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Category Archives: Health
HOMESCHOOL AND UNDERAGE DRINKING: Comparison to Public and Private Schoolers
Record: Robert A. Thomson and Sung Joon Jang, “Homeschool and Underage Drinking: Is It More Protective than Public and Private Schools?” in Deviant Behavior 37, no. 3 (2016): 281-301. [Abstract] Summary: Thomson is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Baylor University, … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Socialization
Tagged Baylor University, delinquency, Deviant Behavior, National Study of Youth and Religion, NSDUH, NSYR, Robert A. Thomson, Social Bonding Theory, Social Learning Theory, Sung Joon Jang
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ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS: Homeschool Findings
Record: Michael G. Vaughn, Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Kristen P. Kremer, Brandy R. Maynard, Greg Roberts, and Sharon Vaughn, “Are homeschooled adolescents less likely to use alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs?” in Drug and Alcohol Dependence 155 (2015): 97-104. [Abstract] Summary: Michael Vaughn (lead author), Kristen … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Socialization
Tagged Brandy R. Maynard, Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Greg Roberts, Kristen P. Kremer, Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, Michael G. Vaughn, NSDUH, Saint Louis University, Sharon Vaughn, Social work, University of Texas at Austin
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HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT FOUR: Food and Health
Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Four” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (1 April 2015). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the fourth installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, Health
Tagged Alissa Cordner, Atkin's Diet, Douglas E. Long, Elizabeth L. Thorpe, food, HARO, health, homesteading, Michelle Cardel, nutrition, Raw Milk Diet, Vaccine
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The HARO 2014 Survey of Homeschool Alumni
Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschooling Movement” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (2 December 2014). Available Here. Summary: Readers of these reviews are likely familiar … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, Health, Religion, Research Methodology
Tagged CHRE, Coalition for Responsible Home Education, Fundamentalism and American Culture, George Marsden, HARO, Heather Doney, Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out, Homeschoolers Anonymous, R. L. Stollar, Rachel Coleman, Ryan Stollar, SurveyMonkey
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HOMESCHOOLED ADOLESCENTS: Drugs, Delinquency, and Grade Level
Record: Sharon Green-Hennessy, “Homeschooled Adolescents in the United States: Developmental Outcomes” in Journal of Adolescence 37, no. 4 (June 2014): 441-449 [Abstract here] Summary: Green-Hennessy is a psychology professor at Loyola Maryland. After beginning with a very strong lit review, … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Health, Religion, Research Methodology, Socialization
Tagged Alissa Cordner, ideologues, Jane Van Galen, Journal of Adolescence, Loyola University Maryland, National Survey of Children's Health, National Survey of Drug Use and Health, NSDUH, pedagogues, Quantitative data, Sharon Green-Hennessy, Unschooling
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION: Comparing Home and Public Schooled Children
Record: Douglas E. Long, Lisa M. Gaetke, Stephen D. Perry, Mark G. Abel, and Jody L. Clasey, “The Assessment of Physical Activity and Nutrition in Home Schooled versus Public Schooled Children” in Pediatric Exercise Science 22, no. 1 (February 2010): … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Public Schools
Tagged Douglas E. Long, exercise, health, Jody L. Clasey, Kentucky, Lisa M. Gaetke, Mark G. Abel, Michelle Cardel, New Lifestyles-1000, nutrition, Pediatric Exercise Science, Physical Education, recess, Stephen D. Perry
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VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASE: Tetanus Among Oklahoma Homeschoolers
Record: Matthew G. Johnson, Kristy K. Bradley, Susan Mendus, Laurence Burnsed, Rachel Clinton, and Tejpratap Tiwari, “Vaccine-Preventable Disease Among Homeschooled Children: Two Cases of Tetanus in Oklahoma” in Pediatrics 132 , no. 6 (December 2013): e1686-e1689. Available Here. Summary: Johnson … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Policy/Regulation
Tagged breastfeeding, Kristy K. Bradley, Laurence Burnsed, Matthew G. Johnson, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pediatrics, Rachel Clinton, smoking, social marketing, Susan Mendus, Tejpratap Tiwari, Vaccine, vaccine preventable disease, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
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HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN ARE THINNER: A Nutrition Comparison between Public and Home Schooled Children
Record: Michelle Cardel et al., “Home-Schooled Children are Thinner, Leaner, and Report Better Diets Relative to Traditionally Schooled Children” in Pediatric Obesity (forthcoming, 2013). Abstract Here. Summary: In this piece 11 authors compare the diets of 47 home schooled children … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Public Schools
Tagged accelerometer, Alabama, Birmingham, BMI, Department of Agriculture, Long, Michelle Cardel, MTI ActiGraph, Obesity, Pediatric Exercise Science, Pediatric Obesity, SES, Team Nutrition Program, Welk
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Two Brief Articles on Homeschooling and Child Abuse
Records: Daniel Pollack, “Homeschooling and Child Protection” in Policy and Practice 70, no. 1 (February 2012): 29, 35. [abridged version available here] Meggan Goodpasture, V. Denise Everett, Martha Gagliano, Aditee P. Narayan, and Sara Sinal, “Invisible Children” in North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Aditee P. Narayan, Banita Jacks, Child Protective Services, CPS, D.C., Daniel Pollack, Divins of Non Public Education, Division of Social Services, DNPE, DSS, Duke University, Martha Gagliano, Meggan Goodpasture, North Carolina, North Carolina Medical Journal, Policy and Practice, Sara Sinal, UNC Chapel Hill, V. Denise Everett, Wake Forest, Washington, Yeshiva University
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