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UK Department for Education, 2023
This report aims to set out a preliminary understanding of what is and is not known about how children and young people's experiences of systems of support impact on their involvement in serious violence, based on a review of a sample of evidence from the Systems Evidence and Gap Map (EGM), an interactive tool published by the Department for…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Youth, Children, Violence
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Kapungu, Chisina T.; Nappi, Carla N.; Thakral, Charu; Miller, Steven A.; Devlin, Catharine; McBride, Cami; Hasselquist, Emily; Coleman, Gloria; Drozd, Derek; Barve, Chinmayee; Donenberg, Geri; DiClemente, Ralph; Brown, Larry – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies for a longitudinal, family-based HIV prevention intervention study targeting adolescents in psychiatric care by (1) determining consent rate (recruitment), rate of participation at the first intervention session (retention), and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Services, Intervention
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Crooks, C. V.; Scott, K. L.; Broll, R.; Zwarych, S.; Hughes, R.; Wolfe, D. A. – Health Education Research, 2015
Integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) programming throughout curricula to support the development of healthy behaviors and prevent violence is critical for a comprehensive approach to school health. This study used a post-test comparison design to evaluate a healthy relationships program for eighth grade students that applies a SEL…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Health Promotion, Interpersonal Competence, Middle School Students
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Gielen, Andrea C.; Green, Lawrence W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Motor vehicle safety and tobacco control are among the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the number of miles traveled in the United States multiplied 10 times from the 1920s to the 1990s, the annual motor vehicle crash death rate per vehicle mile traveled…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Public Health, Success
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Winkelman, Sloane Burke; Kimuna, Sitawa R.; Haithcox-Dennis, Melissa – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2012
In the United States, an estimated 1.2 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and approximately 50,000 new cases of HIV are diagnosed each year. Globally, it is estimated that 33.3 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. The role of mobile populations in the spread of STIs and HIV is well-documented in many countries around the world. Long-haul…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Evidence
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McLennan, John D.; Wathen, C. Nadine; MacMillan, Harriet L.; Lavis, John N. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: To present a framework for classifying research-practice gaps to increase clarity in the discourse on evidence-informed practice and policy as it applies to child mental health. Method: The development of the framework was informed by the research literature about the effectiveness of clinic- and community-based interventions for the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Mental Health, Literature, Research