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Kelley, Barbara R.; Beauchesne, Michelle A. – School Nurse News, 2002
Suggests violence prevention strategies that can be adapted for school health offices. The activity teaches school nurses to: recognize at least four steps in identifying family violence in a health history; discuss at least three parent, child, family, and community activities to reduce family violence; and identify at least three resources to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Community Programs
Peer reviewedWeatherley, Richard A.; And Others – Youth and Society, 1987
Ten local communities and their programs for pregnant and parenting adolescents were studied. Only under exceptional circumstances could localities develop and maintain comprehensive service programs. In some cases no services were offered outside of school settings. Federal support through legislation and dollars is necessary to sustain such…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Community Support, Early Parenthood
Direct linkDittus, Patricia; Miller, Kim S.; Kotchick, Beth A.; Forehand, Rex – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
The Parents Matter! Program (PMP) is a community-based family intervention designed to promote positive parenting and effective parent-child communication about sexuality and sexual risk reduction. Its ultimate goal is to reduce sexual risk behavior among adolescents. PMP offers parents instruction and guidance in general parenting skills related…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Child Rearing, Pregnancy
Wechsler, Nick – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Since 1982, the Ounce of Prevention Fund's network of Parents Too Soon (PTS) programs for teen parents throughout Illinois has supported communities, programs, and families through a mix of mechanisms: funding, program development, extensive training and support, and public policy advocacy. This article describes a qualitative view of how…
Descriptors: Early Parenthood, Program Development, Public Policy, Interpersonal Relationship
Goetz, Kathryn, Ed. – 1992
This guide describes the status of selected family resource programs in the United States and Canada. The first chapter provides detailed descriptions of 13 programs that offer collaborative and comprehensive services. These programs, which are often large and innovative, foster coalitions of service providers in order to offer an extensive range…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
Utting, David, Ed. – 1996
These proceedings contain papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Family Policy Studies Centre in London, September, 1995, which brought together professionals to describe their parenting support or education projects which were part of the Department of Health's Parenting Initiative. Conference papers discussed the role of government in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Children, Community Programs
