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Social Media Use In Health Education: National Children\u27s Dental Health Month Social Media Toolkit
Get PDFNational Children\u27s Dental Health Month (NCDHM) was created by the American Dental Association and is celebrated annually by local oral health programs all around the country. The celebration began as a one-day event on February 8, 1949, expanded to a week-long observance in 1955, and was later extended to a month-long celebration in 1981. Today local oral health programs celebrate NCDHM in a variety of ways but the one I will be focusing on is a social media tool kit. A social media tool kit consists of videos or posts that are posted on different platforms such as the www.smilesbc.org website, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok. I will focus on how social media serves as an effective tool for health education and promotion, particularly in the area of oral health. Given the impact of the pandemic, social media has become an essential tool for connecting with community members and delivering health education. In this discussion, I will compare past social media tool kits and explore what other local oral health programs are doing to promote National Children\u27s Dental Health Month (NCDHM). To highlight how digital platforms can be used to engage and educate the public on oral health
The Relationship Between Participation in School Based Mental Health Programs and Absenteeism
Get PDFThis research study focuses on the impact of School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) programs on student absenteeism in a school setting, highlighting the potential of these programs to promote students’ well-being and improve attendance rates. By implementing SBMH programs, schools may address mental health challenges that contribute to chronic absenteeism. Researchers used a quantitative research design, analyzing archival data to assess whether participation in an SBMH program influences school attendance. A one-way ANOVA was conducted to examine absentee rates before, during, and after SBMH participation. Findings revealed no significant overall effect; however, specific groups – elementary school students and Hispanic students – showed a notable reduction in absenteeism. Elementary students experienced significantly fewer absences during and after participation in SBMH programs, while Hispanic students demonstrated a moderate but meaningful decrease. These results suggest that targeted interventions tailored to specific demographics may enhance the effectiveness of SBMG programs. These findings may inform future funding decisions for SBMH programs and support the need for culturally and developmentally sensitive approaches in school mental health services. Limitations, including data access challenges and variations in participation, are discussed underscoring the need for further research to explore long-term effects. Understanding how SBMH interventions influence different student populations can help shape policies that support mental health accessibility and academic success
ECHOES OF DEPARTURE: ANALYZING ENROLLMENT DEPARTURE TRENDS OF FIRST-GENERATION COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
Get PDFThis study explored the enrollment departure effects of First-Generation College Students (FGCS) at the community college level. Community colleges serve a key role in providing higher education access to nontraditional students, including FGCS. The study employed a three-pronged quantitative research approach to understand the enrollment departure phenomenon better. The study was guided by the Student/Institution Engagement Model to elucidate the impacts of precollege, institutional, and environmental factors on student persistence. Two binary logistic regressions and chi-square tests for independence were conducted on archival college data.
Key findings show that FGCS experienced a 12% overall higher departure rate than non-FGCS and that special population programs like EOPS and Umoja effectively reduce enrollment departure rates. Early college exposure through CCAP high school participation represented the highest persistence odds. Academic milestones, such as completing transfer-level math and English in the first year and full-time enrollment in the first year emerged as strong predictors of student retention. Recommendations for leaders include scaling up mentorship and support programs, such as EOPS, streamlining onboarding practices for incoming FGCS, and providing enhanced academic support for foundational coursework, flexible course scheduling to accommodate working students, and other environmental-related scaffolding, such as child-caretaking and transportation services
BEYOND WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT OF WORK-ELDERCARE CONFLICT
Get PDFThe number of workers with informal caregiving responsibilities continues to grow exponentially (Feinberg & Skufca, 2020), yet research on the intersection of work and eldercare is often neglected in the literature (Griggs et al., 2020). While earlier eldercare measures have typically been dichotomous, researchers have more recently begun to incorporate multidimensional measures of eldercare (Calvano, 2013). However, what has yet to be thoroughly explored is eldercare in the context of role theory, particularly interrole conflict, as existing work-family measures may be deficient in this regard. Therefore, in the present study, role theory was used to develop the Work-Eldercare Conflict Scale (WECS)—a bidirectional time- and strain-oriented measure—and to determine whether it could explain additional variance in job satisfaction, turnover intentions, life satisfaction, and mental health, above and beyond work-family conflict. Results from 261 full-time U.S. workers with informal caregiving responsibilities revealed strong support for the hypothesized factor structure. Furthermore, work-eldercare conflict explained additional variance in the work outcomes (job satisfaction and turnover intentions) but not in life outcomes (life satisfaction and mental health). Given these findings, the WECS can be a valuable tool for researchers and practitioners interested in further understanding the unique challenges faced by working elder caregivers