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Chehaib, Hiba; Rodríguez-Campos, Liliana; Todd, Anjanette – School Community Journal, 2023
This article describes how evaluators and stakeholders could combine their expertise to collaboratively evaluate a program designed to promote mental health in the school environment. The program, called Youth Mental Health First Aid USA (YMHFA), was designed to help young people cope with the early stages of mental health concerns. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Mental Health, Program Effectiveness, Coping
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Asfar, Taghrid; McClure, Laura A.; Arheart, Kristopher L.; Ruano-Herreria, Estefania C.; Gilford, Clark G.; Moore, Kevin; Dietz, Noella A.; Ward, Kenneth D.; Lee, David J.; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Smoking prevalence among Hispanic/Latino construction workers in the United States is very high (31%). Aims: To investigate tobacco use profiles in these minority workers and explore their management's views about implementing sustainable worksite smoking cessation services. Methods: Analysis of baseline data from a smoking cessation…
Descriptors: Smoking, Construction Industry, Building Trades, Incidence
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Eifert, Elise K.; Hall, Michael E.; Gropper, Sareen S.; Kondor, Melissa – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
College life is an exciting time for thousands of emerging adults on campuses across the nation. It is also an opportunity for students to engage in behaviors that can impede personal health. Numerous studies link personal health and wellness to academic achievement.1-3 The core mission of most institutions of higher education (IHEs) is academic…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Higher Education, Universities, Best Practices
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Kumaran, Muthusami; Fogarty, Kate; Fung, Whitney M.; Terminello, Amanda – Journal of Extension, 2015
This article discusses a qualitative evaluation of the Florida 4-H Health Rocks! program aimed at youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention. A questionnaire was distributed to Extension professionals across Florida to gain insight into the strengths and barriers they faced with programming. Programmatic strengths included targeting a…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Extension Education, Alcohol Abuse, Smoking
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Jain, Anjali; Langwith, Casey – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Although studies have shown that school-based obesity interventions can be effective, little is known about how to translate and implement programs into real-world school settings. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted in spring 2012 with 19 key informants who participated in a multifaceted childhood obesity intervention…
Descriptors: Obesity, Intervention, Semi Structured Interviews, School Nurses
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Morrison, Sharon D.; Talbott, Lara L. – Journal of American College Health, 2005
In response to aggressive marketing of tobacco to college students, Florida's legislature allocated multi-settlement agreement dollars to fund tobacco prevention programming at state institutions of higher learning. The Student Tobacco Reform Initiative: Knowledge for Eternity (STRIKE) was one such program. Its purpose was to increase awareness…
Descriptors: Prevention, Smoking, College Students, Health Promotion
Sutherland, Mary; And Others – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1989
This article describes a health promotion demonstration project which addressed the health problem of hypertension, as related to variables of excercise, weight, blood pressure measurement and reduction, medication compliance, and nutritional practices. Participants (N=18) were senior citizens who were associated with a small, rural, predominantly…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Health Promotion, Hypertension, Middle Aged Adults