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Chesnut, Ryan; DiNallo, Jennifer M.; Czymoniewicz-Klippel, Melina T.; Perkins, Daniel F. – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: Parent-focused interventions (PFIs) are a promising method for supporting parents and promoting children's well-being. Few PFIs in the USA, however, include physical health promotion content and are universal programs. The purpose of this paper is to describe a universal health-promoting PFI for parents of elementary school-aged children…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Well Being, Child Health, Health Promotion
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Perkins, Daniel F.; Feinberg, Mark E.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Johnson, Lesley E.; Chilenski, Sarah Meyer; Mincemoyer, Claudia C.; Spoth, Richard L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2011
Because they often set out with a guarantee of only short-term funding, many community partnerships will face a threat to their sustainability almost as soon as the first money runs out. Research into the factors that enable some coalitions and partnerships to meet the challenge when others fail is limited. This study begins to fill this gap in…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Sustainability, Youth Programs, Substance Abuse
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Perkins, Daniel F.; Noam, Gil G. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
The term "sports-based youth development programs" is coined and defined in the context of the community youth development framework. Sports-based youth development programs are out-of-school-time programs that use a particular sport to facilitate learning and life skill development in youth. Community youth development programs use a community…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Daily Living Skills, Skill Development
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Mincemoyer, Claudia C.; Perkins, Daniel F. – Journal of Extension, 2001
Pennsylvania Extension youth and family educators (n=62) participated in an inservice program on enhancing community youth development programming. Participant evaluations showed significant gain in knowledge and understanding of community youth development concepts and support for the importance of developing a common framework and language for…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Extension Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development
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Perkins, Daniel F.; Borden, Lynne M.; Villarruel, Francisco A. – School Community Journal, 2001
Introduces concept of Community Youth Development, the purpose of which is to help communities respond to youth violence; reviews community efforts to respond to youth violence; describes history of community youth development; discusses positive youth-development building blocks; provides four-part definition of community youth development;…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, School Community Relationship, Violence
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Jones, Kenneth R.; Perkins, Daniel F. – Youth & Society, 2006
This study examined perceptions and experiences of youth and adults engaged in various types of community-based youth-adult relationships. Involvement and interaction rating scales were completed by 108 participants involved in community groups from 12 communities in 10 states. The rating scale measured three constructs: youth involvement, adult…
Descriptors: Adults, Youth, Interpersonal Relationship, Attitude Measures