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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 2000
This educational program, which includes a moderator's guide and a videotape, is designed to help educators teach media literacy skills regarding smoking to students in middle and early high school. The moderator's guide helps teachers conduct an engaging discussion and provide followup educational activities around the Smoke Screeners program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comprehensive School Health Education, Films, Health Behavior
Geiger, Brian F. – 2003
This paper describes lessons learned while planning a statewide conference to increase the knowledge of tobacco control advocates and promote implementation of the Alabama Comprehensive Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Plan (Plan) within the state. The Plan has three overall goals: preventing youth from becoming tobacco users; promoting…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Education, Conferences, Continuing Education
Bogden, James F. – 2000
This policy guide reflects the concerns and priorities of education policymakers and administrators, addressing broad policy issues and focusing on physical activity, healthy eating, and tobacco use prevention. Section 1, "Overview," reviews the issue and presents sample policies. Section 2, "The Art of Policymaking," discusses…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Dietetics, Eating Habits, Educational Policy
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Adelekan, Moruf L.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1990
Examined drug abuse views and knowledge level of 135 Nigerian secondary school teachers through self-report questionnaire. Found that majority of teachers were never exposed to drug education as students whereas less than 20 percent have been exposed since qualifying as teachers. Provides suggestions on pattern and content of teacher-targeted drug…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
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Zoller, Uri; Maymon, Tsipora – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Examined is the effectiveness of a smoking-prevention program in modifying high school students' attitudes and values in such categories as health, peer pressure, and social image as related to smoking. The intervention lasted four to six weeks within the framework of ninth- and tenth-grade biology classes. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Biology, Foreign Countries
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Sussman, Steve; Stacy, Alan W. – Evaluation Review, 1994
The following methods of estimating school-level experimentation with drugs by adolescents at 20 California continuation high schools are compared: (1) self-reports; (2) prevalence estimates from students; (3) prevalence estimates from school staff; (4) naturalistic observation; and (5) refuse (garbage) analysis. Advantages of refuse analysis are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Continuation Students, Drinking, Estimation (Mathematics)
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Oei, Tian P. S.; Baldwin, Andrea R. – Journal of Drug Education, 1992
Proposes developmental approach to smoking education and prevention for children and adolescents. Reviews literature concerning most appropriate agent, content, and presentation of antismoking education for different ages, concluding that best agents for young children are parents and best agents for pre/early adolescents are peers. For…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Development
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Cella, David F.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
A rap contest methodology for smoking prevention was tested with 10-14 year olds in a predominantly minority school district. Contests occurred after initial assemblies where students heard and viewed taped peer antismoking rap messages. Winning students received $25. Pre- and posttesting indicated high preference ratings for the intervention. (SM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Creative Teaching, Cultural Influences, Grade 6
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Labouvie, Erich W.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1991
Substance use and possible factors affecting substance use were assessed for adolescents at 12, 15, and 18 years of age. At ages 15 and 18, higher levels of use were predicted by higher levels of previous use, greater ease of making friends, higher substance use among siblings, and decreases in perceived parental warmth. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Drinking, Drug Use
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Price, James H.; Beach, Patricia; Everett, Sherry; Telljohann, Susan K.; Lewis, Laurentz – Journal of School Health, 1998
Examined the effects of a three-year tobacco education curriculum, which included five lessons per year, on urban elementary students' knowledge, attitudes, and intentions. Pretesting and posttesting of experimental and control students indicated that experimental students' posttest knowledge and attitude scores were significantly higher than…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Education
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Ford, Denyce S.; Goode, Carolyn R. – Journal of American College Health, 1994
A study of African American college students compared students' health-related behaviors with their perceptions of corresponding health issues. Students had low smoking rates but higher alcohol consumption. Most students did not practice good nutrition or daily physical activity. Over half managed stress well, and three-quarters were sexually…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Condoms, Drinking
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Smith, Peggy B.; Gingiss, Phyllis L. – Journal of Health Education, 1996
A survey of pregnant inner-city adolescents at school-based and public hospitals examined relationships between demographics, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics, and tobacco and alcohol behaviors. Results highlighted the heterogeneity of pregnant adolescents served in different clinical settings and indicated a need to tailor educational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Patterns, Clinics
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Weinrich, Sally; And Others – American Journal of Health Behavior, 1996
Reports a study that examined the relationship between high school students' smoking under stress, psychological distress, and social support. Survey data indicated that white students were more likely to engage in stress-related smoking than black students, as were adolescents with higher psychological distress and lower social support scores.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Coping, Helping Relationship, High School Students
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Kawabata, Tetsuro; Cross, Donna; Nishioka, Nobuki; Shimai, Satoshi – Journal of School Health, 1999
Examined the relationship between self-esteem and smoking behavior among Japanese elementary and junior high school students. Surveys of students indicated that those who had never smoked had higher cognitive, family, and global self-esteem but lower physical self-esteem than did smokers. Grade and gender were significantly related to self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Adolescents, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Barr, Jessica E.; Tubman, Jonathan G.; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Soza-Vento, Rita M. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2002
Examined relationships between teachers' amenability to implementing anti-tobacco programs and features of implementation settings. Telephone surveys of Florida middle and high school teachers indicated that after controlling for other school and community factors, classroom activities remained significant predictors of program effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comprehensive School Health Education, Context Effect, Health Behavior
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