A special 4-H program in a poor, rural community demonstrated that learning can be fun, and that helping children learn can be satisfying. (AN)

A program undertaken in Sweden to teach young children how to cross the street in safety is described. (CK)

Using information available regarding juvenile homicide, it is suggested that high-risk communities need to be identified and the particular problems in each community detailed so that agencies can pool their efforts in addressing the most serious problems. (Author)

Addresses workplace violence prevention, beginning by defining violence, why people become violent, and the cycle of violence. Then discusses steps in prevention, including pre-incident planning, an incident management team, threat management, assessment, post-incident response, and training. (EV)

Public Health Model was used to examine relationships between smoking severity (never smokers, former smokers, continued smokers) and host and environmental variables. Results indicate former smokers are more like never smokers on most risk and protective variables. Final analyses indicated continued smokers are more likely to be Non-Black and…

Reviews incidence of substance abuse and implications for practice. Discusses variables that might be altered to prevent abuse among clients. Explores substance abuse theory, school and peer environment, family, the media, community movements, and business and industry in regard to prevention and treatment. (Author/NB)

Administrators, teachers, and counselors must learn to recognize the signs of cult or Satanic-influenced youngsters. The process and effects of mind-control are unique and cannot be understood in traditional psychiatric terms or treated by traditional therapeutic methods. Schools should hold preventive cult-education programs. The International…

Describes psychosocial intervention designed to reduce smoking in a group of pregnant teenagers. Five modules are presented, each being designed to heighten awareness of the issue; provide motivational messages; enhance the adolescent's social skills; and teach specific smoking-cessation skills. (Author/NB)

Responses of 380 park maintenance and facility managers to a questionnaire provided information on how they try to prevent vandalism affecting signs, picnic and related services, and sanitary facilities. (CB)

Originally published in "Alcohol Health and Research World," this article is report of interview with Thomas D. Watts and Roosevelt Wright, Jr., conducted to explore solutions to complex problem of prevention of alcoholism among African Americans. Introduces readers to work of two experts in area of alcohol abuse and alcoholism among African…

Presence of suicide prevention centers in a state in 1970 was negatively associated with changes in suicide rate from 1970 to 1980, indicating preventive effect from suicide prevention centers. This effect, though weak, was consistently found for most demographic subgroups and when strong social correlate of suicide rates (divorce rates) was taken…

Determining suicide risk is a complex matter. A typology of adolescents' most common explanations for discrepant reporting of suicidal behavior is presented. Answers to interview questions were compared to a self-report measure, and adolescent in-patients (N=48) were asked to clarify discrepancies. Seven mutually exclusive and exhaustive…

Methods for modeling transitions between health-risk states over time when multiple indicators of health risk are available are discussed, and a latent transition model is presented as an alternative to approaches that analyze indicators separately or use summative indices. The approach is illustrated through a self-report study of…

Reviews a book that provides useful information for those who must deal with the problem of cheating on tests. The book explains ethical and practical issues associated with cheating, the frequency with which it occurs, details of cheating methods, and detection of cheating. (SLD)

Examines terminology, background, developmental aspects and myths about bullying. Discusses psychosocial characteristics of and implications for bullies and victims. Summarizes and reviews four bulling interventions in which the main findings indicate that everyone must shoulder the responsibility of putting an end to bullying behavior. (Contains…