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Direct linkThompson, Erika L.; Zhou, Zhengyang; Garg, Ashvita; Rohr, Danielle; Ajoku, Brittany; Spence, Emily E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: Evidence-based child sexual and physical abuse prevention programs delivered in schools are needed and require rigorous evaluation of program effects prior to widespread dissemination. The Play it Safe! program is a one-time session delivered by trained facilitators to teach students about recognizing, resisting, and reporting abuse.…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Child Abuse
Banks, Courtney S.; Blake, Jamilia J.; Lewis, Katherine – Professional School Counseling, 2019
School antibullying initiatives are increasingly focused on educating students about the impact of proactive bystanders to reduce victimization. However, according to the social-ecological perspective, children can also choose to adopt bystander responses based on what their parents teach them at home. School counselors are equipped to disseminate…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, School Counselors, Bullying
Hinz, Arnold – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the school-based "My Body and I" program which was designed to help girls and boys to cope better with inevitable pubertal body changes. Method: Using a pre-post treatment-control design with 25 treatment and 17 control classes from schools in Germany and France (484 boys, 485 girls;…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Body Composition, Gender Differences, Preadolescents
Baker, Charlene K.; Gleason, Kristen; Naai, Rachel; Mitchell, Jennifer; Trecker, Christine – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: Child sexual abuse is a significant health problem with potential long-term consequences for victims. Therefore, prevention and education programs are critical. This preliminary study evaluates changes in children’s knowledge of sexual abuse using a school-based train-the-trainer curriculum. Emphasis was placed on developing a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Sexual Abuse, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Control Groups
Berger-Jenkins, Evelyn; Rausch, John; Okah, Ebiere; Tsao, Daisy; Nieto, Andres; Lyda, Elizabeth; Meyer, Dodi; McCord, Mary – American Journal of Health Education, 2014
Background: Obesity is a public health concern that disproportionately affects underserved and minority communities. Purpose: To evaluate whether a comprehensive obesity prevention program that targets children and school staff in an underserved Hispanic community affects obesity related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among both students and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Promotion, Child Health, Prevention
Haner, Dilys; Pepler, Debra; Cummings, Joanne; Rubin-Vaughan, Alice – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2010
This article describes a children's opera about bullying that was presented to five classrooms in three schools and evaluated with a pre-post design. Data were available for 104 Grade 4 and 5 students who completed a bullying prevalence survey and bullying knowledge quiz before and 6 weeks after the opera. Bullying knowledge increased…
Descriptors: Opera, Bullying, Prevention, Grade 4
Holtz, Kristen D.; Twombly, Eric C. – Journal of Drug Education, 2007
Drug and alcohol use among youth remains pervasively high, but students are receiving less school-based prevention. Infusing health information into core curricula may be a valuable prevention approach. Therefore, behavior change theory was used to develop a science education curriculum on drugs for fourth- and fifth-grade students, which was then…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Pretests Posttests, Prevention, Narcotics
