Research

Trees and What They Can Teach Us about Evaluation in Uncertain Times

Mon, 03/30/2020 - 15:22

Picture this: You notice that a small sapling you planted a while ago is at last large enough that it no longer requires stakes to stay upright. It takes two hands to wrap around...

Healthy Camp Toolbox

Mon, 03/16/2020 - 17:05

The "Toolbox" provides a variety of resources for addressing health, safety, & mental health issues in camps.

Five Ways You Can Use Research on Habit Formation to Develop Staff

March 6, 2020

You've probably read those statistics about the number of people who buy gym memberships in January and then never work out. Maybe that's totally you. The stakes for physical...

CampDoc - Research Partner

Tue, 02/04/2020 - 13:55

As a Research Partner, CampDoc continues its shared commitment with ACA and ACH to enhance the education for camps, and offer significant insights to reduce illnesses and injuries, and address other health-related issues across all camp settings.

CampDoc has collaborated on multiple camp health research studies, with publications in prominent medical journals and presentations at conferences for leading medical organizations:

American Academy of Pediatrics
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Academic Societies

The CampDoc platform allows camps to instantly access vital camper and staff health information, including allergies, medications, and immunization records, as well as track medication administration, and record illnesses and injuries electronically.

In collaboration with the ACA and ACH, this research partnership will allow CampDoc to leverage its extensive 13+ year data repository to develop camp-related illness and injury insights and benchmarks.

CampDoc, ACA, and ACH will participate as equal partners in the research to support the processes of data collection, analysis, and future reporting, including insights for the Healthy Camp Toolbox and Healthy Camps Committee.