Pastoralists’ Herding Strategies and Camp Selection in the Local Commons—A Case Study of Pastoral Societies in Mongolia by Chifumi Ono, Mamoru Ishikawa

“…It investigated land use and pastoralists’ relationships to open-access summer pastures, summer camp selection, grazing practice, and acceptance of migrants. …”
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Displacements. Contexts for a Participatory Media Project by Müllner András

“…This paper presents a participatory film intervention focused on young people, which was held within the framework of a grant coordinated by the Minor Media/Culture Research Centre and took place in the form of a summer camp in 2021. After revisiting some historical examples and definitions of participatory film, the author focuses on the concept of displacement as used in film theory and psychology, which he attempts to redefine and thereby reverse its negative connotations. …”
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Including the Youth Perspective: The Development of the CPQA Camper Survey by Troy Bennett

“…The purpose of this study was to pilot the use of the CPQA Camper Survey, a camper self-report survey to assess summer camp program quality. The survey is based on the best practices identified in the American Camp Association’s Camp Program Quality Assessment (CPQA) short form (American Camp Association, n.d.). …”
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Living, Caring, Learning – Early education, active lives and tailored treatment in haemophilia care by Belev Josipa

“…Josipa reflects on her own experience of volunteering at a haemophilia summer camp and teaching young people with haemophilia to selfinfuse. …”
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Camp and College Parallels: Crucibles for Transition-Linked Turning-Points by Lisa K.-P. Olsen, Gwynn M. Powell, Barry A. Garst, Robert D. Bixler

“…This conceptual paper explores how the system of experiences that children encounter in a traditional, residential summer camp setting parallel traditional, residential, college setting for first-year students. …”
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Av stor betydelse för ett framtida liv: Föräldrars uppfattningar om varför deras barn ska åka till kollo by Tobias Samuelsson, Marcus Samuelsson

“…English abstract For more than a hundred years Swedish children have spent part of their summer holidays at a Summer Camp. The reasons for running Summer Camps have changed over time and have also been described in research. …”
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New Information about the Stay of Colonel Kavarnaliev in Belogradchik [In Bulgarian] by B.V. Toshev

“…His contribution was the establishment of the summer camp of the regiment near Belogradchik. After Belogradchik, Kavarnaliev served in the 5th Infantry Danube Division. …”
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Chlorella intake attenuates reduced salivary SIgA secretion in <it>kendo</it> training camp participants by Otsuki Takeshi, Shimizu Kazuhiro, Iemitsu Motoyuki, Kono Ichiro

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Ten female <it>kendo</it> athletes participated in inter-university 6-day spring and 4-day summer camps. They were randomized into two groups; one took placebo tablets during the spring camp and chlorella tablets during the summer camp, while the other took chlorella tablets during the spring camp and placebo tablets during the summer camp. …”
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Practically Program Speech by Hungarian Prime Minister by Lyubov Shishelina

“…The article analyses the speech of the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, delivered by him at the summer camp in Tusnadfured on July 28, 2018. This speech as to the strength of expression and the emphasis placed can be considered both historical and as a program as it summarizes both the results of the activities of the FIDES Cabinet for the previous three cycles of government, and explains the program of the Cabinet for the next four years of government if we count from the last April parliamentary elections…”
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Time in Range in Children with Type 1 Diabetes before and during a Diabetes Camp—A Ceiling Effect? by Katrin Nagl, Ina Bozic, Gabriele Berger, Martin Tauschmann, Nicole Blauensteiner, Katharina Weimann, Julia K. Mader, Birgit Rami-Merhar

“…Background: The aim of this study was to assess and compare the time in range (TIR) of children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) before and during a diabetes summer camp using different therapy modalities. Methods: A retrospective analysis of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data collected from 26 children with T1D (mean age: 11.0 ± 1.4 years; 62% female; 62% on insulin pump; Hb1Ac 7.3 ± 0.8% (56.3 ± 8.7 mmol/mol) before and during a 14-day summer camp. …”
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Physical activity and sedentary time of youth in structured settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rafael M. Tassitano, R. Glenn Weaver, Maria Cecília M. Tenório, Keith Brazendale, Michael W. Beets

“…Abstract Background Structured settings, such as school, childcare, afterschool programs, summer camps, and physical activity/sport programs are crucial to promoting physical activity (PA) opportunities and reducing sedentary (ST) for children and adolescents. …”
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A dual design thinking – universal design approach to catalyze neurodiversity advocacy through collaboration among high-schoolers by Rachel K. Schuck, Rachel K. Schuck, Lawrence K. Fung

“…Development of such knowledge is especially important for adolescents, as they have the capacity to make small (e.g., interpersonal interactions) and large (e.g., school-wide) impacts.MethodsEighty-nine high schoolers participated in a two-week virtual summer camp in 2022; research consent/assent was obtained from 19 (11 neurodiverse/neurodivergent). …”
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Helping Diminish the College Knowledge and Access Divide: Development of a College Outreach Camp to Serve Community Needs by Melissa A. Martinez, Michelle Hamilton, Elizabeth Castañeda, Lee Francis, IV, Ariane Corcoran

“…This descriptive case study examined the development of a college outreach summer camp at a university in Texas. The camp aims to diminish the college knowledge and access divide that exists between first generation college-going, lower-income, and underrepresented students and their counterparts in the region in which the university is located. …”
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Adolescent sleep quality measured during leisure activities by Kathy Sexton-Radek

“…A one-week sleep monitoring by logs and actigraphs in preteens during summer camp was conducted. Campers aged 11-16 attended a two-week day camp that focused on the learning about science. …”
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Promoting Character and Resiliency among Elementary School Students: An Assessment of the CARE Now Program by Eddie Hill, Tammi Milliken, Jennifer Goff, Debbie Clark

“…Using theoretically-based and outcome focused programming, CN was widely praised for its effectiveness among youth in this summer camp. To assess its impact, a mix-method approach was used, producing desirable results. …”
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Constructing a Two-Way Street: An Argument for Interdisciplinary Collaboration through an Ethnomusicological Examination of Music Therapy, Medical Ethnomusicology, and Williams Syn... by Alexandria Heaton Carrico

“…In support of this viewpoint, I offer ethnographic accounts of my time conducting research on music and Williams Syndrome and working alongside music therapists at the Whispering Trails summer camp for children with Williams Syndrome (WS) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. …”
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Teacher shortages and cultural mismatch: District and university collaboration for recruiting by Douglas Carothers, Hasan Aydin, Michael Houdyshell

“…This study describes the collaboration between a university and school districts to offer dual enrollment courses and a summer camp for high school students considering teaching careers. …”
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Pass the Flame: Tentative Programs of Cultural Heritage Education Among Teenagers in Yuanmingyuan Site by R. Ni, L. Yin, T. Liu, X. Zhang

“…In order to improve the conservation of Yuanmingyuan Site and increase communication between the cultural heritage site and the public, especially the teenagers, our institute initiated a serial of education programs in the past two years, cooperating with local schools, including courses on the base of school curriculums, independent cultural heritage summer camp, and special sessions in international cultural heritage symposium. …”
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Disconnect to reconnect: The food/technology metaphor in digital detoxing by Sutton, T

“…This paper explores concerns about our relationship with digital technology through a short ethnography of Camp Grounded: a Californian digital detox retreat and summer camp for adults. At Camp Grounded, digital detoxers conceptualise consumption of technology using a food parallel. …”

Report on Participation in “KIKONES Summer Campus 2007- Training of Balkan and Black Sea States’ Representatives on the Rule of Law and Democracy”, held by the European Public Law... by Vera Savva

“…The subject-matter of the article is “KIKONES Summer Campus 2007- Training of Balkan and Black Sea States’ Representatives on the Rule of Law and Democracy” that was attended by the author of the article.The event was organized by the European Public Law center for the third time and was designed to tackle the issues of the rule of law and democracy.KIKONES Summer Campus 2007 involved 80 participants from Balkan and Black Sea states majoring in international law and public administration. The summer camp consisted of two sessions – for beginners and for those who chose to continue the course. …”
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