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Boeltzig-Brown, Heike; Fleming, Allison R.; Heyman, Miriam; Gauthier, Martha; Cully, Julisa; Foley, Susan M. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2017
Purpose: To conduct a systematic review (SR) of 550 studies produced between 1970 and 2008 that focus on programs and/or services provided by state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies believed to impact client and/or program outcomes. Method: Authors used a 5-step SR protocol to evaluate and summarize study content and outcomes, study design,…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Literature Reviews, State Agencies, Relevance (Education)
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Brackney, Dana E.; Cutshall, Michael – Journal of School Nursing, 2015
Childhood obesity and the early development of type 2 diabetes (T2 DM) place students at risk for chronic health problems. The school nurse is uniquely situated to promote school health initiatives that influence health behavior. The purpose of this review was to determine effective nonpharmacological interventions for prevention of T2 DM in…
Descriptors: Prevention, Diabetes, Youth Problems, Youth Programs
Rutledge, Stacey; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara – National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools (NJ1), 2012
The National Center on Scaling up Effective Schools (NCSU) is a five-year project working to develop, implement, and test new processes to scale up effective practices in high schools that districts will be able to apply within the context of their own unique goals and circumstances. This report describes the activities and findings of the first…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Change, High Schools, Academic Achievement
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Dadds, Mark R. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1989
Reviews the literature on the role of family distress in the treatment of children's behavior disorders. Describes a system for integrating marital- and child-focused treatments and makes suggestions for improving the design of studies assessing the impact of contextual factors on parent-child interaction. (FMW)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Family Characteristics, Family Programs
Deshler, David; Cunningham, Sue – 1982
This paper provides: (1) a statement regarding the political context for energy conservation education programs; (2) a brief description of the types of program efforts reflected in the literature; (3) an overview of the purposes and approaches to energy conservation education program evaluation reflected in available literature; and (4) a…
Descriptors: Conferences, Conservation Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Energy Conservation
Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1981
This third descriptive inventory of the Rand Corporation's domestic non-military research covers all projects since 1972, as well as its special 1969-1975 program for New York City. For each of over 300 research projects in nine program areas, brief summaries identify the project title and sponsor, beginning and ending dates, person-years of work…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Crime, Drug Abuse