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Vaillancourt, Kelly M.; Gibson, Nicole A. – Communique, 2014
Youth suicidal behavior is a significant public health problem, and schools can play an important role in youth suicide prevention. However, schools cannot do this alone; they need the student's family members and peers, and other professionals and community members, to do their part. School personnel, and particularly school-employed mental…
Descriptors: School Districts, Prevention, Suicide, At Risk Persons
Thomas, Michele Burhard; Dansby, Pearl Gore – 1984
The first article in this paper reviews research on healthy black families and explores definitions of health. The strengths of black families such as kinship/social support, valuing education, achievement and parity in interpersonal relationships, the black church, and egalitarian roles in black families are discussed. Recommendations are made…
Descriptors: Black Family, Counseling Techniques, Family Characteristics, Family Counseling
Hutchinson, Janet R.; And Others – 1983
This manual is a guide for those who are planning preventive/restorative family service programs to provide alternatives to placing children in state foster care systems. Chapter I briefly discusses the rationale for family-centered social services. Objectives, characteristics, and advantages of these services are listed. Planning and…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Programs, Models, Needs Assessment
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Hulton, Linda J. – Journal of School Nursing, 2007
Teenage pregnancy and the subsequent social morbidities associated with unintended pregnancies are complex issues facing school nurses in their daily work. In contemporary practice, school nurses are being held to higher standards of accountability and being asked to demonstrate the effective outcomes of their interventions. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Models, Prevention, School Nurses
Cutter, Fred – 1983
This manual provides resource tools and strategies to enhance the suicide prevention capabilities of health professionals and the health care setting in which care is provided. In the first section, terms are defined and the suicide prevention triangle model is described. Applications of the model and good practices for suicide prevention in any…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, High Risk Persons, Identification, Mental Health Programs
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Lichtenstein, Edward; And Others – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Describes evolution of a program to train doctoral level psychologists to provide outreach preventive services to rural communities using a year long practicum including didactic and experiential components. Discusses difficulties of outreach work in small communities, community response, tailoring intervention strategies to needs of specific…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Community Psychology, Community Surveys