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Andria B. Eisman; Christine Koffkey; Suzanne Brown; Christina Holmes; Barry Schmidt; Eric Swihart; Tracy Robinson; Bo Kim – Prevention Science, 2025
Drug use trends change rapidly among youth, leaving educators and researchers struggling to respond promptly. Widely adopted universal evidence-based interventions (EBIs), such as the Michigan Model for Health™ (MMH), and their delivery systems offer an opportunity to reach large youth populations and reduce the onset and escalation of emerging…
Descriptors: Administrators, Teachers, School Counselors, State Officials
Vella-Brodrick, Dianne; Patrick, Kent; Jacques-Hamilton, Rowan; Ng, Amanda; Chin, Tan-Chyuan; O'Connor, Meredith; Rickard, Nikki; Cross, Donna; Hattie, John – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
Co-design and youth participatory action research are promising methodologies for increasing youth engagement in well-being interventions. The current study included 10 recent high school graduates employed as youth advisors to co-design a youth-friendly positive psychology intervention targeting the post-school transition. The youth advisors…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Well Being, Intervention, Peer Influence
Amanda J. Nguyen; Jacqueline Hersh; Lydia Beahm; Lora Henderson Smith; Courtney Newman; Katelyn Birchfield; Kurt Michael; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Grantee Submission, 2024
Background: Educators in rural schools are uniquely situated to address youth mental health disparities, yet often face challenges in delivering mental health supports. This paper describes the process of adapting the evidence-based Coping Power program, a small group prevention program for youth with aggressive behavior problems, to be a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Coping
Harper, Erin A.; James, Anthony G.; Curtis, Chamina; Ramey, Demoni' – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2021
This article describes the first year of a partnership between a university and a community organization working to improve and expand a community-based multigenerational mentoring program for African American adolescent girls ages 12-17. The mentoring program, set in an urban Midwestern city, is a collaboration between university…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Adolescents, Mentors
Barrett, James; Pollack, William; Janopaul-Naylor, Elizabeth; So, Marvin; Teran, Vincenzo; Stilwell, Elizabeth – National Youth-At-Risk Journal, 2021
Violence remains the leading cause of injury and death for people between the ages of 15 and 24 and presents a challenge for communities of color. Better understanding of the context surrounding violence is critical in order to develop effective prevention interventions. We conducted a two-phase, qualitative, feasibility study to develop and…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Violence, Crime Prevention, Program Development
Lee, Chung Eun; Shogren, Karrie A.; Segal, Jordan; Pezzimenti, Florencia; Aleman-Tovar, Janeth; Taylor, Julie Lounds – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Given the wide heterogeneity in the autism population, one challenge for intervention studies is to identify outcome measures that have similar meaning across individuals. This is particularly pronounced in intervention studies of adults with autism spectrum disorder, where outcomes such as employment, independence, or community living are common…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Success, Achievement
Gil, Fire; Sharon, Barak; Shlomi, Hail; Tirtzha, Carmi; Lilach, Ben-Meir; Ariela, Giladi; Yossi, Harel-Fisch; Riki, Tesler – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Volunteering can serve as a protective factor against substance abuse. Yet, it is unclear whether volunteering in specific community organizations, such as emergency services, promotes or protects against substance use. We aimed to (1) describe community volunteering characteristics among adolescents; (2) investigate differences in the prevalence…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Emergency Programs, Substance Abuse, Foreign Countries
Partnering with Carryouts: Implementation of a Food Environment Intervention Targeting Youth Obesity
Perepezko, K.; Tingey, L.; Sato, P.; Rastatter, S.; Ruggiero, C.; Gittelsohn, J. – Health Education Research, 2018
Youth obesity is a major public health problem in the United States, especially among urban-based, minority youth. The B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) trial worked at multiple levels of the food environment, including carryouts, to increase access to and demand for healthy, affordable foods. The objective of this article is to describe…
Descriptors: Food, Intervention, Obesity, Low Income
Gobrial, Ereny; Raghavan, Raghu – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (IDs) are more vulnerable to experiencing anxiety disorders. Parental involvement in intervention is crucial for successful management of the interventions in the population of people with ASDs. This article describes the design and evaluation of parenting programme for…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Anxiety Disorders
Freire, Kimberley E.; Perkinson, Leah; Morrel-Samuels, Susan; Zimmerman, Marc A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
Despite the growing number of evidence-based programs (EBPs) for youth and families, few are well-integrated in service systems or widely adopted by communities. One set of challenges to widespread adoption of EBPs relates to the transfer of programs from research and development to practice settings. This is often because program developers have…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Program Development, Communication Strategies, Program Implementation
Blanc, Ann K.; Bruce, Judith – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
This special issue addresses an ambitious set of concerns around the experience of adolescents in the majority world: expanded models of development, successful models of intervention, and the impact of globalization. The papers, which vary widely in both substance and methodology, make a substantial contribution to pushing forward the boundaries…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Adolescent Attitudes, Intervention
Flood, Johnna; Minkler, Meredith; Lavery, Susana Hennessey; Estrada, Jessica; Falbe, Jennifer – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
As resources for health promotion become more constricted, it is increasingly important to collaborate across sectors, including the private sector. Although many excellent models for cross-sector collaboration have shown promise in the health field, collective impact (CI), an emerging model for creating larger scale change, has yet to receive…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Case Studies, Models, Community Action
Zaugg, Nathan; Jarjoura, Roger – National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth (NDTAC), 2017
"The Mentoring Toolkit 2.0: Resources for Developing Programs for Incarcerated Youth" provides information, program descriptions, and links to important resources that can assist juvenile correctional facilities and other organizations to design effective mentoring programs for neglected and delinquent youth, particularly those who are…
Descriptors: Mentors, Guides, Program Development, Institutionalized Persons
Briggs, Harold Eugene; McBeath, Bowen – Child Welfare, 2010
The lack of culturally appropriate health and mental health care has contributed to the large number of African American youth and families involved in the child welfare system. This article reviews the consequences of the insufficient access to culturally sensitive, evidence-supported interventions for African American foster youth. The authors…
Descriptors: Evidence, Health Services, African Americans, Mental Health Programs
Ellis, Louise A.; McCabe, Kathryn; Davenport, Tracey; Burns, Jane M.; Rahilly, Kitty; Nicholas, Mariesa; Hickie, Ian B – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the development of WorkOut, an Internet-based program designed to help young men overcome the barriers towards help-seeking and to build the skills they need to understand and manage their own mental health. Information and communication technologies (ICT) hold great potential to significantly improve mental…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Evaluation, Internet, Mental Health