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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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Kim, Shin-Jeong; Kang, So-Ra; Lee, Seung-Hee; Kang, Kyung-Ah – Journal of School Nursing, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of coping knowledge for emergency preparedness in Korean elementary school students. A school-based coping education program was provided seven times to 271 fourth- and fifth-grade students in two urban schools by researchers with the school nurses. The Process Model of Stress and Coping and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Emergency Programs, Elementary School Students
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McNaughton, Diane B.; Cowell, Julia Muennich; Fogg, Louis – Journal of School Nursing, 2014
Children of Mexican immigrants are exposed to multiple ecological risks that heighten their likelihood of experiencing depressive symptoms. In previous studies, affirming parent-child communication has been found to be protective against depressive symptoms in Hispanic youth. Interventions focused on enhancing communication between parents and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mexican Americans, Immigrants, Mothers
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Seomun, GyeongAe; Kim, YoungHwan; Lee, Jung-Ah; Jeong, KwangHoon; Park, Seon-A; Kim, Miran; Noh, Wonjung – Journal of School Nursing, 2014
To better understand environmental electromagnetic wave exposure during the use of digital textbooks by elementary school students, we measured numeric values of the electromagnetic fields produced by tablet personal computers (TPCs). Specifically, we examined the distribution of the electromagnetic waves for various students' seating…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Electronic Publishing, Elementary School Students, Handheld Devices
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Morgan, Emily H.; Houser, Robert F.; Au, Lauren E.; Sacheck, Jennifer M. – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
School-based body mass index (BMI) notification programs are often used to raise parental awareness of childhood overweight and obesity, but how BMI results are associated with physical fitness and diet is less clear. This study examined the relationship between BMI, fitness, and diet quality in a diverse sample of urban schoolchildren…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Physical Fitness, Dietetics, Obesity
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Ham, Ok Kyung; Sung, Kyung Mi; Kim, Hee Kyung – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of sociodemographic, psychosocial, and behavioral characteristics with screen time among school-age children in Korea. This study employed a nonexperimental, cross-sectional study design. A total of 370 children attending four elementary schools participated in the study. Self-report…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Television Viewing
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Law, Jennifer; Northrup, Karen; Wittberg, Richard; Lilly, Christa; Cottrell, Lesley – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
This study assessed the anthropometrics and acanthosis nigricans (AN) in a sample of 7,337 children at two assessments. Four groups of children were identified based on the presence of AN at both time points: those who never had the marker, those who gained the marker, those who lost the marker, and those who maintained the marker. Group…
Descriptors: Diseases, Diabetes, Body Height, Body Weight