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School-Based Prevention of Depression and Anxiety in Australia: Current State and Future Directions
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Nehmy, Thomas J. – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
Depression and anxiety constitute an enormous public health burden in Australia, and as such primary prevention is an important focus for school-based prevention efforts. The focus of the current literature review is school-based prevention programmes for depression and anxiety in Australia. Most prevention studies to date would be better…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Prevention, Public Health, Foreign Countries
Caring Prescriptions: Comprehensive Health Care Strategies for Young Children in Poverty.
Bell, Karen N.; Simkin, Linda S. – 1993
This report examines how communities and groups can shape the content of health services to bring more comprehensive health services to poor children and families. The report is based on a study of 11 comprehensive primary care programs and systems some of which offer school-based services: 4 freestanding community-based programs, 4 local systems…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Health Services, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Health
Recruitment and Retention of Rural Physicians: Outcomes from the Rural Physician Associate Program of Minnesota
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Halaas, Gwen Wagstrom; Zink, Therese; Finstad, Deborah; Bolin, Keli; Center, Bruce – Journal of Rural Health, 2008
Context: Founded in 1971 with state funding to increase the number of primary care physicians in rural Minnesota, the Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) has graduated 1,175 students. Third-year medical students are assigned to primary care physicians in rural communities for 9 months where they experience the realities of rural practice with…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Physicians, Public Health, Family Practice (Medicine)
Community-Wide Implementation of a Parenting Program: The South East Sydney Positive Parenting Project.
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Dean, Carlie; Myors, Karen; Evans, Elizabeth – Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 2003
Provides a description and evaluation of a community-wide implementation of a parenting program. Results indicate that it is possible to take a population health approach to parenting, successfully involve multiple services and professionals in the delivery of the program, and maintain the effectiveness of the parenting intervention in a…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Parenting Skills
Mental Retardation: Prevention Strategies That Work.
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President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC. – 1980
The report by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation reviews the current state of knowledge in the area of biological and environmental prevention of mental retardation and describes programs on the frontiers of research or service delivery. Section I examines programs that are effectively preventing mental retardation through biomedical…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Biomedicine, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Substance Abuse among Youth with Disabilities. Prevention Research Update, Number Seven/Summer 1990.
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Prendergast, Michael; And Others – 1990
This literature review focuses on the state of current knowledge concerning alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse among people with developmental, learning, hearing, visual, and mobility impairments. The review is divided into four main sections. The first section addresses the limits of the available research-based information. The second section…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, At Risk Persons, Delivery Systems