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Comparison of Eco-Directed and Health-Focused Brief Awareness-Raising Interventions for Enhancing Active Participation of Community Residents in Drug Take-Back Program
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Shuzhe Wu; Qinghua Liu; Qin Li; Jun Wang – Health Education Research, 2025
Drug take-back system provides a legal, safe and eco-friendly avenue to appropriately dispose of unwanted medicines, contributing to both environmental sustainability and reducing medication misuse. This study designed and implemented a brief educational intervention, which took <1 min on average, to enhance awareness of community residents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drug Education, Health Promotion, Drug Abuse
Building Communities, Changing Lives: The NYC Justice Corps Community Benefit Projects. Reentry Research in the First Person
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Prisoner Reentry Institute, 2017
The NYC Justice Corps aims to change the dynamic between justice system-involved young adults and the communities in which they live. At the heart of the program are community benefit projects -- from renovation and restoration projects to educational and arts initiatives -- designed and carried out by Corps members. Community benefit projects…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Young Adults, Focus Groups
Local Initiatives in Consumer Education: The Role of Mayors and Their Cities.
Dieringer, Margaret K., Ed.
A study was done to assist the U.S. Office of Education in ascertaining whether there is the need and desire for mayor and city involvement in the area of consumer education and to assist the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) in determining whether or not its role in the promotion and establishment of priorities for consumer education for cities…
Descriptors: City Government, City Officials, Clearinghouses, Community Action