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Lynch, Sarah; Styles, Ben; Poet, Helen; White, Richard; Bradshaw, Sally; Rabiasz, Adam – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
This summary reports the findings from two cluster-randomised trials of Drinkaware's school-based In:tuition life skills and alcohol education intervention: one trial of the programme for 10-11 year olds in primary schools, and another for 12-13 year olds in secondary schools. The trials have been carried out by the National Foundation for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Alcohol Education, Intervention, Prevention
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Luckner, John L.; Gonzales, B. Robert – American Annals of the Deaf, 1993
A survey of 204 secondary students with deafness or hearing impairment suggested that adolescents had a general idea about what human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are and the potential impact of the disease. However, they demonstrated gaps in knowledge of how the disease is transmitted and prevented…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Deafness, Disease Control, Hearing Impairments
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Elder, John P.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1987
This review of recent studies on prevention of drug and alcohol abuse among adolescents analyzes components of various preventive programs including those emphasizing knowledge, attitude modification, and remediation of skill deficits to improve ability to resist peer pressures. Missing in most programs is direct manipulation of positive or…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Contingency Management
Demsko, Tobin W. – 1987
School-based health clinics, adolescent pregnancy prevention programs offering comprehensive health services, represent the latest initiative to reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University designed and administered a pregnancy prevention program which offered sexuality education and family planning services…
Descriptors: Black Students, Contraception, Family Planning, Health Services
de la Garza, Bridget M.; And Others – 1992
The Future Quest curriculum is a functional curriculum to teach drug abuse prevention skills to youth with mild disabilities. The curriculum is a one-semester instructional program of lesson plans that incorporate research-based effective teaching practices and are specifically designed to meet the needs of students with learning and behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Curriculum, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
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Jemmott, John B., III; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Eighty-five African-American male adolescents receiving an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) intervention had greater AIDS knowledge, less favorable attitudes toward risky sexual behavior, and lower intentions to engage in such behavior than 72 African-American male controls. Follow-up data at three months support lasting effects of the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis
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Damond, Marietta E.; And Others – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Evaluates a culturally specific curriculum addressing African Americans for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education delivered to 339 youths in high school and junior high school in Los Angeles (California). Students in ethnically homogenous classrooms increased knowledge and behavioral intent more than did those in ethnically…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Black Culture