a powerful factor in health-improving work with children in country summer camps. They are the most massive type of extra curricular organizations in our country, in which future teachers, as trainees, can carry out work to preserve, strengthen the health of children, as well as carry out useful activities to form an ecological culture, a healthy and safe lifestyle among the younger generation. …”
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Technology on social relationships among Young people: summer camps free of mobile telephony by Marcos García-Vidal, Mª del Carmen Ortega-Navas, María Jesús Oveja Álvarez

“…The sample of the study is composed of 38 young people, out of a total of 50, in the framework of a summer camp lasting fifteen days. The range age of the participants is between 8 and 16 years. …”
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Exercise Behavior in Asthmatic Children: Effects of a Summer Camp Fitness Program in Taiwan by Hung-Liang Lin, Shing-Yaw Wang, Wu-Yuan Chen, Chung-Hey Chen

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Understanding Racially Minoritized Girls’ Perceptions of Their STEM Identities, Abilities, and Sense of Belonging in a Summer Camp by Saki Milton, Marc T. Sager, Candace Walkington

“…Informal learning environments such as STEM summer camps are being studied to assess how URM girls experience and interact with STEM in novel ways. …”
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Level of development of the physical components of social activity schoolchildren 10-11 years children summer camp by R.Ya. Chovgan, I.M. Ivanishyn, A.V. Prezliata

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Sleep impairment and altered pattern of circadian biomarkers during a long-term Antarctic summer camp by Michele Macedo Moraes, Alice Lamounier Marques, Leandro Borges, Elaine Hatanaka, Debora Heller, Cristian Núñez-Espinosa, Dawit Albieiro Pinheiro Gonçalves, Danusa Dias Soares, Samuel Penna Wanner, Thiago Teixeira Mendes, Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes

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Objectively Measured Physical Activity Increases Only in Males During a Summer Camp for Obese Children by Pascal Izzicupo, Andrea Di Blasio, Andrea Di Credico, Barbara Ghinassi, Laura Capranica, Giorgio Napolitano, Angela Di Baldassarre, Elisabetta Modestini, Mario Di Pietro

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«Our Place Is at Home». Female Summer Camps in Asturias during the First Years of Francoism (1938-1945) by Mónica García Fernández

“…<p>One of the most popular and advertised initiatives aimed at young people and children during the Francoist period were the summer camps. They tried to build an ideal society there, with no social classes or nationalisms and with a perfect performance of the gender roles imposed by the Francoist authorities. …”
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