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Collaborative Consultation to Support Children with Pediatric Health Issues: A Review of the Biopsychoeducational Model
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Grier, Betsy Chesno; Bradley-Klug, Kathy L. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2011
Medical technology continues to improve, increasing life expectancies and capabilities of children with chronic illnesses and disabilities. Pediatric health issues have an impact on children's academic, emotional, behavioral, and social functioning. This article reviews a consultative Biopsychoeducational Model, based on a problem-solving process,…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Chronic Illness, Children, Health Needs
Policy Implementation: Implications for Evaluation
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DeGroff, Amy; Cargo, Margaret – New Directions for Evaluation, 2009
Policy implementation reflects a complex change process where government decisions are transformed into programs, procedures, regulations, or practices aimed at social betterment. Three factors affecting contemporary implementation processes are explored: networked governance, sociopolitical context and the democratic turn, and new public…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Evaluators, Network Analysis, Public Policy
Identifying and Preventing Health Problems among Young Drug-Misusing Offenders
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Bennett, Trevor; Holloway, Katy – Health Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the health problems and treatment needs of drug-misusing offenders and to draw out the implications of the findings for health education and prevention. Design/methodology/approach: This analysis is based on data collected as part of the New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
MasterMind: Empower Yourself with Mental Health. A Program for Adolescents
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Tacker, Katherine A.; Dobie, Sharon – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Teachers need classroom-based programs to develop and support mental health fitness in adolescents because this age group faces significant challenges to their mental health. There is a paucity of such ready-made programs. This article describes the development and proposed implementation of a low-cost, effective, adaptable, 6-week,…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Emotional Problems, Age, Group Activities
Sustained Transfer of Knowledge to Practice in Long-Term Care: Facilitators and Barriers of a Mental Health Learning Initiative
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Stolee, Paul; McAiney, Carrie A.; Hillier, Loretta M.; Harris, Diane; Hamilton, Pam; Kessler, Linda; Madsen, Victoria; Le Clair, J. Kenneth – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
This article explores facilitators and barriers to the impact and sustainability of a learning initiative to increase capacity of long-term care (LTC) homes to manage the mental health needs of older persons, through development of in-house Psychogeriatric Resource Persons (PRPs). Twenty interviews were conducted with LTC staff. Management…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Continuing Education, Barriers, Professional Development
One Voice, One Vision--Recommendations to the Surgeon General To Improve Hispanic/Latino Health.
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Office of the Surgeon General (DHHS/PHS), Washington, DC. – 1993
The Hispanic/Latino Health Initiative of the Surgeon General's Office was created under Surgeon General Antonia Coello Novello to develop a plan to address barriers to quality health care and services. This report documents the activities and findings of the Initiative. It describes the status of Hispanic/Latino health in five regions of the…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Ethnic Groups, Health Needs, Health Services