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Direct linkDan Olweus; Susan P. Limber; Kyrre Breivik – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2019
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) in reducing specific forms of bullying--verbal bullying, physical bullying, and indirect/relational bullying, as well as cyberbullying and bullying using words or gestures with a sexual meaning. This large-scale longitudinal study, which…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Verbal Communication
De Genna, Natacha M.; Cornelius, Marie D. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Teenage mothers are more likely to use drugs, and their children are more likely to use substances and become pregnant during adolescence. Teenage mothers' substance use may play a role in the intergenerational risk for adolescent pregnancy. Pregnant adolescents (12-18 years) were seen during pregnancy and postnatal years 6, 10, 14, and 16 (n =…
Descriptors: Mothers, Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Pregnancy
Download full textBird, Kisha; Bryant, Rhonda – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
This policy brief was prepared for the "Investing in Boys and Young Men of Color: The Promise and Opportunity" briefing held in June 2014 that was co-sponsored by National Council of La Raza, PolicyLink, the Executive Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Young Men of Color, and the Institute for Black Male Achievement. The…
Descriptors: Males, Minority Group Students, Role of Education, Adolescents
Pratt, Sheila R.; Kuller, Lewis; Talbott, Evelyn O.; McHugh-Pemu, Kathleen; Buhari, Alhaji M.; Xu, Xiaohui – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2009
Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine the impact of age, gender, and race on the prevalence and severity of hearing loss in elder adults, aged 72-96 years, after accounting for income, education, smoking, and clinical and subclinical cardiovascular disease. Methods: Air-conduction thresholds for standard and extended high-frequency…
Descriptors: Income, Smoking, Incidence, Diseases
Shaul, Marnie S. – 2002
This report examines national and regional dropout rate trends; factors associated with dropping out; efforts these factors; and federal efforts to reduce dropout rates. Information came from interviews with National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) officials; review of NCES data and reports by dropout prevention experts; site visits at…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Graduation
Bobek, Joanne R., Comp. – Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Data Services, 2007
Act 49 of 1987 requires the Secretary of Education to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on public school dropouts in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this report is to document the actual number of students who drop out each year and to provide various characteristics about these students. The type of data collected about each dropout…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
