Future Smoking Intentions at Critical Ages among Students in Two Chinese High Schools
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DOI: 10.1007/s12529-018-09759-y
Abstract: BackgroundChina is the world’s largest tobacco consumer. Smoking initiation dramatically increases from teenage to adulthood. In this study, we investigated adolescents’ future smoking intention at critical ages and its associated predictors.MethodsUsing a longitudinal design (3… read more here.
Keywords: high schools; critical ages; intentions critical; smoking status ... See more keywords
Exploring Mindfulness Benefits for Students and Teachers in Three German High Schools
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DOI: 10.1007/s12671-019-01231-6
Abstract: Considerable evidence points to stress and health risks among students and teachers in modern schools. In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions have emerged as an answer to this growing strain. The present study implemented and evaluated… read more here.
Keywords: mindfulness; students teachers; german high; high schools ... See more keywords
Using polytomous latent class analysis to compare patterns of substance use and co-occurring health-risk behaviors between students in alternative and mainstream high schools.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.07.010
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Alternative high school (AHS) students, an understudied and underserved population, experience educational, social, and health disparities relative to students in mainstream high schools. Disparities in single types of substance use are particularly high, yet… read more here.
Keywords: risk; high schools; substance use; mainstream high ... See more keywords
All against all competition: the incorporation of the International Baccalaureate in public high schools in Canada
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DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2018.1562105
Abstract: ABSTRACT Since the 1980s, education in Canada has been through a process that led to school choice, targeting the improvement of students’ performance through school competition. These policies fostering an education quasi-market became an ideal… read more here.
Keywords: international baccalaureate; high schools; school; incorporation ... See more keywords
Why do extracurricular activities prevent dropout more effectively in some high schools than in others? A mixed-method examination of organizational dynamics
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DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2018.1484746
Abstract: Abstract This study describes policies and practices implemented in 12 high schools (Quebec, Canada) that more or less effectively leveraged extracurricular activities (ECA) to prevent dropout among vulnerable students. Following an explanatory sequential mixed design,… read more here.
Keywords: high schools; extracurricular activities; prevent dropout; dropout effectively ... See more keywords
Teacher agency and the implementation of CEFR-like policies for English for tourism and hospitality: insights from local vocational high schools in Indonesia
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DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2021.1965739
Abstract: Tourism is a service industry that demands well-trained professionals with internationally accredited skills including English language proficiency. Meeting such demands has been one of the foremost concerns of the ASEAN ministries of tourism and education.… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; high schools; vocational high; teacher agency ... See more keywords
When Adar begins devaluation increases: on the construction of Mizrahi religiosity in yeshiva high schools in the 1980s
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DOI: 10.1080/14725886.2020.1859676
Abstract: ABSTRACT Yeshiva boarding high schools were the leading educational institutions of state-religious education in Israel in the 1980s. These were institutions for boys only, which combined holy studies with regular high school diploma (Bagrut) subjects.… read more here.
Keywords: mizrahi religiosity; yeshiva high; high schools; construction ... See more keywords
Qualities of the Restaurant Food Environment: A Direct Observation Pilot Study of Restaurants Located Near High Schools.
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DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0151
Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to identify and describe healthful and youth-oriented qualities of the restaurant food environment around high schools. Methods: Using direct observation data from 58 restaurants located within a half-mile (804.5 meters) of… read more here.
Keywords: high schools; restaurant food; youth oriented; food environment ... See more keywords
A Simulation of the potential impact of restricting tobacco retail outlets around middle and high schools on tobacco advertisements
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DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055724
Abstract: Objective To examine (1) if tobacco retail outlets (TROs) closer to middle and high schools have more tobacco advertisements than TROs farther away and (2) the potential impact of two place-based tobacco control strategies on… read more here.
Keywords: tobacco; high schools; retail outlets; middle high ... See more keywords
Solid Waste Management Practices and Challenges in Rural and Urban Senior High Schools in Ashanti Region, Ghana
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DOI: 10.1155/2023/9694467
Abstract: This study is aimed at comparatively analyzing solid waste management practices and challenges in urban and rural senior high schools in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Multiple sampling techniques (simple random, stratified sampling, convenience sampling,… read more here.
Keywords: management practices; waste; waste management; senior high ... See more keywords
Arts for Whose Sake? Arts Course-taking and Math Achievement in US High Schools
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DOI: 10.1177/07311214221124537
Abstract: Math achievement in U.S. high schools is a consistent predictor of educational attainment. While emphasis on raising math achievement continues, school-level interventions often come at the expense of other subjects. Arts courses are particularly at… read more here.
Keywords: achievement high; arts whose; achievement; school ... See more keywords