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Direct linkNjie-Carr, Veronica P. S.; Jones-Parker, Hazel; Mignano, Jamie L. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2016
As of July 2015, over 15 million people worldwide were undergoing lifesaving antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV, marking the achievement of an important Millennium Development Goal. More research is needed to determine sustainable interventions to engage patients in HIV care. We explored the perceptions, facilitators, and barriers of engagement…
Descriptors: Patients, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Drug Therapy, Intervention
Yarnell, Lisa M.; Pasch, Keryn E.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Komro, Kelli A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
This study examined multiple risk behaviors (violence, delinquency, and substance use) among 240 African American and 262 Hispanic preadolescent boys from urban schools in the Midwest United States. Latent transition analysis allowed patterns of multivariate risk to emerge uniquely within and across these ethnic groups, highlighting patterns for…
Descriptors: Risk, Males, Health Behavior, Hispanic Americans
Marsiglia, Flavio F.; Kiehne, Elizabeth; Ayers, Stephanie L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
Elevated rates of risky behavior among Latino youth have been linked to features of acculturation such as discrepant rates of acculturation between parents and adolescents. This study examined how parent-adolescent mainstream and Mexican cultural gaps are differentially related to adolescent risky behavior through family conflict, parental…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Acculturation, Risk, Parent Child Relationship
Download full textAfterschool Alliance, 2018
Taking a comprehensive approach to wellness--which includes healthy eating and physical activity and extends to additional aspects of health, such as social and emotional skills and competencies--can provide the necessary supports to help healthy children grow into healthy adults. Afterschool and summer learning programs are well-situated to be an…
Descriptors: Wellness, After School Programs, Health Behavior, Child Health
Kepper, Annelies; Koning, Ina; Vollebergh, Wilma; Monshouwer, Karin – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2014
This study investigated the age of onset of substance use among 536 students with mild academic disabilities and 906 students without academic disabilities, and the extent to which emotional, conduct, and hyperactivity problems explain the differences between these two groups. Using discrete-time survival analysis, the results of this study showed…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Mild Disabilities, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems
Rukundo, Aloysius; Kibanja, Grace; Steffens, Karl – Higher Education Studies, 2014
Introduction: Psychoactive substance use among adolescents influences behavioral and cognitive processes and is associated with adolescents' performance in school. We therefore sought to investigate association of PASU with adolescents' school performance. Methods: We employed quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. To test the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Substance Abuse, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students
Norton, Christine Lynn; Tucker, Anita; Russell, Keith C.; Bettmann, Joanna E.; Gass, Michael A.; Gillis, H. L.; Behrens, Ellen – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
This state of knowledge article provides an overview of Adventure Therapy (AT) as it is practiced with adolescents in North America, presenting (a) current findings in AT research with adolescents, (b) critical issues in AT, (c) the need for training and professional development in AT, and (d) professionalization in AT. Implications of current…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Therapy, Professional Development, Adolescents
Chen, Hsin-Yu; Yarnal, Careen; Bram, Barry – Journal of College and Character, 2017
Combining the theory of emerging adulthood with self-authorship, the authors utilized students' reflection papers (n = 111) to explore their current lifestyles and reasons behind behavioral changes. Decreased physical activity, increased substance use, irregular sleep patterns, and unhealthy dietary habits emerged after students transitioned to…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Life Style, Diaries, Health Promotion
DuPaul, George J.; Pinho, Trevor D.; Pollack, Brittany L.; Gormley, Matthew J.; Laracy, Seth D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or learning disabilities (LD) experience significant challenges in making the transition from high school to college. This study examined the ways first-year college students with ADHD, LD, ADHD+LD, and comparison peers differ in engagement, core self-evaluation, high school…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Control Groups
Upadhyayula, Satyasree; Ramaswamy, Megha; Chalise, Prabhakar; Daniels, Jessie; Freudenberg, Nicholas – Youth & Society, 2017
The goal of this study was to understand whether ethnic pride among young, incarcerated Black and Latino men was associated with successful community reentry. We interviewed 397 Black and Latino men 16 to 18 years old in a New York City jail and then again 1 year after their release to determine the relationship between participants' sense of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Ethnicity, Males, Hispanic Americans
Ilo, Cajetan I.; Onwunaka, Chinagorom; Nwimo, Ignatius O. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This descriptive survey was carried out in order to determine the personal health risks behaviour profile among university students in the south east of Nigeria. A random sample of 900 students completed the questionnaire designed for the study. Out of this number 821, representing about 91.2% return rate, were used for data analysis. Means and…
Descriptors: Surveys, Health Behavior, Risk, Profiles
Croff, Julie M.; Clapp, John D. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2015
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is a model program in the medical context, but it may be missing a large portion of the population with low access to healthcare services. Young adults have the lowest rates of insurance, low healthcare service utilization, and high rates of substance use. Theory driven Screening and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Intervention, At Risk Persons, Screening Tests
Kok, Gerjo; Gurabardhi, Zamira; Gottlieb, Nell H.; Zijlstra, Fred R. H. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Stakeholder theory may help health promoters to make changes at the organizational and policy level to promote health. A stakeholder is any individual, group, or organization that can influence an organization. The organization that is the focus for influence attempts is called the focal organization. The more salient a stakeholder is and the more…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Stakeholders, Organizational Change, Change Agents
Molina, Brooke S. G.; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Swanson, James M.; Pelham, William E.; Hechtman, Lily; Hoza, Betsy; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Wigal, Timothy; Abikoff, Howard B.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Jensen, Peter S.; Wells, Karen C.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Gibbons, Robert D.; Howard, Andrea; Houck, Patricia R.; Hur, Kwan; Lu, Bo; Marcus, Sue – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To determine long-term effects on substance use and substance use disorder (SUD), up to 8 years after childhood enrollment, of the randomly assigned 14-month treatments in the multisite Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA; n = 436); to test whether medication at follow-up, cumulative…
Descriptors: Prevention, Substance Abuse, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents
Harrington, M. Rachel; Ickes, Melinda J. – American Journal of Health Education, 2016
Background: Obesity continues to be an epidemic in college students, yet research is warranted to determine whether obesity increases the likelihood of risky health behaviors in this population. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and health behaviors in college students. Methods: A…
Descriptors: Obesity, College Students, Correlation, Online Surveys
