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Kyung-Ah Kang; Shin-Jeong Kim; SoRa Kang; JungMin Lee – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the effects of a violence-prevention education program using empathy (VPEP-E) on elementary school students. This quasi-experimental design examined fifth-grade students' (a) empathy level, (b) perception of violence, and (c) permissive and negligent attitudes toward violence, using a pre- and post-test design. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Violence
Heather L. McDaniel; Alexa C. Budavari; Alexandra T. Tonigan; Ava E. Michael; Stephen G. West; Nisha Gottfredson O'Shea; Nicole P. Powell; Lixin Qu; Lissette M. Saavedra; Anna C. Yaros; Catherine P. Bradshaw; John E. Lochman; Antonio A. Morgan-López – Grantee Submission, 2025
Objective: Despite evidence-based interventions for the psychiatric disorders that often precede suicidality, suicide remains a leading cause of death among youth. There has been increased interest in whether preventive interventions targeting early risk factors lead to decreased distal risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB). We examined…
Descriptors: Prevention, Suicide, Risk Management, Coping
Valenzuela, Daniela; Turunen, Tiina; Gana, Sofía; Rojas-Barahona, Cristian A.; Araya, Ricardo; Salmivalli, Christina; Gaete, Jorge – Prevention Science, 2022
Bullying is a major health problem. The KiVa antibullying program has been evaluated in Finland and other European countries, showing preventive effects on self-reported bullying victimization and perpetration. No evaluations of this program have been conducted in Latin America. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted at socially…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Prevention, Program Effectiveness
Chloé Tolmatcheff; René Veenstra; Isabelle Roskam; Benoit Galand – Prevention Science, 2024
This study examined the relation between both implementation fidelity and quality and the outcomes of two different anti-bullying interventions targeting distinct processes involved in bullying: moral disengagement and social norms. In total, 34 French-speaking Belgian teachers from six elementary schools were trained to deliver either the moral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 4, Grade 5
Treadway, Caitlyn L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The United States is in the top ten out of 108 countries for the highest juvenile offender percentage (Harrendorf, Heiskanen, & Malby, 2010). Interaction with the juvenile court system has significant iatrogenic effects (Steinberg, Chung, & Little, 2004; Gatti, Tremblay, & Vitaro, 2009; McCord, 1992; Gatti, Tremblay, & Vitaro,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Crime Prevention, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students
Rebecca A. Schwartz-Mette; Hannah R. Lawrence; Eliot Fearey; Jessica Shankman; Janet Nichols; Joy Walters; Elena Perello; Susan Smith – School Mental Health, 2024
The FRIENDS Resilience programs provide cognitive-behavioral skills across the developmental spectrum and can be applied as a universal or selective prevention program. In the current study, we assessed whether, relative to the schools' existing counseling curriculum ("guidance"), FRIENDS improved social skills, problem behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Evaluation, Mental Health Programs, Program Effectiveness
Kang, So Ra; Kim, Shin-Jeong; Kang, Kyung-Ah – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
The purpose of this study was to test the effects of a child sexual abuse prevention education program using a hybrid application (CSAPE-H) by examining fifth-grade students' (a) knowledge for sexual abuse prevention and (b) self-protective behaviors against sexual abuse. A quasi-experimental, pretest /posttest design was used. Sixty-eight…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Grade 5
Nurumal, Mohd Said; Zain, Siti Hajar Mohd; Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Nik; Shorey, Shefaly – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Preventing smoking among adolescents is critical. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Smoking Prevention Education Program among nonsmoking adolescents. A quasi-experimental study design was used. Data were collected from Year 5 students (n = 140) from four government primary schools in the Kuantan and Pahang districts of Malaysia. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Prevention, Grade 5
Santina, Tania; Beaulieu, Dominique; Gagné, Camille; Guillaumie, Laurence – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: This study describes the step-by-step development of the IMove30+ programme and outlines lessons derived from the authors' experience using an intervention mapping protocol (IMP)-based programme design. The programme was designed to increase the moderate to vigorous physical activity (PA) level at school among Lebanese children, aged…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activity Level, Child Health, Preadolescents
Raval, Gauri; Montañez, Evelyn; Meyer, Dodi; Berger-Jenkins, Evelyn – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Turn 2 Us (T2U) is an elementary school-based mental health promotion and prevention program in New York City. It targets fourth- and fifth-grade students at risk for social/emotional and behavioral problems and provides a range of services to students, staff, and parents. The purpose of this study is to determine if T2U decreases…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, At Risk Students
Montelpare, William J.; McPherson, Moira N.; Boardman, Kimberly; Zerpa, Carlos E. – Journal of School Nursing, 2018
This study evaluated the level of change in students' knowledge of and attitudes toward healthy lifestyle behaviors and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) following implementation of a Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Module in Grade 5 science classes. Two classes of students (n[subscript 1] = 39) were identified as the intervention group…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Health Promotion, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
Beckers, Gerlinde G.; Knight, Katlyn L. – National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal, 2021
Project LION (Learning In Our Neighborhood) was a community partnership between a local University, a Charitable Foundation, the City, and the Parish (County) School System that provided affordable afterschool academic and enrichment activities for students who are at risk in grades 4 through 8. The multiple-year foundation grant provided program…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, College School Cooperation, Grade 4, Grade 5
Aperman-Itzhak, Tal; Yom-Tov, Anat; Vered, Zvi; Waysberg, Ronit; Livne, Irit; Eilat-Adar, Sigal – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: Children's overweight and obesity have increased in Western societies, including Israel. Childhood is an important time for shaping healthy habits. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention on health knowledge, behavior, and anthropometric measurements. Methods: A total of…
Descriptors: Prevention, Obesity, Intervention, Health Behavior
McCormick, Meghan P.; Neuhaus, Robin; Horn, E. Parham; O'Connor, Erin E.; White, Hope S.; Harding, Samantha; Cappella, Elise; McClowry, Sandee – Grantee Submission, 2019
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) programs are school-based preventive interventions that aim to improve children's social-emotional skills and behavioral development. Although meta-analytic research has shown that SEL programs can improve academic and behavioral outcomes in the short term, few studies have examined program effects on receipt of…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence, Kindergarten
Kim, Shin-Jeong; Kang, Kyung-Ah – Journal of School Nursing, 2017
Child sexual abuse (CSA) threatens children's safety and even their lives. CSA is increasing steadily, despite the government's efforts to decrease and prevent its incidence. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education (C-SAPE) program on fifth-grade elementary school students' competence in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Grade 5