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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Lindsay, Gordon B.; Merrill, Ray M.; Owens, Adam; Barleen, Nathan A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2008
Background: There is some debate over the efficacy of alcohol industry parenting manuals. Purpose: This study compares the content and focus of alcohol industry and non-industry "talk to your child about drinking" parenting manuals. Methods: Parenting manuals from Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing Company were compared to federal government and…
Descriptors: Health Education, Industry, Alcohol Education, Public Health
Merrill, Ray M.; Aldana, Stephen G.; Greenlaw, Roger L.; Diehl, Hans A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2008
Background: The Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) is designed to lower cardiovascular risk factors among a group of generally healthy individuals through health education. Purpose: This study will evaluate the efficacy of the CHIP intervention at improving eating, sleep, stress, and depressive disorders. Methods: A health education…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Health Education
Merrill, Ray M.; Chatterley, Amanda; Shields, Eric C. – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
This study explored the effectiveness of selected statistical measures at motivating or maintaining regular exercise among college students. The study also considered whether ease in understanding these statistical measures was associated with perceived effectiveness at motivating or maintaining regular exercise. Analyses were based on a…
Descriptors: College Students, Diseases, Behavior Modification, Program Effectiveness
Hawks, Steven; Merrill, Ray M.; Madanat, Hala N. – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
This article describes the development and validation of an instrument designed to measure the concept of intuitive eating. To ensure face and content validity for items used in the Likert-type Intuitive Eating Scale (IES), content domain was clearly specified and a panel of experts assessed the validity of each item. Based on responses from 391…
Descriptors: College Students, Obesity, Eating Disorders, Content Validity
Merrill, Ray M.; Stoddard, Julianne; Shields, Eric C. – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
This study identifies the extent that knowledge of selected study designs and elementary statistical techniques may assist readers in understanding the statistical component of articles in the "American Journal of Health Education." The frequency of and trend in use of selected statistical research designs and statistical methods is reported,…
Descriptors: Health Education, Research Methodology, Correlation, Content Analysis