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Ng, Mandy K.; Yousuf, Bilal; Bigelow, Philip Lloyd; Van Eerd, Dwayne – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: To review the characteristics of effective health promotion interventions for reducing chronic diseases and their risk factors in truck drivers. Methods: MEDLINE (PubMed), SCOPUS, Web of Science Conference Proceedings, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), and the National Transportation Library were…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Intervention, Chronic Illness, Risk
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Mulvaney, Caroline A.; Watson, Michael C.; Errington, Gail – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: The aim of this literature review was to examine recent evidence of the impact of safety education for children and young people on unintentional injury rates and to update an earlier review. Evidence was sought that linked safety education for children and young people in schools, centres and other settings with changes in knowledge,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Safety, Prevention, Injuries
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Richards, Kristin V.; Thyer, Bruce A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to review the current empirical research regarding the financial effects of participation in Individual Development Account (IDA) programs. Methods: Peer-reviewed outcome studies identified through electronic bibliographic databases and manual searches of article reference lists are reviewed. A total of 1…
Descriptors: Ownership, Economically Disadvantaged, Bibliographic Databases, Individual Development
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Jackson, Kelly F.; Hodge, David R. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objective: A systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of culturally sensitive interventions (CSIs) with Native American youth was conducted. Method: Electronic bibliographic databases, Web sites, and manual searches were used to identify 11 outcome studies that examined CSI effectiveness with Native American youth. Results: This review found…
Descriptors: American Indians, Program Effectiveness, Bibliographic Databases, Youth
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Poobalan, Amudha S.; Pitchforth, Emma; Imamura, Mari; Tucker, Janet S.; Philip, Kate; Spratt, Jenny; Mandava, Lakshmi; van Teijlingen, Edwin – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a review of reviews to identify characteristics of effective sex and relationship education (SRE) interventions and/or programmes in young people to improve sexual health and identify barriers and facilitators for implementation. Six bibliographic databases were searched from 1986 to 2006 for systematic…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Bibliographic Databases, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This oversight hearing was held to review the status of the 21-year-old Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) program, which is administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education, and to hear administration proposals for the redesign of the ERIC system. This report of the hearing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Educational Change
Buchholz, James L. – 1987
This document summarizes the selection, configuration, implementation, and evaluation of BiblioFile, a CD-ROM based bibliographic retrieval system used to catalog and process library materials for 103 school centers in the Palm Beach County Schools (Florida). Technical processing included the production of spine labels, check-out cards and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Maline, Mindi Barth, Comp. – 1994
The purposes of this U.S. Department of Education project were twofold: (1) to explore the process for obtaining materials, documents, and publications from abroad that were "fugitive" in nature (i.e., documents not typically found in the ERIC system or library collections); and (2) to develop a database of both the materials collected and the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Bibliographic Databases, Distance Education, Educational Policy
Marcus, Dora, Ed. – 1990
This monograph describes what worked and what did not in 15 college and university programs sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education from 1984 to 1987. Each description includes information on the project's purpose, innovative features, evaluation, impact or changes from the grant activities, what worked unexpectedly,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bibliographic Databases, Black Colleges, College School Cooperation