Addressing the Opioid Epidemic with a K-12 Drug Prevention Curriculum, Website and Toolkit

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Whitney ◽  
Kristen Welker ◽  
Patrick C. Herbert ◽  
Joe Visker ◽  
Carol Cox
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Drug Prevention ◽  
Drug Misuse ◽  
Opioid Overdose ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Prevention Curriculum ◽  
Using Data ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

Opioid overdose has become a large public health crisis with devastating consequences, particularly for young people. Programs have started to address the impact of prevention and education in approaching the issue, but many lack focus on helping students prevent drug misuse by practicing the skills students need to avoid or reduce risky health behaviors. The purpose of this manuscript is to introduce readers to the process of developing skills-based K - 12 Opioid/Rx Use educational lessons. Procedures: The educational lessons were developed using data-driven practice for the following age level clusters; K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. All lessons contain active learning strategies and include a resource bank such that any teacher, administrator, or school personnel can select and deliver a lesson using the online interface.

Drug Misuse in Scotland: Policy, Prevalence, and Public Health

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil McKeganey
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Drug Prevention ◽  
Drug Misuse ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Illegal Drug Use ◽  
Low Prevalence ◽  
The Impact

The paper outlines the nature and extent of illegal drug use in Scotland. The paper provides a detailed discussion of the impact of HIV among injecting drug users in Scotland. It is shown that although HIV remains a major public health concern within parts of Scotland, most notably in Edinburgh and Dundee, HIV infection remains low elsewhere within Scotland. Although concern in relation to HIV has receded in light of the continuing low prevalence, there has been growing concern over the marked increase in drug-related deaths among drug users within parts of Scotland. Within the policy sphere greater attention is now being given to topic of drug prevention and the impact of drug use on community well being.

scholarly journals WHAT’S IN A MESSAGE? ANALYSIS OF ANNUAL GRADUATION MESSAGES IN THE PHILIPPINES

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Jeremy Velasquez Basilio Velasquez Basilio ◽  
Inero Ancho ◽  
Gilbert Santos Arrieta
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
Using Data ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Filipino Learners

What do annual graduation messages convey? What is the gist of the message? What common themes may be derived from these messages? These inquiries inform this study as annual graduation messages issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary are analysed. This paper recognizes the impact of each graduation message as it serves as a venue in capturing what DepEd attempts to relay to its stakeholders, particularly student graduates in the context of this paper. This study employs qualitative method using data available online. Graduation messages annually issued by DepEd are posted and accessible through online resources. Graduation messages issued from 2010-2019 are utilized in this study. Careful analysis of data reveals the following clustered themes: quality education as the key to transformation, education at the core of life’s challenges, Filipino learners transforming the future, stakeholders and learners towards a better education, and K-12 curriculum as the vehicle for success. Recognition has been given to stakeholders who play crucial roles in the education system and advocate its success. Also, social, cultural, and curricular aspects have also shaped how each graduation message is crafted and relayed to stakeholders.

scholarly journals Creating Links between the School and the Community Beyond its Walls: What Teachers and Principals Do to Develop and Lead School-Community Partnerships

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hands
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
School Community ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Magnet School ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Partnership Development ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
The Impact

This paper is based on a qualitative case study examining the impact of social context on school-community partnerships. Sixty-four students and school personnel at one K-12 magnet school in southern California participated in 21 open-ended, 45-minute interviews. Observations were conducted, and documents were collected. Structural, cultural and agentive issues impacted partnership establishment. Teachers and the principal valued a school culture was conducive to community involvement. They collectively developed the school’s mission and vision with a focus on global citizenship, and initiated partnerships consistent with the vision. The stages of the partnership development process are discussed, and it is argued that they are broadly applicable to the establishment of collaborative activities. Funding and networks contributed to the professional development, resources and technology needed to support partnering. Findings extend research by identifying the educators’ leadership roles in partnering, and the structures and cultures that facilitate it.

scholarly journals Administrative Leadership in Times of a Global Health Crisis: Voices and Images From the Field

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linsay DeMartino ◽  
S. Gavin Weiser
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Educational Administrators ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic took the world into crisis. We saw the virus alter a multitude of spheres worldwide, including our healthcare, economies, politics, social processes, and education. In fact, the impact of COVID-19 on educational administration took our leaders into forced emergency measures. Our study aims to better understand the experiences of educational administrators under crisis to ascertain what might be learned on how educational institutions may better respond to the crisis in the future. These stories were collected from educational leaders, both from K-12 and higher education, throughout the United States. In brief, this article is framed in the theory and literature associated with the complexity of leading in times of crisis. We explore the resiliency of leadership forged in crisis and the rethinking of administrative as administration as a caring and trustful acts. Our research began as a hermeneutic phenomenological interview study, but transitions into a two-round project, where after the first interview, participants were invited to share some images that typify and speak to the experiences being educational administrators during this time. We are engaged in sensitive topics that are ongoing and changing. Moreover, throughout, we are asking for images that speak to their experiences. Across both K-12 and higher education, our results indicated varied responses, from immediate to delayed administrative action. However, albeit they looked contextually different, there are clear indications the participants valued continuous, transparent communication, authentic caring, trust, and agency. In our discussion, we elaborate on the distinction between what the institutional response was as compared to what was valued by our educational leaders. Finally, as a contribution to the field, we seek to provide guidance for future administrators in crisis based on our own experiences and the recommendations provided by our educational leaders.

scholarly journals Exploring the Factors of Employee Subjective Well-Being in the Midst of Health Threat: An Evidence from the U.S. Federal Government during the COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 408
Author(s):  
Hyung-Woo Lee ◽  
Dong-Young Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Safety Perception ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

The recent COVID-19 pandemic posed a challenge to employee well-being and will have a lasting impact on how safe employees feel about their work environment. This study aims at examining: (1) the impact of safety perception of employees on their job attitudes; and (2) what factors affect their expectations that their organizations will effectively protect them from potential health threats. Using data from the U.S. Federal Government, this study divided organizational responses to COVID-19 aimed at protecting their employees into the following three types: protecting the employees while working on site, reducing the number of employees working on-site, and providing mental and health assistance. The effects of these organizational responses were analysed separately, and regression analysis was performed with these factors with regards to employees’ safety perception. The results showed that the first group of measures, protecting the employees while they are in the workplace, had generally the most significant influences on employees’ feeling of safety. The attempt to protect those in vulnerable medical conditions was also seen as significant. These findings show that organizations need to protect their employees in the workplaces during a health crisis.

The Impact of Schools Self-Administering Substance Abuse Surveys: An Evaluation

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. van Valey ◽  
David Hartmann ◽  
William Post
Keyword(s):  
School Personnel ◽  
Drug Prevention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Survey Instruments ◽  
Monitoring The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Future Project

The literature suggests that administering drug surveys to public school students is best done by persons outside of the school system (or at least unfamiliar to the students). This is the approach used by the long-time Monitoring the Future project. Because of the increased costs that administration by outside research associates requires (both time and transportation), we decided to design an experiment that would compare it to administration by school personnel. Six school systems were split, and 3756 surveys were administered, about half by outside research associates and half by school personnel. The results indicate that there were minimal and non-significant differences between the two groups. On the basis of these results, we draw the conclusion that school personnel are able to administer survey instruments without affecting the quality of the results and, thus, that school districts may safely use such data in the evaluation of their drug education and drug prevention programs.

scholarly journals Components, Infrastructures, and Capacity: The Quest for the Impact of Actionable Data Use on P–20 Educator Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 394-421
Author(s):  
Philip J. Piety
Keyword(s):  
Data Use ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
Instructional Tools ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Specific Concept ◽  
Using Data ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

This chapter reviews actionable data use—both as an umbrella term and as a specific concept—developed in three different traditions that data/information can inform and guide P–20 educational practice toward better outcomes. The literatures reviewed are known as data-driven decision making (DDDM), education data mining (EDM), and learning analytics (LA). DDDM is grounded in K–12 settings, has a social orientation, and is shaped by policy. EDM and LA began in higher education using data provided by instructional tools. This review of more than 1,500 publications traced patterns in these communities revealing disciplinary disconnects between DDDM and EDM/LA. Recognizing information’s systemic nature, this review expanded the analysis from teacher practice to educator practice. While methodological progress has been made in all areas, studies of impact were concentrated in DDDM. EDM and LA focus on tools for current/future educational settings and leveraging data harvested for basic research while reconceiving learning practices. The DDDM impact studies did not support a directly beneficial model for data use. Rather, long timescale capacity factors, including cultural and organizational processes that impact data use were revealed. A complementary model of components, infrastructure, and capacity is advanced with recommendations for scholarship in education’s sociotechnical future.

scholarly journals Work Resumption Rate and Migrant Workers' Income During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxiang Li ◽  
Baoju Chu ◽  
Nana Chai ◽  
Bi Wu ◽  
Baofeng Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Data Platform ◽  
Average Monthly Income ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Work Resumption

The COVID-19 public health crisis has quickly led to an economic crisis, impacting many people and businesses in the world. This study examines how the pandemic affects workforces and workers' income. We quantify the impact of staggered resumption of work, after the coronavirus lockdowns, on the migrant workers' income. Using data on population movements of 366 Chinese cities at the daily level from the Baidu Maps-Migration Big Data Platform and historical data on the average monthly income of migrant workers, we find that the average work resumption rate (WRR) during the period of the Chinese Lantern Festival was 25.25%, which was only 30.67% of that in the same matched lunar calendar period in 2019. We then apply Gray Model First Order One Variable [GM (1, 1)] to predict the monthly income of migrant workers during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that, if without the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the average monthly income of migrant workers in 2020 will be expected to increase by 12% compared with 2019. We further conduct scenario analysis and show that the average monthly income of migrant workers in 2020 under the conservative scenario (COS), medium scenario (MES), and worse scenario (WOS) will be predicted to decrease by 2, 21, and 44%, respectively. Through testing, our prediction error is <5%. Our findings will help policymakers to decide when and how they implement a plan to ease the coronavirus lockdown and related financial support policies.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

Interculturalism and the Acceptance of Minority Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maykel Verkuyten ◽  
Kumar Yogeeswaran
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Situational Effect

Abstract. Multiculturalism has been criticized and rejected by an increasing number of politicians, and social psychological research has shown that it can lead to outgroup stereotyping, essentialist thinking, and negative attitudes. Interculturalism has been proposed as an alternative diversity ideology, but there is almost no systematic empirical evidence about the impact of interculturalism on the acceptance of migrants and minority groups. Using data from a survey experiment conducted in the Netherlands, we examined the situational effect of promoting interculturalism on acceptance. The results show that for liberals, but not for conservatives, interculturalism leads to more positive attitudes toward immigrant-origin groups and increased willingness to engage in contact, relative to multiculturalism.

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