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Gross, Gregory; Ling, Rui; Richardson, Brad; Quan, Nayong – American Journal of Distance Education, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine differences in knowledge gain by curriculum delivery platform for participants receiving a community-based healthy relationships curriculum for a vulnerable population with limited income and education. Using data gathered from 613 participants gathered in 2019--2020, those who received in-person training…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis
Yuxiao Shen; Nicholas Rowe – Journal of Dance Education, 2025
Recreational arts are significant in the fostering of an inclusive, diverse, and pluralistic society, particularly in an era of mass global migration. Community-based arts activities can provide a sense of solidarity with, and significance within, the new societies that migrants inhabit. A sense of belonging is a culturally complex understanding…
Descriptors: Dance, Recreational Activities, Asians, Immigrants
Eksteen, Susan; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Launer, Stefan; Kuper, Hannah; Swanepoe, De Wet – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: This study aimed to describe and compare the performance of two screening protocols used for preschool hearing screening in resource-constrained settings. Method: Secondary data analysis was done to determine the performance of two protocols implemented during a preschool hearing screening program using mobile health technology in South…
Descriptors: Referral, Criteria, Preschool Children, Auditory Tests
Berg, Carla J.; Dekanosidze, Ana; Torosyan, Arevik; Grigoryan, Lilit; Sargsyan, Zhanna; Hayrumyan, Varduhi; Topuridze, Marina; Sturua, Lela; Harutyunyan, Arusyak; Kvachantiradze, Lela; Maglakelidze, Nino; Gamkrelidze, Amiran; Abovyan, Romela; Bazarchyan, Alexander; Kegler, Michelle C. – Health Education Research, 2019
Local coalitions can advance public health initiative but have not been widely used or well-studied in low- and middle-income countries. This paper provides (i) an overview of an ongoing matched-pairs community-randomized controlled trial in 28 communities in Armenia and Georgia (N = 14/country) testing local coalitions to promote smoke-free…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Public Health, Developing Nations
Backman, Desiree R.; Kohatsu, Neal D.; Padovani, Andrew J.; Dao, Crystie; Ritley, Dominique; Fleuret, Julia E.; McCracken, Camlyn R. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objectives: To (1) determine the weight-reducing effect of the Koa Family Program (KFP), a community-based, telewellness obesity intervention and (2) examine the impact of the KFP on improving weight-related health indicators. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Community-based in Sacramento, California, USA. Methods: Seventy women with…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Community Programs, Family Programs, Females
Tricia A. Zucker; Michael P. Mesa; Dana DeMaster; Yoonkyung Oh; Michael Assel; Cheryl McCallum; Valerie P. Bambha – Grantee Submission, 2024
Introduction: This article investigates an early STEM family engagement program offered during the pre-kindergarten (pre-k) year. Pre-k is an important juncture for community organizations to support children's STEM engagement and parental involvement in informal STEM learning. We evaluated a program called Teaching Together STEM, which offers a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Family Programs, Preschool Education, Community Programs
Abuya, Benta; Muhia, Nelson – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2023
This paper explains sustained effects and what worked for students in the Advancing Learning Outcomes and Transformational (ALOT Change III) program. Data comes from qualitative narratives from the baseline survey of the program collected by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) between December 4, 2019, and January 31, 2020,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Comparative Analysis, Community Programs, Transformative Learning
Hammerback, Kristen; Hannon, Peggy A.; Parrish, Amanda T.; Allen, Claire; Kohn, Marlana J.; Harris, Jeffrey R. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: HealthLinks is a workplace health promotion program developed in partnership with the American Cancer Society. It delivers a package of evidence-based interventions and implementation support to small worksites in low-wage industries. As part of a randomized, controlled trial of HealthLinks, we studied approaches to recruiting these…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Health Promotion, Cancer, Intervention
Vinen, Zoe; Clark, Megan; Paynter, Jessica; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
This study followed children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from early intervention into their early schooling years, when they were aged between 6 and 9 years, on autism symptom severity and cognitive functioning. The children, matched at pre-intervention, were compared on type of community provided service: 31 were in receipt of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Early Intervention, Young Children
Glorious F. Fealing – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of the study was to address the Adult TESOL leadership concern of insecure grant funding. It focused on two key performance indicators: Student retention and academic skill level gains. Students dropping out of the program and scoring poorly on assessments are an ongoing concern for leadership. The study used an intervention and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Self Efficacy, Correlation, English (Second Language)
Seroczynski, A. D.; Evans, William N.; Jobst, Amy D.; Horvath, Luke; Carozza, Giuliana – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016
We present results of an evaluation of Reading for Life (RFL), a diversion program for nonviolent juvenile offenders in a medium-sized Midwestern county. The unique program uses philosophical virtue theory, works of literature, and small mentoring groups to foster moral development in juvenile offenders. Participants were randomly assigned to RFL…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, Mentors, Moral Development
Barnes, Gail V.; DeFreitas, Aureo; Grego, John – International Journal of Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine whether individuals' perceptions of parental involvement and home environment in music vary with nationality (Brazil/United States) and time frame (past/current). Past and current students from selected community music programs in the United States and Brazil completed the PI-HEM (Parental Involvement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Family Environment, Music Education
McCarthy, Michael; Schellinger, Jeffrey; Smith, Rachel R.; Behimer, Gretchen; Hargraves, Daniel; Scherra, Karen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: (1) To compare demographic, mental health, service usage, and emotional and behavioral characteristics and strengths of youth receiving care from depressed versus nondepressed caregivers and (2) to determine whether a community-based program for reducing problematic behaviors and bolstering strengths is equally effective for youth with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Caregivers, Youth
Bogenschutz, Matthew; Nord, Derek; Hewitt, Amy – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Turnover among direct support professionals (DSPs) in community support settings for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has been regarded as a challenge since tracking of this workforce began in the 1980s. This study utilized a group randomized controlled design to test the effects of a competency-based training…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Burnout
Harrell, Melissa B.; Arora, Monika; Bassi, Shalini; Gupta, Vinay K.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Reddy, K. Srinath – Health Education Research, 2016
To test the efficacy of an intervention to reduce tobacco use among youth (10-19 years old) in slum communities in Delhi, India. This community-based cluster-randomized trial included 14 slums composed of purposely built resettlement colonies and adjacent inhabitant-built Jhuggi Jhopris. Youth in the intervention received a 2 year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Smoking