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Download full textJessica Deighton; Abigail Thompson; Neil Humphrey; Emma Thornton; Christopher Knowles; Praveetha Patalay; Kyann Zhang; Sarah Evans-Lacko; Daniel Hayes; Anna March; Rosie Mansfield; Joao Santos; Emre Deniz; Paul Stallard; Emma Ashworth; Bettina Moltrecht; Kirsty Nisbet; Emily Stapley; Carla Mason; Jessica Stepanous; Jan Rasmus Boehnke – UK Department for Education, 2025
The aim of the AWARE (Approaches for Wellbeing and Mental Health Literacy:?Research?in Education) trial was to assess the impact of two interventions that have already been developed and found to be effective in other countries (Kutcher et al., 2015; Wasserman et al., 2015) to see if they might be effective in improving mental health related…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Intervention, Consciousness Raising, Secondary Schools
Peer reviewedJohnathan R. Meier; Erinn J. Victory; Rebecca I. LaQuaglia; Matthew J. Kasopsky; Jeongwi An; Gabriella R. Johnson; Andrew D. Mendonsa; Stephanie R. McWilliams – Journal of Youth Development, 2024
The prevalence of mental health issues among youth, with nearly half meeting diagnostic criteria for a mental health disorder and suicide being a leading cause of death, underscores the urgency for effective intervention (National Institute of Mental Health, 2023). Summer camps, hosting millions of children annually, are urged by the American Camp…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Camps, Barriers
Gary Rempe; Michelle N. Saltis; David W. Matheson; Sydney Cople – Journal of Youth Development, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore potential effects of a 12-week therapeutic mentoring program targeting social, emotional, and behavioral concerns in 52 children and adolescents between 11 and 17 years of age. Self-reported scores on a norm-referenced behavioral questionnaire were tracked across the span of a mentoring program, and then…
Descriptors: Norm Referenced Tests, Mentors, Therapy, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Direct linkJonathan M. Tirrell; Mutale Sampa; Kit Wootten; Sion Kim Harris; Robert E. McGrath; Mataanana Mulavu; Ntazana Sindano; Lameck Kasanga; Oliver Mweemba; Dana McDaniel Seale; J. Paul Seale; Wilbroad Mutale – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
The Global Resilience Oral Workshops (GROW) Free and Strong programs take a strengths-based, positive youth development (PYD) approach to promoting thriving. Through both prevention (GROW Strong) and intervention (GROW Free) exercises, these programs aim to build character and emotional resilience while also lowering unhealthy alcohol use. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Youth Programs, Prevention
Matthew Jones; Marita Falkmer; Ben Milbourn; Tele Tan; Sven Bölte; Sonya Girdler – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Strength-based programs that incorporate technology have gained increasing popularity as an approach to improve outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Despite this, the core elements of strength-based technology programs remain poorly described. This study aimed to identify the core elements of strength-based technology…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Youth Programs, Intervention
Apunyo, Robert; White, Howard; Otike, Caroline; Katairo, Thomas; Puerto, Sussana; Gardiner, Drew; Kinengyere, Alison A.; Eyers, John; Saran, Ashrita; Obuku, Ekwaro A. – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021
The research question guiding the production of the youth employment evidence and gap map (EGM) is stated as follows: What is the nature and extent of the evidence base of impact evaluations and systematic reviews on youth employment programmes in the world? The primary objective of is to catalogue impact evaluations and systematic reviews on…
Descriptors: Intervention, Youth Programs, Employment Programs, Evidence Based Practice
Gil, Fire; Sharon, Barak; Shlomi, Hail; Tirtzha, Carmi; Lilach, Ben-Meir; Ariela, Giladi; Yossi, Harel-Fisch; Riki, Tesler – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Volunteering can serve as a protective factor against substance abuse. Yet, it is unclear whether volunteering in specific community organizations, such as emergency services, promotes or protects against substance use. We aimed to (1) describe community volunteering characteristics among adolescents; (2) investigate differences in the prevalence…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Emergency Programs, Substance Abuse, Foreign Countries
Shira B. Taylor; Liviana Calzavara; Sarah Flicker; Pia Kontos; Robert Schwartz – Health Education, 2025
Purpose: Immigrant youth face both unique and disproportionate barriers to sexual health. Targeted sexual health education to redress these disparities requires creative and inclusive approaches that consider personal and community challenges and strengths. This study piloted a novel intervention: SExT: Sex Education by Theatre, a theatre-based,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Barriers, Sexuality, Health Behavior
Underwood, Sarah; Diaz, Heather; Manieri, Stephanie; Larqué, Magalli – Afterschool Matters, 2023
Out-of-school time (OST) programs that work with historically marginalized youth, employ staff that match the demographics of participants, and are well connected to mental health resources are uniquely positioned to support participants to recognize the risks and assets linked to their mental health and well-being. Such programs can…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Hispanic Americans, Health Promotion, Youth Programs
David B. Tataw – School Community Journal, 2023
This study assesses the impact of five years of community level activities in the Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan (PYFMP) on four school-related risk and protective factors including academic failure, low school commitment, school opportunities for prosocial involvement, and school rewards for prosocial involvement. The intervention and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Community Programs, Risk Management, Resilience (Psychology)
Alexander V. Sobolev; Andrey V. Brilon; Vera A. Drobisheva; Anna K. Lukovtseva; Oksana A. Konnova – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2025
The research aims to identify the key challenges facing today's youth and determine how cooperative organizations can better support and engage with youth in a way that addresses their mutual interests and needs in the current and rapidly changing social and economic environment. The authors analyze the main problems facing today's youth and ways…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Youth Programs, Barriers, Cooperatives
Christensen, Julie H.; Elsborg, Peter; Melby, Paulina S.; Nielsen, Glen; Bentsen, Peter – Youth & Society, 2021
The use of peer-to-peer approaches in health promotion interventions targeting youth seems to be a strategy with great potential. The aim of this study was to synthesize and assess the elements and conditions that contribute to the effectiveness of youth-led physical activity interventions. This was done using a scoping review addressing the…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Intervention, Peer Relationship, Physical Activities
Omolola A. Odejimi; Leslie F. Clark – Journal of Youth Development, 2025
Positive youth development (PYD) programs have increased positive outcomes for adolescents, however research on the underlying change processes in these programs remains limited. The 5Cs (Competence, Confidence, Character, Caring and Connection) of PYD are a framework of desirable outcomes for youth programs. Change to metacognition is proposed as…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Youth Programs, Adolescent Development, Outcomes of Education
Harper, Erin A.; James, Anthony G.; Curtis, Chamina; Ramey, Demoni' – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2021
This article describes the first year of a partnership between a university and a community organization working to improve and expand a community-based multigenerational mentoring program for African American adolescent girls ages 12-17. The mentoring program, set in an urban Midwestern city, is a collaboration between university…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Adolescents, Mentors
Vella-Brodrick, Dianne; Patrick, Kent; Jacques-Hamilton, Rowan; Ng, Amanda; Chin, Tan-Chyuan; O'Connor, Meredith; Rickard, Nikki; Cross, Donna; Hattie, John – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
Co-design and youth participatory action research are promising methodologies for increasing youth engagement in well-being interventions. The current study included 10 recent high school graduates employed as youth advisors to co-design a youth-friendly positive psychology intervention targeting the post-school transition. The youth advisors…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Well Being, Intervention, Peer Influence
