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Schmidt, Matthew; Lu, Jie; Luo, Wenjing; Cheng, Li; Lee, Minyoung; Huang, Rui; Weng, Yueqi; Kichler, Jessica C.; Corathers, Sarah D.; Jacobsen, Laura M.; Albanese-O'Neill, Anastasia; Smith, Laura; Westen, Sarah; Gutierrez-Colina, Ana M.; Heckaman, Leah; Wetter, Sara E.; Driscoll, Kimberly A.; Modi, Avani – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong and chronic condition that can cause severely compromised health. The T1D treatment regimen is complex, and is a particular challenge for adolescents, who frequently experience a number of treatment adherence barriers (e.g., forgetfulness, planning and organizational challenges, stress). Diabetes Journey is a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Diabetes, Self Management, Intervention
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Merrill, Ray M.; Hanson, Carl L. – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: This study is a formative evaluation of an adolescent online e-cigarette prevention program (Clearing the Vapor) giving attention to identifying higher risk adolescent populations, confirming the theory of change, and assessing short-term outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: The evaluation was conducted using online pre-test and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Risk, Adolescents
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Fernee, Carina R.; Gabrielsen, Leiv E.; Andersen, Anders J. W.; Mesel, Terje – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2021
This paper is a twelve-month follow-up study that explores perceived outcomes from participation in a Norwegian wilderness therapy program. Through a critical realist approach, the authors performed an in-depth analysis of individual interviews with ten adolescent participants. Long-term outcomes included the transfer and adaptation of calming and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Foreign Countries
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Makomo, Moffat – Voices in Education, 2020
Community based programmes for adolescents receiving mental health services have been previously linked with the effective acquisition of knowledge, change in perceptions and attitudes, as well as change in behaviours. This article will detail how the new Teen Life Skills Programme was able to address some of the barriers and equip the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Skill Development, Adolescents
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Beamish, Nicola; Cannan, Philippa; Fujiyama, Hakuei; Matthews, Allison; Spiranovic, Caroline; Briggs, Kate; Kirkby, Kenneth; Mobsby, Caroline; Daniels, Brett – Youth Studies Australia, 2011
This article presents results of an evaluation of an online Youth Ambassador (YA) program designed to promote internet resources for mental health in an adolescent population. Results suggest that an online YA program delivered in school is useful in improving mental health awareness for workshop participants. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Workshops, Internet
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Rosenblatt, Abram – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
The system of care approach as a strategy for serving children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED) is by any measure a success with one exception: there is controversy regarding the scientific evidence documenting that the services provided through systems of care improve the symptomatic and functional outcomes of the youth…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Children, Adolescents
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Chovil, Nicole – Child & Youth Services, 2009
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is increasingly being adopted by health care, including child and youth mental health services. As part of the commitment to ongoing quality improvement, child and youth mental health teams in the Fraser region in British Columbia undertook CQI projects over a one year period (2007-2008). The projects covered a…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Total Quality Management, Mental Health
Hadley, Alena M.; Mbwana, Kassim; Hair, Elizabeth C. – Child Trends, 2010
Major strides have been made in the field of youth development. However, youth transitioning into adulthood have not received similar attention. These older youth have frequently been overlooked by policymakers and practitioners who have been more focused on designing programs and services for adolescents and young children. Because older youth…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Intervention, Homeless People, Independent Living
Valente, Ernest, Jr.; Dodge, Kenneth A. – 1997
This article focuses on the formal evaluation of large-scale preventive interventions promoting positive mental health in children and adolescents, using examples of conduct problems. The state of the art in program evaluation is discussed based on quantitative evaluations of mental illness prevention programs. The article reviews current thinking…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
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Russell, Keith; Gillis, H. Lee; Lewis, T. Grant – Journal of Experiential Education, 2008
This study reports the results of a five-year follow-up survey of private-pay outdoor behavioral healthcare (OBH) programs operating in the United States and Canada. A total of 65 of 102 programs identified as meeting certain characteristics responded to the survey and identified themselves as an OBH program that utilizes a clinical treatment…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Health Education
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Wyles, Paul – Youth Studies Australia, 2007
A model of service delivery called Wraparound, which was developed in the USA, focuses on maximising collaboration between stakeholders, including the client and their support network, as well as services involved. It is used extensively in the disability, mental health, juvenile justice, education and out-of-home care fields across North America.…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Juvenile Justice, Models, Foreign Countries
Kirby, Douglas; And Others – 1989
For two decades, school-based clinics have been providing basic health care to medically underserved teenagers and addressing the increasingly complex health and social problems facing young people, particularly unintended pregnancy. Today there are 150 school-based clinics operating in most major cities and many rural areas. In 1984, the Center…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinics, Health Programs, Medical Services
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Bickman, Leonard – American Journal of Evaluation, 2002
Describes evaluations of two programs, one designed to improve mental health outcomes for children and adolescents referred for mental health treatment, and the other designed to provide comprehensive mental health services to children and adolescents. In both studies, the effects of systems of care are primarily limited to system level outcomes,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Mental Health Programs, Outcomes of Treatment
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Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
This parameter presents overarching principles and practices for child and adolescent mental health care in community systems of care. Community systems of care are defined broadly as comprising the wide array of child-serving agencies, programs, and practitioners (both public and private), in addition to natural community supports such as…
Descriptors: Program Development, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health, Emotional Disturbances
Rubin, Marcia A., Ed.; Wooley, Susan F., Ed. – American School Health Association (NJ3), 2006
This resource describes how pregnancy prevention efforts can be integrated into the various components of a school health program (the linkages between classroom instruction to prevent adolescent pregnancy and the school's health and mental health services, the necessary administrative policies, the type and extent of faculty and staff…
Descriptors: Health Services, Program Evaluation, Prevention, Mental Health Programs
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