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Direct linkAhmed, Rashid; Diener, Alan; Bahri, Saad – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Ninety percent of smokers report having their first whole cigarette before the age of 19. Policies, such as youth access laws, are essential to prevent youth from becoming future smokers. In Canada, the Tobacco Act prohibits retailers from furnishing tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18. These laws can only be effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retailing, Compliance (Legal), Smoking
Morton, M. H.; Farrell, A. F.; Kugley, S.; Epstein, R. A. – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2019
The Voices of Youth Count initiative's systematic evidence review is the most comprehensive synthesis of evaluation evidence on programs and practices related to youth homelessness to date. This document is one in a series of seven topical evidence summaries derived from the longer evidence review brief. Herein, evaluations of family interventions…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Homeless People, Family Programs, Intervention
Matheson, Flora I.; Dastoori, Parisa; Whittingham, Lisa; Calzavara, Andrew; Keown, Leslie A.; Durbin, Anna; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G.; Lin, Elizabeth; Volpe, Tiziana; Lunsky, Yona – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: There is little research with people who experience intellectual/developmental disabilities and imprisonment. Methods: The study linked health and correctional data to examine prevalence of intellectual/developmental disabilities and health and correctional characteristics among adults experiencing their first federal incarceration…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
McCarthy, Katherine M.; Mariscal, E. Susana; Wahler, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2022
Social work educators must prioritize effective preparation of MSW students for the pivotal roles they will play in supporting clients struggling with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). Understanding what concerns MSW students have about working in the substance use field can highlight student training needs and inform learner-centered curricula.…
Descriptors: Social Work, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Counselor Training
Download full textPatrick, Megan E.; Schulenberg, John E.; Miech, Richard A.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – Institute for Social Research, 2022
This volume presents new 2021 findings from the U.S. national Monitoring the Future follow-up (panel) study concerning substance use among the nation's college students and adults from ages 19 through 60. We report 2021 prevalence estimates on numerous illicit and licit substances, examine how substance use differs across this age span, and show…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, College Students, Adults, Incidence
Casey, Christine G., Ed. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") series of publications is published by the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Articles included in this supplement are: (1) Overview and Methodology of the Adolescent Behaviors and…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Smoking, High School Students
Warnock, Charles Ashley; Lauckner, Carolyn L.; Ingram, Lucy A. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To explore the relationship between past 30-day nonmedical prescription stimulant use (NPSU) and past 30-day marijuana and/or alcohol use, past 30-day risky marijuana and/or alcohol use, student demographics, and student activity involvement among college students. Participants: Sample of 604 college-aged students at two large…
Descriptors: Stimulants, Drug Abuse, Correlation, Marijuana
Johnston, Lloyd D.; Miech, Richard A.; Patrick, Megan E.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Schulenberg, John E.; Bachman, Jerald G. – Institute for Social Research, 2023
Monitoring the Future (MTF) has become one of the nation's most relied upon scientific sources of valid information on trends in use of licit and illicit psychoactive drugs by U.S. adolescents, college students, young adults, and adults up to age 60. During the last four decades, the study has tracked and reported on the use of an ever-growing…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Adolescents, COVID-19, Pandemics
Boyadjian, Tamar; Sabelli, Rachael A.; Wong, Ian L.; Skeer, Margie R. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2023
Substance use disorders among adolescents can have detrimental and long-term impacts on their educational goals. As such, high school students in recovery who wish to pursue a college education can face unique challenges, ranging from a potential history with the criminal justice system and inequitable evaluative metrics poorly influencing the…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Bound Students, College Attendance, Student Adjustment
Barbero, Colleen; Vagi, Kevin J.; Clayton, Heather; Holland, Kristin; Hertz, Marci; Krause, Kathleen H.; Brittingham, Rochelle; Bunge, Stephanie; Saka, Susan M.; Marchessault, Nadine; Hynes, Nikardi; Green, Dan; Spell, Les; Monteiro, Karine; Murray, Kristen; Reilly-Chammat, Rosemary; Tignor, Lisha; Mercado, Melissa C. – Journal of School Health, 2023
BACKGROUND: Research shows associations between bullying victimization and substance use for teens. However, more research about this relationship for younger adolescents and across race/ethnicity is needed. METHODS: Prevalence and pooled logistic regression analyses of 2019 Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 13 states (N = 74,059…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Substance Abuse, National Surveys
Yolanda Alvarez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem this study addressed involves how college students since the year 2020 in the U.S. have been negotiating romance, dating, and sexual relationships in the unique historical period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, this study addressed the problem of needing to determine how the pandemic may have disrupted college students' intimate…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Dating (Social)
Kim Parker; Kiley Hurst – Pew Research Center, 2025
Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens' views on their school experiences, friendships and future plans. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,391 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 from September 18 to October 10, 2024, through Ipsos. Ipsos recruited the teens via their parents, who were part of its KnowledgePanel. The…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Adolescents, Student Experience, Stress Variables
Marie-Andrée Somers; Michelle Dixon; Claudia Solís-Román; Megan Schwartz; Olivia Lalanne; Bryce Marshall; Lauren Lee; Osvaldo Avila – MDRC, 2025
LifeSkills Training is the only program to prevent substance use disorder among adolescents that has evidence of effects on substance use outcomes from multiple randomized controlled trials. Evaluations have shown that the version for middle school students reduces their use of substances in high school, but these studies were conducted in the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Middle School Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Use
Healthy Schools Campaign, 2024
Over the past 20 years, substance use (SU) among adolescents has decreased to the lowest levels in decades. While there has been a decline, these public health successes have not been shared equally. Significant racial and ethnic disparities exist, with Black and Latinx adolescents, as well as adolescents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Early Intervention, Substance Abuse, Outcomes of Treatment
Steven B. Mertens; Micki M. Caskey – Middle Grades Review, 2024
Young adolescents undergo rapid physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and sexual development, including puberty, sexual awareness, gender identity, physiological brain and cognitive growth, complex emotions, and impulse control. Tragically, thousands of adolescents die daily from mostly preventable causes such as violence, sexual health problems…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Risk Assessment, At Risk Persons
