Publication Date
In 2025 | 12 |
Since 2024 | 107 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 338 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 826 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2384 |
Descriptor
Smoking | 4394 |
Drinking | 1308 |
Adolescents | 1254 |
Health Behavior | 1123 |
Foreign Countries | 866 |
Prevention | 819 |
Health Education | 711 |
Substance Abuse | 652 |
Correlation | 584 |
Risk | 584 |
Intervention | 582 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Higher Education | 526 |
Secondary Education | 430 |
High Schools | 402 |
Postsecondary Education | 315 |
Middle Schools | 231 |
Grade 8 | 155 |
Junior High Schools | 134 |
Elementary Education | 129 |
Grade 10 | 129 |
Grade 12 | 121 |
Grade 9 | 105 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Practitioners | 90 |
Teachers | 56 |
Researchers | 49 |
Policymakers | 32 |
Students | 28 |
Parents | 22 |
Administrators | 17 |
Counselors | 10 |
Support Staff | 8 |
Community | 7 |
Media Staff | 1 |
More ▼ |
Location
Canada | 106 |
United States | 97 |
California | 94 |
Australia | 83 |
United Kingdom | 59 |
Texas | 58 |
Netherlands | 47 |
Florida | 39 |
North Carolina | 39 |
New York | 37 |
China | 36 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards | 1 |
Ridner, S. Lee; Staten, Ruth R.; Danner, Fred W. – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
A number of studies have documented the relationship between smoking and depression in adolescent and adult populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the level of depressive symptoms among college-age smokers and to determine whether or not increases in cigarette use were associated with increases in the number of depressive symptoms.…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Smoking, School Nurses, Depression (Psychology)
Gaultney, Jane F.; Gingras, Jeannine L.; Martin, Mindy; DeBrule, Daniel – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors used the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence (J. F. Fagan, L. T. Singer, J. E. Montie, & P. A. Shepherd, 1986) to examine preferences for novelty and to evaluate several indicators of attention (off- and on-task indexes and durations) in 6- and 9-month-old infants who had been prenatally exposed to cigarette smoke only or to cocaine plus…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Cocaine, Infants, Age Differences
Jones, Sherry Everett; Brener, Nancy D.; McManus, Tim – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
This analysis examined differences in health instruction among teachers of required health education classes or courses who had received or wanted staff development on health topics, teachers who had a degree in health education, and teachers who were Certified Health Education Specialists. Classroom-level data were collected from teachers of a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Education Courses, Health Education, Physical Activities
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2006
New science shows that exposure to toxins prenatally or early in life can have a devastating and lifelong effect on the developing architecture of the brain. Exposures to many chemicals have much more severe consequences for embryos, fetuses, and young children, whose brains are still developing, than for adults. Substances that can have a truly…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Brain, Misconceptions, Poisoning
Huver, Rose M. E.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; de Vries, Hein – Health Education Research, 2006
The aim of this study was to explain the effects of anti-smoking parenting practices on adolescent smoking cognitions and behavior by showing the mediating effects of cognitions. Data were gathered among Dutch high school students in the control condition of the European Smoking prevention Framework Approach (ESFA). Anti-smoking parenting…
Descriptors: Smoking, Self Efficacy, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Comey, Jennifer; Smith, Eshauna; Tatian, Peter A. – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Many young people in the District of Columbia are failing to make a successful transition to adulthood. Their challenges include poor preparation for the high-skills labor market and long-standing health problems. Recent District government efforts have centered around school reform and early childhood, but these areas are not sufficient to…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Focus Groups, Labor Market
New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. – 1995
An 84-item multiple choice Youth Risk Behavior Survey was administered to 2,092 students in 62 public high schools in New Hampshire during the spring of 1995. The survey covered behaviors in six categories: (1) behaviors that result in unintentional or intentional injuries; (2) tobacco use; (3) alcohol and other drug use; (4) sexual behaviors that…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Use
Kilbey, M. Marlyne, Ed.; Asghar, Khursheed, Ed. – 1991
This monograph presents the proceedings of the first National Institute on Drug Abuse technical review related to the conduct of controlled studies on prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse. Papers in the monograph are categorized by session. The first session (two papers) focused on the detection and quantification of prenatal drug exposure in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Cocaine, Congenital Impairments
Mansfield Univ., PA. Rural Services Inst. – 1994
The sixth annual survey conducted by the Rural Services Institute examined the opinions of Pennsylvania residents on crime control, welfare reform, smoking, and education reform proposals. Sixty percent of respondents believed that the most urgent issue facing Pennsylvania was violent crime and strongly supported measures to reduce the…
Descriptors: Crime, Crime Prevention, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Chavez, Ernest L.; And Others – 1989
Alcohol and drug use, perceived health, and involvement in violent behavior were examined among Mexican-American and White dropouts. The sample consisted of 114 Mexican-Americans and 67 White-Americans who had recently dropped out of school; comparison subjects matched for ethnicity, gender, and grade in school; and "at-risk" comparison subjects…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Dropouts, Drug Use
Chandler, William U. – 1984
Least-cost health strategies designed to attack the world's leading causes of unnecessary death are explored. Section 1 emphasizes the value of primary health-care procedures--midwifery, maternal education on breastfeeding and weaning, vaccinations, oral rehydration of victims of diarrhea, and antibiotics against respiratory infections--in…
Descriptors: Cancer, Cost Effectiveness, Disease Control, Eating Habits
Gallup, George H. – 1981
This survey, which measures the attitudes of Americans toward their public schools, is the 13th annual survey in this series. New as well as trend questions are included in this and every survey. Personal, in-home interviews of 1519 adults were conducted in all areas of the nation and in all types of communities. The survey questions addressed:…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1971
By state law, the age of majority was lowered to 18 as of 1972. This pamphlet consists of general guidelines for curricula and school programs in response to questions regarding the implications of the new legislation. For example, school districts are requested to re-examine their civics courses in light of new voting age. It is also recommended…
Descriptors: Age, Alcohol Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Bogg, Richard A.; And Others – 1969
A 1968 study was undertaken in Michigan with the following objectives: 1) to determine drug utilization rates for public high school seniors; 2) to determine demographic, sociological, and social-psychological correlates of drug utilization; and 3) to acquire information relevant to present and future health education programs. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Guthrie, P. D. – 1972
This annotated bibliography describes instruments pertaining to smoking attitudes, behaviors, knowledge, and correlates. Information concerns test purpose, intended groups, test subdivisions, administration, scoring, interpretation, and standardization. (MS)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitudes, Behavior, Check Lists