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Lift Every Voice: Engaging Black Adolescents in Social Justice Service-Learning to Promote Mental Health and Educational Equity
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Sonya Mathies Dinizulu; Gabriel M. Velez; Mirinda Morency; Kristen Jacobson; Kelsey Moore; Nichole Carter; Stacy L. Frazier – Prevention Science, 2024
This study reports on the feasibility and acceptability of a social justice infused service-learning (S-L) program to promote Black adolescent mental health and educational equity. We convened a community advisory board to help adapt and pilot test, via open trial mixed method design, an evidence-based service-learning program for Black middle…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Adolescents, Blacks, African American Students
Rethink Recovery: A Qualitative Approach to Exploring Messaging for Medication-Assisted Recovery (MAR)
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Dawnyéa D. Jackson; Dana E. Wagner; Penny Norman; Gray Abarca; Kim Zambole – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Similar to national trends, in Illinois, fatal opioid overdoses have risen. Black men (35+) outrank all other racial subgroups for the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the state. To address this, Prevention First and the Illinois Department of Human Services developed a public health education campaign to support increasing enrollment in…
Descriptors: Adults, Males, Blacks, Drug Addiction
Women, Wellbeing and the City: A Model of Participatory Health Research Exploring Physical Activity in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities
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Peerbhoy, Denise; Minou, Masoumeh; Stratton, Gareth – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The aim of this project was to document a partnership working process from a cross-sectoral and cross-cultural participatory health research study focused on promoting physical activity among women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Design: A participatory health research paradigm was used to support this pilot…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Females, Blacks, Asians
Feasibility of a Tailored Intervention Targeting STD-Related Behaviors.
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Bellis, Jeffery M.; Grimely, Diane M.; Alexander, Leah R. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2002
Investigated whether high risk populations would be receptive to tailored, multimedia interventions to promote adoption of health-protective behaviors related to sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention and control. Feedback from predominantly African American, urban participants aged 16-50 years, recruited from a STD clinic, indicated that…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Blacks, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
The Well: A Neighborhood-Based Health Promotion Model for Black Women.
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Brown, Karin A. Elliott; Jemmott, Frances E.; Mitchell, Holly J.; Walton, Mary L. – Health & Social Work, 1998
A community-based, drop-in, self-help wellness center representing an empowerment approach to developing culturally appropriate health promotion for black women is described. The program, affiliated services, and jointly sponsored programs are reviewed. Relationships with supporting organizations, strengths and pitfalls of the model, and program…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Blacks
Parent Training with Low-Income Multi-ethnic Parents of Toddlers.
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Gross, Deborah; Fogg, Louis; Webster-Stratton, Carolyn; Grady, Jane – 1999
This study tested the effectiveness of parent training (PT) as a health promotion/prevention intervention. Participants were parents of toddlers enrolled in 11 urban day care centers serving low-income families of color. The 12-week intervention consisted of a video-based PT program with group discussion. Eleven centers were matched and assigned…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Blacks, Caregiver Child Relationship