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Bruns, Eric J.; Lee, Kristine; Davis, Chayna; Pullmann, Michael D.; Ludwig, Kristy; Sander, Mark; Holm-Hansen, Cheryl; Hoover, Sharon; McCauley, Elizabeth M. – Prevention Science, 2023
Schools offer an advantageous setting for the prevention, early identification, and treatment of mental health problems for youth. However, school mental health (SMH) services are typically not based on evidence for effectiveness, nor are they efficiently delivered, with SMH practitioners (SMHPs) able to only treat a small number of students in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Length, Learner Engagement, Problem Solving
Eric J. Bruns; Kristine Lee; Chayna Davis; Michael D. Pullmann; Kristy Ludwig; Mark Sander; Cheryl Holm-Hansen; Sharon Hoover; Elizabeth M. McCauley – Grantee Submission, 2023
Schools offer an advantageous setting for prevention, early identification, and treatment of mental health problems for youth. However, school mental health (SMH) services are typically not based on evidence for effectiveness, nor are they efficiently delivered, with SMH practitioners (SMHPs) able to only treat a small number of students in need.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Length, Learner Engagement, Problem Solving
PACER Center, 2004
In the fall of 2003, PACER Center's Parent Partnership Project for Children's Mental Health conducted a survey to better understand what parents and families need from the children?s mental health system in Minnesota. The research team developed a survey questionnaire, a telephone interview, and a focus group session directed at learning what was…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Health Services, Focus Groups, Mental Health Programs
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Lando, Harry A.; And Others – American Journal of Health Promotion, 1994
The Minnesota Heart Health Program's Quit and Win smoking cessation contests occurred between 1982 and 1989. The contests used large prizes to encourage smokers to quit smoking. Evaluations indicated that the contests succeeded in recruiting relatively large proportions of smokers in entire communities, and abstinence outcomes were encouraging.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Action, Health Behavior, Health Programs
Swart, Sandra, Ed.; Friesen, Barbara, Ed.; Holman, Ariel, Ed.; Aue, Nicole, Ed. – Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2009
The State of the Science conference was held in May, 2007 as part of the ongoing series of national conferences, "Building on Family Strengths," conducted by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health at Portland State University. The theme of this State-of-the Science conference was "Effective…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Family Programs
Petr, Christopher G.; Pierpont, John – 1991
This study, which collected data through interviews and document review, was designed to identify strengths and weaknesses of Minnesota's Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Act (CCMHA) of 1989 and its implementation through December 1990. Three criteria for mental health reform were established for the study, including: care should be…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Programs
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Perry, Cheryl L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Compares the efficacy of a school-based health program to an equivalent home-based program with 2,250 third grade students in Minnesota. Students in the school-based program had gained more knowledge at posttest; however, students in the home-based program evidenced more psychosocial and dietary behavior change. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Children, Elementary School Students, Health Activities
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning