NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Practitioners1
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 34 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chinedu Obi; Timothy Manyise; Eric Brako Dompreh; Khondker Murshed-e-Jahan; Cristiano M. Rossignoli – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: This study delves into the effectiveness of local service providers (LSP) in improving production outcomes of small-scale aquaculture farmers in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach: To gauge the effectiveness of LSPs, the research employs a performance-based assessment approach, focusing on 1653 fish farming households distributed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Community Services, Community Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
C. Nadine Wathen; James Shelley; Makayla N. Gomes; Aya Mohamed; Jennifer C. D. MacGregor – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Finding ways to move knowledge-to-impact is a key priority for research funding agencies, universities, and academics. However, academic engagement with the broader community is not without tensions and challenges, including arriving at mutual benefit and relevance, and addressing power dynamics and often incompatible communication practices. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, College Faculty
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dawnyéa D. Jackson; Dana E. Wagner; Penny Norman; Gray Abarca; Kim Zambole – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Similar to national trends, in Illinois, fatal opioid overdoses have risen. Black men (35+) outrank all other racial subgroups for the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the state. To address this, Prevention First and the Illinois Department of Human Services developed a public health education campaign to support increasing enrollment in…
Descriptors: Adults, Males, Blacks, Drug Addiction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McMillan, Sara S.; El-Den, Sarira; O'Reilly, Claire L.; Roennfeldt, Helena; Theodorus, Theo; Chapman, Justin; Bailey, Kylie; Crump, Keith; Collins, Jack C.; Ng, Ricki; Stewart, Victoria; Wheeler, Amanda J. – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: The Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Mental Illness in Community Pharmacy ("PharMIbridge") randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to test the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led support service in improving medication adherence, and the physical and mental health of people living with severe and persistent mental illness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Personnel, Pharmacy, Community Health Services
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Thompson, Amy; Jordan, Timothy R.; Brookins-Fisher, Jodi; Karmaker, Monita; Evans, Natasha – Health Educator, 2018
The increase of chronic disease in the United States has created a strong demand for health education specialists (HESs) who are trained to facilitate behavioral, environmental and policy changes through program implementation and evaluation. However, it is difficult for colleges and universities to prepare future health educators to be competent…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Chronic Illness, Health Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Prochnow, Tyler; Umstattd Meyer, M. Renée; Johnson, Cassandra; Delgado, Haley; Gómez, Luis; Sharkey, Joseph – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: Physical activity (PA) is linked to many health benefits. However, many children and adults do not meet PA recommendations. Specifically, Mexican-heritage (MH) families are less physically active and at greater risk for obesity and related co-morbidities than the general population. Culturally-tailored programs are needed to support MH…
Descriptors: Program Development, Physical Activities, Mexican Americans, Fathers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Massey, Jennifer; Gouthro, Karla – Assessment Update, 2011
The Community Outreach Centre (COC) is part of the Community Development portfolio in the Division of Student Affairs at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It opened in fall 2007 as a resource and support centre for students who live off campus. The overarching goal of the centre is to cultivate community among off-campus students…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Focus Groups, Community Involvement, Program Effectiveness
Youth Service America, Washington, DC. – 1988
This report, summarizing the proceedings at a February 1988 conference at Brown University on youth service, presents briefly an overview of the emerging network of youth service programs in the following states: (1) Minnesota; (2) Pennsylvania; (3) California; (4) Massachusetts; and (5) Ohio. Rationales for youth service are analyzed. Eight…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Services, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1991
Utah's Department of Human Services' Family Reunification Project was initiated to demonstrate that intensive, time-limited, home-based services would enable children in foster care to return to their natural families more rapidly than regular foster care management permits. The following steps were taken in project development: (1) sites were…
Descriptors: Biological Parents, Community Services, Family Counseling, Foster Children
Warner, Jean Shumway, Ed.; Burke, Vincent, Ed. – 1987
This directory was produced by the Restitution Education, Specialized Training, and Technical Assistance (RESTTA) program to facilitate and promote the dissemination of information about restitution and community service programming, and to facilitate professional interaction among persons with professional interests in restitution and community…
Descriptors: Community Services, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Summers, Susan R. – Community Services Catalyst, 1991
Presents a nine-step effectiveness plan for the continuing education department of a community college: dream big; study the president's dream; dream a vision for the department; quantify the program's past; study the district; build an identity; plan a schedule of classes; conduct evaluation; and inform long-range planning. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Services
Elder, Barbara Schuyler-Haas, Ed. – 1989
The conference proceedings presented in this report document successful strategies for meeting the child care needs of school-age children and stimulating new ways of thinking about the provision of school-age child care. The first part of the report gives a historical perspective of Maryland's activity in school-age child care. The second part…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Community Programs, Community Services
Johnson, Grant; And Others – 1979
A summary of desirable and undesirable components of delinquency prevention programs, this paper is intended to help planners, grantmakers, program operators, and others in the development of such programs. Following an introduction, Chapter 2 presents a critical review of contemporary explanations of causes of delinquency and means used to…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Change Strategies, Community Services, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Fitzherbert, Katrin – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Describes the pilot work and resulting project of the Muppet Club Project, designed to increase the effectiveness of available support mechanisms for emotionally and behaviorally disordered children by means of three elements: early identification of needs, making the most of existing resources in the community, and setting up activity groups for…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Childhood Needs, Children, Community Services
Shirk, John C. – 1976
The Carnegie Branch of the Houston Public Library (HPL) has attempted to establish credibility in a low income, Spanish speaking neighborhood by making the library visible to individuals on the street, contacting community leaders, and working with dropouts. The Branch, selected to implement a Neighborhood Information Center (NIC), established a…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Relations, Community Services
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3