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Cheon, Jeong Woong – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
Substance use among youth remains a major public health and safety concern. One fundamental way to address youth substance use prevention is to keep young people on a positive trajectory by engaging them in positive activities from early years of their childhood. In this article, the author offers a best practice analysis of systematic review…
Descriptors: Prevention, Public Health, Criticism, Youth
Holden, Debra J.; Evans, W. Douglas; Hinnant, Laurie W.; Messeri, Peter – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
The American Legacy Foundation funded 13 state health departments for their Statewide Youth Movement Against Tobacco Use in September 2000. Its goal was to create statewide tobacco control initiatives implemented with youth leadership. The underlying theory behind these initiatives was that tobacco control efforts can best be accomplished by…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Smoking, Structural Equation Models, Psychology

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