Discusses the importance of home fire escape drills, detailing fire safety plans. Early detection and warning (smoke detectors) coupled with well-rehearsed escape plans help prevent serious injury. Children need to be taught about fire safety beginning at a very early age. (SM)

Describes playgrounds as places where children can take important, exploratory risks (i.e., actively respond to challenges and adventures) within a sheltered environment. Discusses the need for supervision and observation. Suggests ways to make children feel secure about the playground and the risks that can be taken there. (DMM)

Addresses issue of sexual harassment on academic campus. Includes definitions of sexual harassment; guidelines for determining when sexual harassment has occurred; explanation of employer/employee responsibility in cases of sexual harassment; and strategies designed to prevent or remedy sexual harassment. (Author)

Notes that some intellectual and historical traditions of field of marital and family counseling suggest that counselors can have broader therapeutic role in their communities if they venture out of their offices to deliver programs in community settings and engage in prevention and education activities. Describes mechanics and benefits of such an…

A graduate program in cardiovascular disease prevention is needed to prepare cardiovascular nurse interventionists. These nurses could identify risk factors, assess lifestyles, prescribe intervention strategies, provide education and counseling, and monitor progress in a variety of settings: hospitals, workplaces, physicians' offices, home health…

Conducted semistructured interviews with 100 young prisoners, 50 of whom had attempted suicide. Found that suicide attempters differed from general young prisoner population by extent of background deprivation and inability to cope or make constructive use of their sentence. Combined effects of hopelessness, history, current situation, and…

Briefly examines research on prevention and promotion, then presents extended look at one recent effort to describe the power of promotion for reducing substance use and a wide range of other risk-taking behaviors. Moves away from preoccupation with disease, deficit, and deviance by targeting crucial strengths and assets that must be addressed to…

Presents excerpts from United States Attorney General Janet Reno's address to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice in April of 1993 in which Reno asserts that the juvenile justice system cannot labor by itself to reverse societal damage done to children. Excerpts tell what needs to be done to help prevent youth violence. (Author/NB)

The chair of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence explains the center's STAR (Straight Talk about Risks) program, a pre-K-12 curriculum designed to teach children how to reduce their chances of being victimized by gun violence. Students rehearse behaviors that may one day be life saving, such as resisting peer pressure and recognizing and…

Examines the use of technology to bolster the school security system, tips on selecting a security consultant, and several basic strategies to make buildings and grounds safer. Technological ideas discussed include the use of telephones in classrooms to expedite care in emergency situations, surveillance cameras to reduce crime, and metal…

Examines a student substance abuse training program, Enhancing Student Well-Being, for paraprofessional school personnel. Results show consistent gains n participant efficacy expectations but less consistent gains in outcome expectations and knowledge. Participant satisfaction and self-reports of knowledge enhancement and skill improvement were…

Shows how technology is helping school security directors prevent violence and protect students. One school's use of a state-of-the-art security system involving closed-circuit television, access control for doors, vehicles equipped with global positioning technology, and hand-held computers for security officers is discussed. (GR)

Suggests a framework for distinguishing between HIV infections that are truly prevented and those that are merely delayed and illustrates how these outcomes can be estimated. Discusses strategies for extrapolating intervention effects beyond the assessment period and highlights the implications of these approaches for HIV prevention decision…

Discusses ideas for role change of school psychologists that have appeared rather consistently in the literature: an emphasis on indirect service, application of the science of psychology, an emphasis on prevention, systematic evaluation of services, involvement with various stakeholders, and consideration of diversity from a broad perspective.…

Explores ways of maintaining school floors and carpeting that ensure students and staff are comfortable, safe, and healthy. Carpet maintenance for high- to low-traffic areas and cleaning procedures are examined, as are ways maintenance staff can work together to help ensure a successful flooring-maintenance plan. (GR)