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Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS), 2023
Despite the elevation of the opioid crisis in the U.S. to the level of a nationwide public health emergency in 2017, the number of opioid-involved overdose deaths has continued to rise. The impact of the opioid epidemic extends well beyond the tragedy of fatal overdose. Nonfatal overdose can result in brain injury and permanent disability, and…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse, Prevention
Knoll, Michael – Online Submission, 2011
Kurt Hahn is one of the most important school reformers of the 20th century worldwide and yet he is largely unknown and underestimated. This fact is amazing since Hahn, who incidentally began his career as a politician, was not only the founder and headmaster of famous boarding schools in Germany and Scotland, but also the initiator and organizer…
Descriptors: Teachers, Educational History, Educational Change, Experiential Learning
Beck, Rachel C.; Erdmann, Mitzy A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
Identification and quantification of an unknown illicit drug (cocaine) from both simulated drug paraphernalia and simulated urine can be achieved via direct analysis in real time (DART) triple quadrupole linear ion trap (QTRAP) mass spectrometry (MS). We describe a novel, hands-on laboratory activity which utilizes the recent DART technology…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Laboratory Experiments, Science Activities
Young, Henry N.; Pathan, Farah; Reeves, Jaxk H.; Knight, Kristen N.; Chen, FuNing; Cox, Elizabeth D.; Moreno, Megan A. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objectives: This study assesses students' non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) from college entrance to graduation, and examines factors that predict NMUPD. Participants: The study was conducted between May 2011 and September 2015 with 338 students. Methods: Longitudinal cohort study design was used to examine NMUPD across time, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Longitudinal Studies, Student Attitudes
Wildeman, Christopher; Western, Bruce – Future of Children, 2010
Since the mid-1970s the U.S. imprisonment rate has increased roughly fivefold. As Christopher Wildeman and Bruce Western explain, the effects of this sea change in the imprisonment rate--commonly called mass imprisonment or the prison boom--have been concentrated among those most likely to form fragile families: poor and minority men with little…
Descriptors: Crime, Safety, Correctional Institutions, Economically Disadvantaged
Dube, Danielle H. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2018
"Drug Discovery" is a 13-week lecture and laboratory-based course that was developed to introduce non-science majors to foundational chemistry and biochemistry concepts as they relate to the unifying theme of drug discovery. The first part of this course strives to build students' understanding of molecules, their properties, the…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Science Instruction
Galambos, Nancy L.; Albrecht, Arne K.; Jansson, S. Mikael – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This study examined the nature of the relationship between adolescents' subjective age (how old they feel) and chronological age, and explored whether dating, sex, and substance use predicted increases in adolescents' subjective age across a two-year period. The participants were 570 adolescents who were interviewed when they were first ages 12-19…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Self Concept, Adolescents, Dating (Social)
Booth, Jaime M.; Urbaeva, Zhyldyz; Park, Daejun – Youth & Society, 2021
During adolescence, adolescents are given more freedom to independently interact with a variety of social contexts. The eco-developmental model suggests that the activity spaces where adolescents spend their time affect substance-use behaviors beyond peer influences, and that the relationships may differ based on the adolescent's demographic…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Adolescents, Context Effect, Racial Differences
Rohmawaty, Enny; Rostikawati Husen, Ike; Vicahyani Utami, Novi; Berbudi, Afiat – Cogent Education, 2022
Developing innovation in medical education is a vital part of improving the learning outcomes. One such learning innovation in medical education is to learn using game as a tool. The Husenynov antihypertensive drug game (HAG) was developed as an innovation to assist the learning process for studying pharmacology. The study was conducted to compare…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Educational Games, Game Based Learning
Holt-White, Erica; Shao, Xin; Montacute, Rebecca; Anders, Jake; Cullinane, Carl; De Gennaro, Alice; Yarde, James – Sutton Trust, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the health of millions of people across the country -- at the time of publication, there have been over 20 million confirmed cases of the virus in England and just over 170,000 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, and the ONS estimate that 71% of the population have contracted the virus. Thinking about young…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Incidence
Werch, Chudley E.; Moore, Michele J.; DiClemente, Carlo C. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2008
This study tested the efficacy of brief image-based print-mediated parent/caregiver and adolescent messages integrating physical activity with alcohol use avoidance. A total of 684 high school students were randomly assigned to either the parent postcard or adolescent flyer arm, with baseline and four-month postintervention data collections. A…
Descriptors: Parent Materials, Physical Activities, Caregivers, Health Behavior
Caballero, Miguel Angel; Ramos, Luciana; Gonzalez, Catalina; Saltijeral, Maria Teresa – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: Determine the relationship between psychological and physical violence, exerted by fathers and/or mothers, and inter- or extra-familiar sexual violence with risk for consuming tobacco, alcohol and drugs among adolescents. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with students in two secondary schools in Mexico City. A total of…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Harassment, Smoking, Females
Ali, Sarah; Alter, Aliese; Beeson, Jeff – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2020
Drug addiction and misuse have long plagued communities throughout the country, with drug overdose claiming more than 750,000 lives over the past two decades. As the crisis is multifaceted, it requires and beckons all sectors to respond, including the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. This creates unique data sharing challenges. In response…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse, Information Technology
Croteau, Caroline; Mottron, Laurent; Dorais, Marc; Tarride, Jean-Eric; Perreault, Sylvie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
A number of cross-sectional studies report extensive use of psychiatric services and high healthcare costs in autistic youths. However, little is known about how the use of these services evolves from the time of diagnosis, as children grow up. Our objectives were to investigate the use, costs, and predictors of psychiatric services following…
Descriptors: Costs, Predictor Variables, Psychiatry, Autism
Selfridge, Marion; Robinson, Jennifer Claire; Mitchell, Lisa M. – Global Studies of Childhood, 2021
This article details the transformation of an empty store into a gallery honouring youth and others who have passed away from overdoses, and the creation of extensive harm reduction and grief support programming that accompanied the display of artwork. The outpouring of community interest, participation, and emotion that surfaced around heART…
Descriptors: Grief, Drug Abuse, Death, Art Products