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Pattison, Krista; Costigan, Heather; Keller, Chelsea; Sekhar, Deepa – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: This study investigated the efficacy of a two-component professional development approach to improving school wellness in Pennsylvania secondary schools. Design: Circle of Wellness (CoW), a year-long, two-phase programme, involved providing Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) workshops to Pennsylvania school staff and…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Administrators, School Personnel, Wellness
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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
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Elswick, Susan E.; Casey, Laura B.; Delgado, Diana M.; Crutchfield, Jandel; Cuellar, Matthew; Seemann, Danielle; Taylor, Laura; Rudd, Loretta; Simmons, Lamont – School Social Work Journal, 2021
Multitiered systems of support (MTSS) is an effective model for identifying students at risk for academic failure as well as behavioral concerns (excesses and deficits) that impede classroom success. Over the years, researchers have investigated the positive effects of the MTSS model on behavioral needs of students; however, to date the research…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Pilot Projects, Urban Schools
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Poteat, V. P.; Heck, N. C.; Yoshikawa, H.; Calzo, J. P. – Health Education Research, 2017
Sexual minority (e.g. lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning; LGBQ) and gender minority (e.g. transgender) youth experience myriad health risks. Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) are school-based settings where they may have opportunities to discuss substance use, mental health, and sexual health issues in ways that are safe and tailored to their…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Support Groups, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Annang, Lucy; Hannon, Lonnie; Fletcher, Faith E.; Horn, Wendy Sykes; Cornish, Disa – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2011
Objectives: To describe how nominal group technique (NGT) was used to inform the development of a sexual health education program for black high school youth in the South. Methods: NGT was used with a community advisory board (CAB) to obtain information regarding the key components of a sexual health program for youth in their community. Results:…
Descriptors: African American Students, Health Education, Sex Education, Advisory Committees