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Hanewinkel, Reiner; Abhauer, Martin – Health Education Research, 2004
The life-kills approach to smoking prevention was tested in this study. In total, 1024 pupils (mean age 11.4 years, SD = 0.90) from Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg and Germany were recruited as an experimental group, and a sample of 834 matched pupils served as a control group. While the pupils from the control group received no specific…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Smoking
Petch-Levine, Deborah; Cureton, Virginia Young; Canham, Daryl; Murray, Meg – Journal of School Nursing, 2003
The health practices of school nurses affect our role as advocates and educators to promote the health of youth. This study describes the health practices of a convenience sample of 388 school nurses who attended the business meeting at an annual school nurse conference. A self-administered, 40-item questionnaire identified health practices of…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), School Nurses, Child Health, Health Promotion
Legg, Katherine; Grigoriev, Lana – Journal of School Nursing, 2003
The purpose of this article is to outline the process, content, and evaluation of a 14-week health education program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in an inner city Catholic grade school who are at risk for multiple health problems. The process includes a needs assessment with findings, followed by construction of an age-appropriate program.…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Health Education, Needs Assessment, Urban Areas
Werch, Chudley E.; Carlson, Joan M.; Pappas, Deborah M.; Edgemon, Patricia; DiClemente, Carlo C. – Prevention Researcher, 2002
Studies of athletes suggest that they are at increased risk for using alcohol, smokeless tobacco, steroids, and marijuana. They are also a readily available audience during annual preparticiaption physical examinations. In this article, Dr. Werch and colleagues report on the results from their pilot study, using a modified version of STARS (Start…
Descriptors: Smoking, Physical Examinations, Athletes, Prevention
Hansen, William B.; Dusenbury, Linda – Health Education, 2004
All Stars Core is a school-based drug abuse prevention program for 11 to 14 year olds from the United States. It focuses on five qualities that protect children from drug use: viewing drug use as uncommon and unacceptable to the peer group (norms); viewing drug use as interfering with future goals; commitment to avoid drug use; positive attention…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Smoking, Prevention, Drug Abuse
Hwang, Myunghee Song; Yeagley, Kathleen Lux; Petosa, Rick – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
Psychosocial smoking prevention studies have shown inconsistent results and theory-driven programs have been related to program success. This meta-analysis was used as a judgment tool for resolving these issues by estimating average program effects and investigating the relative efficacy of program types. The present study examined 65 adolescent…
Descriptors: Smoking, Prevention, Effect Size, Social Influences
Parlove, Amy E.; Cowdery, Joan E.; Hoerauf, Sarah L. – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2004
Cigarette smoking has been identified as the most important source of preventable morbidity and premature mortality worldwide (American Lung Association, 2002). Statistics show that youth who do smoke report having their first cigarette while in middle school, thus this is a critical opportunity for prevention (Eissenburg & Balster, 2000). This…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Education, Smoking, Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007
The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) is a national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. This brief provides an overview of changes from 2000 to 2006 in the following areas: (1) Nutrition; (2) Physical Education and Activity; (3)…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Education, Health Promotion, Prevention
Barnes, Grace M.; Hoffman, Joseph H.; Welte, John W.; Farrell, Michael P.; Dintcheff, Barbara A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Using an integration of social control theory and the routine activity perspective, adolescent time use was examined for effects on problem behaviors. We examined a wide variety of time use categories, including homework, extracurricular activities, sports time, alone time, paid work, housework, television watching, as well as indices of family…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Social Control, Smoking, Sexuality
Rurangirwa, Jacqueline; Braun, Kim Van Naarden; Schendel, Diana; Yeargin-Allsopp, Marshalyn – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
Objective: Measure select Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators in young adults with and without a history of developmental disabilities (DD) using a population-based cohort. Methods: Young adults were interviewed to assess the prevalence of seven Leading Health Indicators: physical activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco use, substance…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Young Adults, Substance Abuse, Smoking
Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Health Education Dept. – 1993
This report summarizes the major results of a youth risk behavior survey administered to 1,549 students (grades 9-12) in 14 New Mexico schools identified as predominantly "Native American." The purpose of this report is to stimulate useful discussions into ways to increase informed support for effective, school-based comprehensive health…
Descriptors: American Indians, Drinking, Drug Use, Eating Habits
Enhancing Health in the Head Start Workplace. Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community.
Bowman (James) Associates, San Francisco, CA. – 1996
This training guide is intended to increase the understanding and skills of Head Start managers and directors to: (1) identify the ways in which employee health affects the organization's effectiveness; (2) design training programs that encourage employees to improve their own health; (3) understand how the organization contributes to the overall…
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Employees, Health Behavior, Health Education
California Agriculture, 1994
This special issue focuses on problems and challenges confronting the California family and on research and extension efforts to provide at least partial answers. Research briefs by staff include "Challenges Confront the California Family" (state trends in poverty, divorce, single-parent families, child abuse, delinquency, teen births,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Parents, Extension Education
Gardner, Stephen E., Ed.; And Others – 1994
In 1993, "Signs of Effectiveness in Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Problems" appeared. It addressed alcohol and other drug use as a health problem influenced by risk factors in five life spheres or domains: individual, family, school, peer group, and community. Like its predecessor, "Signs of Effectiveness II" reports on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Children, Delinquency
Mansfield Univ., PA. Rural Services Inst. – 1993
A telephone survey of a random sample of over 1,650 Pennsylvania citizens solicited opinions on proposals for improvements in the areas of: (1) welfare reform; (2) smoking reduction; (3) unintended pregnancies and unwanted births; (4) education reform; (5) children's health and safety; and (6) workmen's compensation. Each section of this report…
Descriptors: Child Health, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education