Dissertations / Theses: 'Youth Prevention'

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Forss, Norstedt Hampus, and Jasmine Effie Malmqvist. "Non-state crime prevention methods : Preventing youth crime." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41212.

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The purpose for this qualitative study is to examine the crime prevention strategies against youth crime within non-state actors' work. As well as obtaining views of successes and challenges of this work in practice. Youth crime is a major area of interest within criminology, and in recent years much interest has been directed at problems that arise in the so-called vulnerable areas of Sweden, where young people are at risk of being drawn into crime. Information has been gathered through semi-structured interviews with nine people representing seven different organizations / associations. The actors work with young people in one way or another through sports activities, mentor programs or independent youth centers; and most actors are active in vulnerable areas. The results show that it seems important to have committed adults in order to engage and gain trust from the young people. Further strategies for activating the young people in prosocial activities is revealed, as well as to spread good attitudes among the youths. The findings are put within the framework of criminological theories in order to discuss

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Cannon, Danielle Ann. "Paraeducators: Gatekeepers to Youth Suicide Prevention." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4092.

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For youth between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death. School-aged youth that struggle with suicidal thoughts often express their feelings to peers and some trusted adults. Generally, these trusted adults work in school settings. Potentially, teachers and staff can serve as vital gatekeepers to identify and support students who struggle with suicide ideation. In particular, paraeducators, who are often seen as less of an authority figure, become easier to approach due to the personal relationships created in small groups and one-on-one interactions with students. If trained in suicide prevention, paraeducators, who work closely with students and are part of the local community, could become an important gatekeeper. The current study sought to investigate paraeducators' perceptions of the following questions: (a) Are paraeducators approached by students with suicide ideation? and (b) How are paraeducators currently responding to suicidal students? The final purpose of this survey was to collect information that informed and supported the implementation of training for paraeducators in the area of school-based suicide prevention and intervention. This study's survey was distributed in an urban Utah school district to 854 paraeducators. Of the 854 surveys, 77 surveys were completed by paraeducators (9% participation rate). Of the participating paraeducators, 32% reported being approached by a student who expressed suicidal thoughts. Paraeducators indicated that their most frequent response to suicidal students was to provide counsel (39%), whereas to tell supervising teachers or administrators was listed as their third or fourth response option. Most paraeducators (97%) perceived that their role included reporting a student at-risk for suicide, however most (67%) reported having no suicide training or being unsure of what training was available. This lack of training is problematic due to the number of paraeducators being approached by students expressing thoughts of suicide. Additionally this research supports the need to train school support staff.

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Gibson, Jennifer E. "When Youth Take the Lead: Youth Participatory Action Research as Bullying Prevention." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1312397798.

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Paukštė, Ernesta. "Organizing Children and Youth Tobacco Prevention in Community." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110628_152837-57601.

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Aim. To assess the association of smoking prevention program with children knowledge and attitudes towards smoking as well as with their smoking behavior. Methods. Survey targeted at the 11-15 years old pupils and was carried out in four schools in Latvia and four schools in Liverpool before and after peer-to-peer pilot intervention. 931 questionnaires in Riga and 836 in Liverpool were used for data analysis. SPSS 15.0 for Windows has been utilized for processing the statistical data. The statistical significance of the data in question was tested, by using the chi-square (χ2) and Z criteria. Results. 15% of pupils in Riga (12% girls and 19% boys) and 8% in Liverpool (13% and 5%) smoked during last month, from which 3% and 1% - smoked daily. 92% of respondents in Liverpool and 94% in Riga knew that smoking is harmful for health. Before intervention 85% of pupils in Riga and 90% in Liverpool declared not smoking if one of the best friends offered a cigarette, ever smokers were less likely to resist. 35% in Liverpool and 49% Riga thought that girls and accordingly, 29% and 40% boys who smoke have less friends. Majority of population in both cities thought that smoking makes young people look less attractive. Approximately, half of the smokers were willing to quit with higher percentage of those who smoked daily. 50% of children in Riga and 44% in Liverpool schools were exposed to ETS at least one day, last week (daily, 22% and 19%), which was strongly associated with... [to full text]
Paukštė E. Vaikų ir jaunimo rūkymo prevencijos organizavimas bendruomenėje. Visuomenės sveikatos vadybos magistro baigiamasis darbas / darbo vadovas doc. Veryga A.; Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas, Medicinos akademija, Visuomenės sveikatos fakultetas, Sveikatos vadybos katedra. – Kaunas, 2011. – 98 p. Darbo tikslas. Įvertinti vaikų rūkymo prevencijos programos reikšmę vaikų žinioms, nuostatoms apie rūkymą bei jų rūkymo įpročiams. Metodai. Anoniminė 11-15 metų moksleivių apklausa atlikta keturiose Latvijos ir keturiose Liverpulio mokyklose prieš ir po bendraamžis-bendraamžiui bandomają intervenciją. Į duomenų analizę buvo įtraukta 931 anketa Rygoje ir 836 anketos Liverpulyje. Statistinė duomenų analizė buvo atlikta naudojant statistinį programinį paketą SPSS 15.0 for Windows. Surinktų duomenų skirtumų patikimumas buvo vertinamas Chi kvadrato (χ2) ir Z kriterijais. Rezultatai. Nustatyta, jog per pastarąsias 30 dienų, Rygoje rūkė 15 proc. (12 proc. mergaičių ir 19 proc. berniukų) ir Liverpulyje 8 proc. moksleivių (13 proc. ir 5 proc.) iš kurių 3 proc. ir 1 proc. rūkė kasdien. 92 proc. moksleivių Liverpulyje ir 94 proc. Rygoje žinojo, jog rūkymas yra žąlingas sveikatai. 85 proc. vaikų Rygoje ir 90 proc. Liverpulyje prieš intervenciją teigė, jog nerūkytų jeigu vienas geriausių draugų pasiūlytų cigaretę. 35 proc. apklaustųjų Liverpulyje ir 49 proc. Rygoje manė, jog mergaitės ir atitinkamai, 29 proc. ir 40 proc. berniukai, kurie rūko turi mažiau draugų. Beto, didžioji... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

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Patterson, Daren C. "Suicide procedures with youth prevention, intervention and postvention /." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008pattersond.pdf.

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Frew, Kira. "Community-driven injury prevention in youth female soccer." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44931.

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Introduction: Youth female soccer players are at high risk of lower-extremity (LE) injury. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have previously demonstrated the efficacy of team-based neuromuscular training in decreasing injury rates in youth female soccer players. In an RCT, the neuromuscular training program used in this study was efficacious in reducing the risk of all injuries by 38% and acute-onset injuries by 43% in youth soccer players. The aim of this thesis was to determine the effectiveness of such an injury prevention program when community initiated, taught and delivered. Research design: Historical cohort study Participants: In 2008, 23 teams participated in the collection of quality assurance data (n=351). In 2010, 15 teams completed the study (n=187). Players in both cohorts were ages 9 to 17. Intervention: The program included a team-based neuromuscular training warm-up (including dynamic stretching, strength, agility, plyometric and balance components) and an individual home-based wobble board training program. Main outcome measures: Soccer injury resulting in time loss of one week or more. A soccer injury was defined as any injury occurring during soccer activity resulting in medical attention and/or the removal of the player from the current session and/or subsequent time loss of at least one soccer session as a direct result of that injury. Results: In study 1, the Risk Ratios (RR) comparing the intervention season to the control season were: all injury (RR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.37-1.45), acute-onset injury (RR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.33-1.44) and LE injury (RR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.34-1.64). In study 2, there was evidence that player position and right knee flexion-to-extension ratio were significant risk factors for injury in youth female soccer players participating in an injury prevention program. Conclusions: RR point estimates suggest that a community-driven team-based neuromuscular training program may be protective of all injury, acute-onset injury and LE injury in youth female soccer players. The magnitude of this effect is similar to that previously determined in RCT studies examining a similar neuromuscular training program. Future research should focus on the implementation context of delivery of such a program to evaluate adherence and maintenance in a youth soccer population.

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Davidson, Claire. "Restorative justice and the prevention of youth reoffending." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2682.

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This thesis is made up of three papers. The first is a systematic literature review investigating the effectiveness of restorative justice interventions on reducing the reoffending rate of young people. The review consists of nine studies, the majority of which (N=8) found that there was no significant difference between the impact of restorative justice interventions, and other interventions targeting young offenders, on the rate of reoffending. One study found that restorative justice interventions had a significant positive effect at a three-year follow-up period. Following this, recommendations were made for future research. This included the exploration of the views of restorative justice Case Managers as to what factors are important in enabling restorative justice interventions to prevent young people reoffending. The second paper is a bridging document which explains how key decisions throughout the process of completing this piece of work were made, and makes explicit the journey from the Systematic Review to the Research Project. This includes the focus of the research, methodology, method and analysis. The bridging document also explores the areas of ontology, epistemology, reflexivity and ethical issues. The third paper describes a piece of empirical research. In line with recommendations in the Systematic Review, the views of restorative justice Case Managers from a Youth Justice Service were explored regarding the factors that they considered important in delivering a restorative justice intervention that is successful in reducing reoffending. A group interview was used to elicit the views of the Case Managers. Through applying a thematic analysis to the data, six themes emerged; learning, community, enabling change, a holistic approach, professional skill and overcoming systemic barriers. A model is proposed to highlight the relationship between dialogic space and the six themes identified through analysis, in supporting the competence, autonomy and relatedness of young people as conceptualised in self-determination theory. It was concluded that Educational Psychologists have an important role to play in supporting services to develop and deliver interventions with positive outcomes for children and young people. The benefits and limitations of using a group interview are discussed. Implications for the practice of Educational Psychologists, and suggestions for further research, are explored.

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Wright, Linda. "Alcohol and youth work." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5056/.

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This thesis is an analysis of a curriculum development process used to train youth workers to raise and respond to alcohol issues. Within an interpretivist framework, a seven-stage model of curriculum planning was developed. Stage 1 involved examination of the literature on youth work and alcohol and youth work training, an empirical needs assessment study (via a national survey and in-depth consultation in one youth service) and examination of the results in relation to the literature on young people and alcohol. Stage 2 used the stage 1 data to define the rationale, which in turn informed stages 3-5, formulation of aims and learning outcomes, learning activities and teaching resources. Stage 6, delivery, involved pilot courses in in- service and initial-training contexts. Illuminative evaluation was used to assess the training process (Stage 7) and its impact on youth worker practice. The staged model was found to be a practical curriculum development framework, particularly combined with an action-research approach. The study confirmed the importance of thorough training needs assessment, including the needs of service users. Youth workers were found to typically adopt a reactive approach to alcohol issues, which focused on individual young drinkers rather than structural determinants of alcohol-related harm. The pilot courses were successful in stimulating planned alcohol education initiatives. Features of training that enabled youth workers to tackle alcohol issues included: a clear rationale based on youth work principles, harm-reduction goals, understanding the place and meaning of alcohol in young people's lives, a practice focus and managerial support. The study discusses the implications of the findings for youth work training and informal education practice and suggests a strategy for fixture development of the alcohol training materials.

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Hertel, Lori Ann. "Considering Gender in Intimate Partner Violence Prevention for Youth." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7297.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered a pressing public health concern. Adolescent victims of IPV are at risk of a number of severe consequences which can lead to poorer academic performance, relationship problems, and being revictimized by or perpetrating IPV later in life. The purpose of this study was to conduct a qualitative case study on the Love Doesn’t Hurt (LDH) program run in 100 schools in Kansas to understand the professional viewpoints of the counselors/teachers who led the program, determine whether they saw improvements among the male adolescent population, obtain knowledge of ways the program worked or did not work, and determine suggestions for future practices. The central question was: What experiences and reactions do Kansas middle school students have while participating in the LDH program? Open-ended unstructured interviews were held with 9 family and consumer science teachers/counselors from 3 sites in Kansas (1 each from a rural, suburban, and urban setting) selected through purposive sampling and analyzed through NVivo 12 software. The theoretical foundation for this study was social learning and feminist theory. Students participating in the LDH program seemed to communicate more openly with and have greater awareness related to IPV. Girls felt more comfortable and participated more than boys. Boys seemed more mature when separated from girls but perceived the curriculum as “male-bashing.” This study is critical for policymakers; they may want to integrate the program more permanently into their academic curriculum, especially since longer sessions of IPV prevention programs seem to produce more long-term effects.

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Mayhew, Catherine E. "NAMI NH Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative: Most Significant Changes." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch154522943827198.

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Haddad, Kristen Lauren. "Demystifying Youth Advisory Structures: A Three-Paper Dissertation with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1613746504756669.

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MacDonald, Jo-Ann Mary. "Promoting optimal outcomes for STI/HIV prevention skills in youth." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96732.

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Behaviours common among youth (e.g., inconsistent condom use, substance use) place them at increased risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Despite decades of prevention efforts, STIs in youth continue to be a major public health challenge in Canada. Factors affecting school-based intervention success or failure have yet to be explained; contextual factors external to the individual, yet to be defined; and the involvement of youth in the design and evaluation of curriculum interventions, remains poorly documented.A three-phase exploratory study was conducted in two Prince Edward Island schools to describe: (a) factors youth identify as being important to facilitate their ability to take control of their sexual health behaviour, (b) what these youth perceive their needs to be in terms of sexual health education, (c) how they perceive newly developed curriculum resources, and (d) what can be learned about their participation in a curriculum development process.In Phase I, 15 girls and 13 boys participated in focus groups (n=8) and engaged in participatory activities (e.g., reflective writing, role-play, drawing) in order to identify their sexual health education needs and to contribute to the form and content of educational resources to be developed. In Phase II, curriculum experts assisted with refining the youth-generated materials so that they might become resources for use in schools. Eventually this process led to a set of resources (e.g., vignettes, sexual-risk assessment activities, and games) that promote STI/HIV prevention. In Phase III, 22 of the 28 participants from Phase I participated in focus groups (n=4) to evaluate the curriculum resources refined in Phase II. Inductive analyses of data (thematic and content analysis) from student focus groups were undertaken. Youth described positive and negative influences (factors at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational, and community levels) on their ability to take control of sexual health behaviour. The findings from this study offer insight into the social composition of sexual risk that needs to be considered in future intervention studies. A tailored approach to the development of sexual health curriculum resources for youth may improve school-based intervention success toward preventing STIs in this high-risk group.
Certains comportements courants adoptés par les adolescents (l'usage irrégulier du condom ou la consommation d'alcool et de drogues, par ex.) augmentent le risque de contracter une infection transmissible sexuellement (ITS). Malgré les efforts déployés depuis des décennies en matière de prévention au Canada, les ITS continuent de poser un grand défi pour la santé publique au sein de cette population. Les facteurs responsables de la réussite ou à l'échec des interventions en milieu scolaire sont mal connus; les facteurs contextuels (extérieurs à l'individu) restent à définir; enfin, la participation des jeunes à la conception et à l'évaluation des programmes scolaires a fait l'objet de peu d'analyses.Nous avons mené dans les écoles de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard une étude exploratoire en trois volets qui visait à décrire: a) les facteurs jugés importants par les adolescents afin de favoriser leur propre responsabilisation en matière de santé sexuelle; b) les besoins qu'ils expriment en matière d'éducation sur le sujet; c) leurs perceptions à l'égard des ressources pédagogiques récentes; d) ce qu'on peut apprendre sur leur participation à la conception de programmes scolaires sur le sujet.Dans le cadre du volet I, 15 jeunes filles et 13 jeunes garçons ont pris part à des groupes de discussion (n=8) ainsi qu'à des activités participatives (exercice de réflexion par écrit, jeu de rôles, dessin) dans le but de définir leurs besoins en matière de santé sexuelle et de déterminer le format et le contenu de ressources pédagogiques éventuelles. Dans le volet II, des pédagogues ont contribué à peaufiner le matériel produit par les jeunes en vue de son utilisation en milieu scolaire. Cette démarche a conduit à la production d'un ensemble de ressources axées sur la prévention des ITS et du VIH (par. ex., sketches, activités d'évaluation du risque, jeux). Dans le volet III, 22 adolescents parmi les 28 qui avaient participé au premier volet ont évalué dans le cadre de nouveaux groupes de discussion (n=4) le matériel pédagogique conçu au cours du volet II. Nous avons procédé à une analyse inductive des données recueillies (analyse thématique et analyse de contenu). Les participants ont décrit l'incidence positive ou négative d'un ensemble de facteurs (de nature intrapersonnelle, interpersonnelle, organisationnelle et sociale) sur leur capacité de se responsabiliser. Nos conclusions jettent un éclairage sur la nature sociale du risque sexuel, une dimension qui demandera à être approfondie dans des recherches subséquentes. La conception de matériel pédagogique adapté aux besoins des jeunes pourrait accroître le succès des interventions en milieu scolaire en matière de prévention des ITS au sein de ce groupe à risque élevé.

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Dickson, Laurie Marie. "A developmental perspective of youth gambling attitudes : implications for prevention." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29499.

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The present study examined developmental and gender differences in youths' attitudes toward gambling. Phase I of the study involved a quantitative analysis of gambling attitudes among 1408 students from Elementary and Secondary Schools. Participants ranging from 8 to 20 years of age completed the Attitudes and Gambling Activities Questionnaire (AGAQ) and scaled questions designed to delineate the perceived degree of skill and luck involved in various gambling activities. The frequency and reasons youth engage in specific gambling activities and explored attitudes and their relationship to perceptions of perceived control over gambling outcomes. Results revealed age and gender related attitudes toward gambling that may increase their vulnerability to developing problem gambling were examined. Older youth expressed more tolerance of gambling activities while young children under-estimated the addictive nature of gambling and over-estimated the degree of control over gambling outcomes. Males expressed being less fearful of getting caught gambling and had much more tolerant attitudes toward gambling behaviors. Furthermore, those youth found to have a greater number of permissive and/or irresponsible attitudes also had greater misperceptions concerning the degree of skill involved in gambling. Phase II of the study elaborated upon quantitative findings through focus group analysis involving 59 participants in grades 4, 7, 9 and 11. Results expanded upon findings regarding youths' perceptions of gambling and attitudes towards gambling at school, and outline youths' understanding of responsible gambling. Findings are discussed in terms of their utility for youth problem gambling prevention programming and future directions for research are suggested.

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Palmer-Green, Debbie S. "Injury epidemiology and injury prevention in English youth rugby union." Thesis, University of Bath, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520932.

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Hermosilla, Estefania. "A Marijuana Use Prevention Program for Youth| A Grant Proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10784164.

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The purpose of this project was to locate a potential funding source and write a grant to fund the implementation of the Youth Message Development (YMD) program for all sixth and eighth grade students in Santa Ana, California.

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit substance in the United States. Research indicates that use of marijuana by adolescents can lead to negative neurological and cognitive consequences. The goals of the proposed program are to delay or deter marijuana use among youth in the Santa Ana Unified School District by increasing their media-literacy and criticalthinking skills when faced with pro-marijuana advertisements and messages. If funded, this program would help youth in Santa Ana increase their knowledge of advertisement techniques and develop essential skills that may protect them from the dangers that early initiation of marijuana can pose. Actual submission of and/or funding of this grant proposal was not required for successful completion of this project.

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Khlot, Chinicka. "Mentoring Dropout Prevention Program for Cambodian Youth| A Grant Proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10786210.

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The purpose of this project is to design a program, identify potential funding sources and write a grant to fund a mentoring-dropout prevention program. The mentoring-dropout prevention program targets Cambodian youth residing in the city of Long Beach, California. An extensive literature review increased awareness of the acculturative and psychosocial challenges that affect Cambodian youth and specific issues impacting the Cambodian community. Relevant theories and best practices among mentoring programs are also used to guide the planning of the proposed mentoring program. Next, a search for potential funding sources was conducted using various methods including Internet searches, grant databases and consultations with professional grant writers. The Ford Foundation was selected as the best funding source for this project. A grant proposal was then written to support the need for a culturally sensitive mentoring-dropout prevention program targeting Cambodian youth.

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Kawamura, Morgan A. "Youth Prevention Programs: A Framework for Conducting Mediation Meta-Analyses." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7458.

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Often for prevention program designs, researchers are interested in understanding the processes through which a program impacts a targeted outcome. Mediation analysis assists in identifying not only how a program influences an outcome, but also which intermediate variables (i.e., mediators) cause the effects between a program and an outcome to occur. Mediation analysis explains why a program works, which is useful for program developers in creating effective prevention and intervention-based programs. To make use of mediation analysis findings for preventive intervention programs, researchers need a comprehensive understanding of the mediators between various programs and outcomes. However, a comprehensive examination into which mediators are most effective has yet to take place. This is likely due to the lack of theoretical and quantitative guidance on conducting a comprehensive comparison study for mediated effects. As such, this work establishes a framework for measuring mediated effects in a comprehensive context. This thesis establishes a framework under which to evaluate mediated effects across multiple studies, demonstrates the application of this framework, and discusses the broader implications of this approach. Identifying the most effective mediators through the proposed approach lends a valuable understanding to practitioners and policymakers about critical actions for preventing a given outcome.

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Kridler, Jamie Branam. "Defining Youth Violence and Identifying Strategies for Intervention and Prevention." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2003. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5854.

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Martinez, Jacqueline. "Teenage pregnancy prevention program for foster youth| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10096060.

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The purpose of this project was to partner with a local community agency and locate funding sources for a grant to fund a teenage pregnancy prevention program. The goal of the program is to prevent, educate and reduce teenage pregnancy among foster care youth through comprehensive education. The goal will be accomplished through an evidence-based program that focuses on the strengths and struggles of the foster care youth. Foster care youth will benefit from having accurate sexual health information through peer advisors. This grant project seeks funding for the teenage prevention program for foster youth through The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH). The host agency is Human Services Association (HSA) a non-profit community based agency serving residents of Bell Gardens, California. Human Services Association will partner with the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family services to provide education for the foster youth in the prevention of teenage pregnancy. The submission and/or funding of this grant was not a requirement for the successful completion of this project.

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Paiva, Andrea Eastwood. "Youth at risk for alcohol use and smoking : a longitudinal examination of profiles of prevention /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2006. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3225325.

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Lindquist-Grantz, Robin. "Youth Participatory Action Research as a Strategy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149131648280023.

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Mesher, Daniel R. "Youth ministry to suburban street gangs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1093.

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Albedaiwi, Mahood. "Youth and drug abuse prevention in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Essex, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511039.

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Miller, Heidi. "Prevention for At-Risk Youth Target Program: A Longitudinal Evaluation Study." Connect to online version at OhioLINK ETD Connect to online version at Digital.Maag, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1989/3753.

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Schetzina, Karen E., William Dalton, Elizabeth Lowe, Nora Azzazy, Katrina VonWerssowetz, Connie Givens, Deborah Pfortmiller, and H. Stern. "A Coordinated School Health Approach to Obesity Prevention Among Appalachian Youth." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5102.

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Childhood obesity has been an increasing problem in the United States, especially in rural areas. Effective prevention approaches are needed. This article describes the development, implementation, effectiveness, feasibility, and sustainability of a school-based obesity prevention pilot project, Winning with Wellness. The program was based on the coordinated school health model and included a community-based participatory research approach aimed at promoting healthy eating and physical activity in a rural Appalachian elementary school. Findings from this preliminary project revealed improvements in nutrition offerings and increased physical activity during the school day. In addition, the program was found to be acceptable to teachers, successfully implemented utilizing both existing and newly developed resources, and sustainable as evidenced in continued practice and expansion to other area schools.

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Schetzina, Karen E. "A Coordinated School Health Approach to Obesity Prevention among Appalachian Youth." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5027.

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Latimer, Jeff 1967. "Youth delinquency, family intervention treatment and recidivism : a meta-analysis." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29947.

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This thesis explored the relationship between youth delinquency, family intervention treatment and recidivism through a meta-analysis of existing literature. Fifty individual effect size estimates were derived from thirty-five experimental research studies examining the impact of involving families in the treatment of young offenders. Initially, family intervention treatment was found to significantly reduce the recidivism of young offenders compared to non-familial responses to youth crime. Methodology, however, was found to be a crucial determinant of the reported effects of treatment; studies using less rigorous methods tended to produce significantly higher rates of success than studies using more rigorous methods. In terms of treatment characteristics, programs treating younger offenders and programs with voluntary participation displayed significantly lower levels of reported recidivism. The results suggested the need to develop more rigorous methods and reporting practices and to target younger offenders with voluntary family-based interventions.

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Patterson, Lindsey Brianna. "Fostering Strengths in Incarcerated Youth: The Development of a Measure of Psychological Empowerment in Oregon Youth Authority Correctional Facilities." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1086.

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Research on juvenile offender treatment and intervention has called for a shift from a deficits-based to a strengths-based approach (Marshall, Ward, Mann, Moulden, Fernandez, Serran, & Marshall, 2005; Wormith, Althouse, Simpson, Reitzel, Fagan, & Morgan, 2007; Zeldin, 2004). One potential approach to treatment fosters a sense of psychological empowerment in youth. Although research has yet to explore the experience of psychological empowerment within incarcerated youth, theory on empowerment suggests that it could help youth to create both cognitive (e.g., increased self-esteem, increased confidence) and behavioral (e.g., improving quality of life, social integration) changes in their lives (Cargo, Grams, Ottoson, Ward, & Green, 2003; Holden, Crankshaw, Nimsch, Hinnant, & Hund, 2004a). Empowerment-based programming may also help youth develop specific psychosocial capacities, such as competence, confidence, and self-efficacy, which are necessary skills for future success and community reintegration. The purpose of the current study was to establish a measure of psychological empowerment (PE) and explore potential behavioral correlates of PE for young men within Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) correctional and re-entry facilities. Using a cross-sectional, non-experimental design, quantitative data from self-report surveys of incarcerated youth on PE in three settings within correctional facilities as well as OYA staff ratings of behavioral success in five skill areas was collected. Confirmatory factor analyses did not support the three-factor structure of PE. A single-factor structure of Intrapersonal PE was found to fit the data in three correctional settings. The present study has implications for the reconceptualization and reoperationalization of psychological empowerment in this unique context. Using the confirmed sub-scale, results of hierarchical linear models indicated that Intrapersonal PE was a significant predictor of behavioral success in two of the five OYA domains. Even with an imperfect operationalization of PE, there was partial evidence for the predictive ability of Intrapersonal PE.

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Cao, Jing. "Preventing Youth Crime in Chongqing: The Implications of Western Scientific Evidence and Intergovernmental Guidelines on Crime Prevention Through Social Development." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22788.

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The primary objective of this thesis was to examine the relevance of intergovernmental decisions and western risk-focused social crime prevention to reducing youth crime within Chongqing, China. This involved a review of the existing literature that might be relevant to: (i) the current youth crime situation in the city of Chongqing, (ii) risk factors that might contribute to youth crime within Chongqing, (iii) the scientific evaluations of ‘evidence-based’ risk-focused crime prevention strategies for different age groups of youth, and (iv) implementation strategies for evidence-based innovations to reduce youth crime. Based on this knowledge, interviews with six key stakeholders of Chongqing were conducted for the purpose of obtaining initial perceptions regarding the utility and practicality of crime prevention through social development within Chongqing. Ultimately, this study demonstrates the preliminary relevance of western studies and action, recalls China’s endorsement of intergovernmental recommendations, and provides a foundation for further research.

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Whicker, Jennifer L. "Supporting Utah's Parents in Preventing Adolescent Suicide: A Literature Review and Handouts for Utah's Youth Suicide Prevention Manual." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3275.

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Suicide, a public health problem on a global scale, has become the focus in many domains across the United States. With the recent push to provide solutions to the adolescent suicide rate in the U.S., the school setting has become an important venue for prevention and intervention efforts. While there are many risk and protective factors, the majority of suicide completions are concurrent with psychiatric disorders among adolescents; as such, this is an area that warrants further investigation. Additionally, school resources are often overwhelmed by the magnitude of need among the student population; therefore, effective interventions must be identified that can feasibly be implemented in the schools. Research has suggested that parent-adolescent relationships are key in the prevention of suicide, yet minimal research has been conducted towards promoting healthy parent-adolescent relationships for at-risk adolescents. Additionally, some research suggests that school and community interventions are only more effective than parental support when negative parent-adolescent relationships are present. This implies that fostering parental support should be a top priority in school-based suicide prevention efforts. This literature review identifies and summarizes pertinent scholarly research and resources for schools to better support parents of adolescents who struggle with suicidal thoughts and previous attempted suicides. As part of an intervention plan which increases home/school collaboration in adolescent suicide prevention, handouts were developed for parents (found in the appendix), which include information on warning signs of suicide, risk factors for suicide, and methods of responding to suicidality. After adapting these handouts to best meet their students' needs, school-based mental health professionals may consider including these handouts in their school's crisis plan and suicide prevention efforts.

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McCoy, Jay Russell. "FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION OF A YOUTH SUMMER DAY PROGRAM (DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291196.

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Rosana, Masese Eric. "The social construction of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies among Abagusii youth-Kenya." Thesis, Pau, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PAUU1020/document.

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Le V.I.H/ SIDA continue à être un problème important, tant socio-économique que sur la plan physiologique qui affecte les jeunes au Kenya, et ce, en dépit des interventions préventives qui visent à donner les moyens d’éviter la contamination. Ceci a suscité plusieurs études sur les facteurs contextuels régissant ce fléau. Cependant, ce qui manque dans ces études, c’est l’examen du processus de formation des représentations à l’origine des comportements sexuels dans les différents contextes culturels. En ce qui concerne la sexualité et le V.I.H / SIDA, cette étude traite des structures et des processus de formation de ces représentations à l’intérieur des groupes sociaux. Elle traite aussi comment les significations produites influencent l’interprétation et l’adoption des stratégies préventive à l’égard du V.I.H / SIDA. Employant la théorie de la construction sociale, cette étude examine la compréhension des stratégies de prévention du V.I.H / SIDA telle que l’Abstinence, la Fidélité, l’utilisation des Préservatifs (AFP) et la Connaissance de son statut (VCT) parmi les jeunes Abagusiis dans leurs expériences vécues. Spécifiquement, l’étude examine comment les significations sociales à l’égard de la sexualité et du V.I.H / SIDA influencent l’interprétation et la prise de mesures concernant l’AFP et les approches de prévention de V.I.H / SIDA. Les données de cette étude ont été obtenues auprès de 100 jeunes Abagusiis au moyen d’entretiens intensifs et d’observations participantes. Des données supplémentaires ont été obtenues auprès des animateurs sociaux. Les résultats de l‘étude montrent que les jeunes Abagusiis comprennent les stratégies préventifs qui touchent le V.I.H / SIDA (AFP et VCT) en relation avec leurs significations sociales de la sexualité. En résumé, alors qu’elle apprécie le rôle important des facteurs structuraux et contextuels qui influencent le comportement sexuel, l’étude soutient qu’il est important de tenir compte des processus de formation des représentations, afin de mieux comprendre les réactions comportementales des individus au sujet des campagnes préventives concernant le V.I.H / SIDA dans des divers contextes culturels, et pour s’assurer de leur efficacité
HIV/AIDS continues to be a major socio-economic and medical problem affecting youth in Kenya. This is in spite of the massive prevention interventions which aim at empowering the youth with information on how to avoid being infected. This has therefore created impetus for investigating contextual factors driving the pandemic. However, missing in these studies are the processes on how meanings which are vital in influencing sexual behaviour are generated in different cultural contexts. This study therefore focused on the structures and processes of meaning formation within social groups, with regards to sex and HIV/AIDS, and how the produced meanings influence the interpretation and adoption of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies. Using the social construction theory, the study examined emic understanding of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies such Abstinence, Being Faithful, Condom use and Knowing one’s HIV status ( VCT) among Abagusii youth in their lived experiences. Specifically, the study interrogated how the social meanings of sex and HIV/AIDS influence the interpretation and action towards “ABC” and “VCT” HIV/AIDS prevention approaches. Data for this study was obtained from 100 Abagusii youth using in-depth conversational interviews and participant observation. Augmentative data was also obtained from key informant interviews. Findings from the study showed that Abagusii youths make sense of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies (ABC and VCT) in relation to their social meanings of sex. In conclusion, while appreciating the vital role of structural and contextual factors in influencing sexual behaviour, the study argued that it is equally important to take into account meaning formation processes in understanding individuals’ behavioural responses to HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns in diverse cultural contexts for them to be effective

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Bridgforth, Myra Binns. "Relapse prevention with adolescent substance abusers and their families." Thesis, This resource online, 1988. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04272010-020325/.

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張耀中 and Yiu-chung Edward Cheung. "The effectiveness of prevention intervention for adolescent on drug abuse." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47657492.

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Background This paper provides an updated review of the literature on drug prevention programmes (from 2001 to July2011) and reports the findings from these previous studies on the effectiveness and nature of present drug prevention practices. Relevant data on the effectiveness of drug prevention intervention among adolescents has been summarised and examined. In addition, this paper identifies various essential elements that have the potential for creating and providing effective drug prevention strategies, whether to prevent substance misuse or to minimise the harm caused. Different prevention strategies will also be discussed, including: social influence approach, refusal skill training, and motivational interviewing. Design The paper will conduct a review of the previous literature. Aims This literature review proposes to: 1. Review all of the published evidence from research which was conducted between 2001and 2011 on the effectiveness of drug prevention programmes for adolescents. 2. Identify findings and recommendations regarding the content, approaches, format, theoretical bases, and methods associated with an effective drug prevention program. 3. Discuss any potential or proved effective components on a drug prevention program in tackling such drug abuse problems. Methods Two searching engines (i.e. PubMed and Medline) were used to find the relevant papers and journals which have been published within the past ten years (i.e. 2001 to 2011). Studies about the evaluation of the effectiveness of drug education and prevention strategies, targeting the most vulnerable group (i.e. aged between 12 and 25) were included. Results Twenty four studies met the criteria and were reviewed in depth. Thirteen of them evaluated the effectiveness of school-based interventions, including the school-based drug testing program. The remaining papers evaluated the effectiveness of non-school based prevention interventions in different approaches such as social influence, parental cooperation, refusal skills education, and life skills training. Conclusions Social influence approaches were evidenced as the most effective intervention to prevent drug abuse. Interventions that are conducted interactively (e.g. simulated scenario and role-playing) are more effective than providing normative information. Gender differences were found in some of the interventions. However, it is recommended that further research should be conducted to evaluate these results.
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Yu, Hongyan, and 俞鸿雁. "The effectiveness of anti-smoking advertising on youth smoking since 2003 : a systematic review." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193776.

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Youth tobacco use is a major public health problem worldwide. Studies show that there is an association between exposure to anti-smoking advertising and youth smoking prevalence. Anti-smoking advertising can be used as an important tobacco control measure to prevent youth smoking. The objectives of this review mainly focus on evaluating the effectiveness of anti-smoking advertising on youth smoking, analyzing the influential factors that may affect the effectiveness. 4 main databases, PubMed, EBSCO, Scopus and Google Scholar were included for literature searching, as well as the reference lists, and 483 related articles were found initially. After restricted by the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 11 articles were included for analysis ultimately. According to this review, the influential factors included the exposure rate, sponsor, promotion approaches and the theme of anti-smoking advertising. Those factors have significant effects on youth’s smoking behavior and smoking prevalence. Non-tobacco industry sponsored, high exposure rate, the theme of negative life circumstance and using humor as a vehicle to deliver anti-smoking messages can be effective in reducing the smoking rate among youth. However, the methods used in the included articles were uneven, and the mechanism of the anti-smoking advertising on youth smoking is still unclear, further research should be conducted. The results of this review can still have some instructions to policy-makers on formulating tobacco control measures in the future, especially the anti-smoking program.
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Barker, Leslie Jayne. "Preventing anxiety disorders in youth : universal school-based intervention." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1193.

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Childhood anxiety disorders are highly prevalent, cause significant distress and functional impairment, are risk factors for depression, suicidal ideation and attempts, substance abuse and smoking, yet often go unrecognized and untreated. As a result, effective prevention and early intervention have become policy and research priorities. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a universal school-based cognitive behavioural intervention in decreasing anxiety symptoms experienced by early adolescents during the transition from elementary to middle or secondary school. The role of gender, coping style, geographic location, and timing of the intervention were also assessed. Participants were 722 grade 7 and 8 students (11 – 14 years) from 41 classrooms in 20 randomly selected public schools in British Columbia. Schools were randomly assigned to either the FRIENDS for Youth program provided within regular classrooms, one hour weekly for 10 weeks or to a waitlist control group. Self-reported anxiety, depression and coping, and parent and teacher assessed difficulties were assessed at pre-, post, and six month follow-up. Results were examined universally and for children who scored above the clinical cut-off for anxiety at pre-test. Results indicate students, including those “at risk”, who participated in the FRIENDS for Youth program had lower anxiety than those in the control group at 6-month follow-up. Gender differences in self-reported anxiety as well as in response to the intervention were found, with girls, including those “at risk” reporting higher anxiety scores than boys, and intervention group girls reporting significantly lower anxiety scores at post-intervention and at 6-month follow-up compared to the control group. Teachers assessed girls as having lower difficulties scores than boys, and intervention group girls reporting significantly lower difficulties scores at post-intervention than the control group. Grade 7 elementary students had significantly lower anxiety scores than middle school students and grade 7 students in the intervention group had significantly lower anxiety scores at post-intervention than the control group. Overall, intervention effects on anxiety were small. For “at risk” participants and for girls, however, the intervention was effective. Results demonstrated a prevention effect with significantly fewer “at risk” students at 6-month follow-up in the intervention group than the control group.

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Walsh, Audra St John. "Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Youth Mental Health: A National Study." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4605.

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Collaboration between school- and community-based mental health professionals has the potential to result in early identification of and intervention for youth with mental health problems; however, the limited research in this area suggests that collaboration does not often occur between these professionals (Walsh, 2011). The purpose of this investigation was to collect survey data from a national sample of school psychologists in order to examine the collaborative practices of school psychologists and community-based mental health professionals on behalf of youth with mental health problems. Survey data from 327 members of 11 professional state organizations of school psychology were collected and analyzed. Data indicate that all respondents communicated and 77% collaborated with community-based mental health professionals at least once during the 2011-2012 school year. The primary purpose of this communication was to obtain or provide information to community-based professionals. Respondents communicated and collaborated most commonly with community-based counselors and therapists and least commonly with neurologists. Barriers to collaboration included a lack of time, inaccessible community-based professionals, and obtaining parent consent to collaborate. Significant relationships were found in communication and collaboration frequencies and number of professional development hours received related to mental health, as well as between collaboration frequency and the primary professional role of the school psychologist. Significant relationships were not found between communication or collaboration frequencies related to the highest degree earned or the years experience of the school psychologist, the socio-economic status of the student population, the number of students served, or the number of schools served by the school psychologist. Furthermore, significant results were not obtained for predicting collaboration frequency by the percentage of students with internalizing or externalizing problems. Implications of these findings are discussed in relation to strategies and policy recommendations for professional organizations and supervisors of school- and community-based mental health professionals to foster systems-level interdisciplinary collaboration for the promotion of mental health and wellness in youth.

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Eriksson, Elisabet. "Christian Communities and Prevention of HIV among Youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-155097.

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Young people in South Africa, particularly females, are at great risk of acquiring HIV, and heterosexual sex is the predominant mode of HIV transmission. In order to curb the epidemic the Department of Health encourages all sectors in the society, including religious institutions, to respond effectively. The present thesis seeks to increase the understanding of the role of Christian communities in prevention of HIV for young people. Three denominations in KwaZulu-Natal were selected to reflect the diversity of Christian churches in South Africa: the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, and the Assemblies of God. Using qualitative interviews the first paper explores how religious leaders (n=16) deal with the conflict between the values of the church and young people’s sexuality. Study II reports on attitudes to HIV prevention for young people among religious leaders (n=215) using questionnaire survey data. Study III investigates how young people (n=62) reflect on messages received from their churches regarding premarital sex by analysing nine focus group discussions. In the fourth paper, based on questionnaire survey data, we report on young people’s (n=811) experiences of relationships with the opposite sex and their perceived risk of HIV infection. The view that young people in churches are sexually active before marriage was common among religious leadership. The majority of religious leaders also reported that they are responsible for educating young people about HIV prevention. Religious leaders who had received training on HIV were more likely to run a life skills programme for young people, however they were ambivalent about prevention messages. Young people reported premarital sexual abstinence as the main HIV prevention message from their churches. The majority responded that they had received information about HIV in church. To be in a relationship was common, more so for males for whom multiple relationships also were viewed more acceptable. To perceive themselves at risk of HIV infection was common. Further training for religious leaders is needed to enable them to manage the conflict between the doctrine of the church and their willingness to assist young people in the transition into adulthood.
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Anand, Sanjeev Singh. "Sentencing and the prevention of youth crime, a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional approach." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0003/NQ43412.pdf.

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Russ, Malaika D. "A program evaluation of Georgia campaign for adolescent pregnancy prevention youth leadership program." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2006. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2192.

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This is an exploratory design that examines the effectiveness of Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Youth Leadership Program. This study was based on the premise that youth who participate in this program will have an increase in community service activities, increase in advocacy for issues in the community, enhanced leadership skills, and increase their knowledge in sexual health and gender issues. Because only three youths participated in the study, the evaluator could not evaluate the effectiveness of the Youth Leadership Program. However, this study does provide information based on whether the hypothesis would have been accepted or rejected. In conclusion more research should be conducted on the Youth Leadership Program to measure the effectiveness of the program.

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Case, Stephen. "Promoting prevention : evaluating a multi-agency initiative to prevent youth offending in Swansea." Thesis, Swansea University, 2004. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42962.

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This thesis presents the research and evaluation of ‘Promoting Prevention’, a multiagency, multiple intervention initiative to prevent youth offending in Swansea that is predicated on the generation of systematic information through official and self- reported sources. The thesis discusses how structures and processes within Promoting Prevention have developed through a rolling dynamic between information generation and system reproduction, with particular emphasis upon consultation with young people and key stakeholders. An individual study computer questionnaire, underpinned by the risk factor prevention paradigm, assessed young people’s self-reported attitudes, perceptions and behaviour in order to associate them with a range of risk and protective factors for offending. Statistical analysis identified that exposure to multiple risk factors in the key domains of the young person’s life (i.e. family, school, neighbourhood, lifestyle, personal/individual) was significantly linked to ever and active offending, particularly for males. Several key factors within each domain were highlighted as predictive of ever and active offending. When placed in the context of official and self-reported statistics locally, nationally and internationally, there was a clear overlap in salient issues for young people and identified risk factors, although levels of self-reported drug use and offending were generally higher in Swansea. Systems analyses adapted the grounded theory methodology and utilised interviews with key stakeholders to produce narrative reports and maps of Promoting Prevention components (organisations, committees, documents, individuals) to elucidate the complex, cross-cutting and reflexive nature of the initiative. Overall levels of (self-reported and official) permanent school exclusion and (self- reported and official) ever and active offending in Swansea have fallen since the inception of Promoting Prevention. This indicates that Promoting Prevention can tentatively claim to be successfully addressing offending behaviour by targeting interventions based on risk factors identified by young people. There is a commitment amongst key stakeholders to Promoting Prevention principles and strategies such as consultation and developing a reflexive relationship between research, information and practice. This highlights Promoting Prevention as a modem example of an holistic, rights-based crime prevention initiative underpinned by an ethos of consultation and responding to information relevant to the local context.

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Cruz, Edwin. "Gang Prevention for Youth through Boxing and Anger Management Training| A Grant Proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10785298.

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The purpose of this thesis was to write a grant to fund anger management groups for at-risk youth. The groups would be held immediately after the boxing classes currently offered by the city of Hawaiian Gardens. Six sessions are envisioned. Topics would include self-responsibility and accountability for one’s actions inside and outside of the ring, alternatives to conflict, emotion-regulation skills, and coping with triggers. The goals are to enhance anger management skills, develop positive social skills, and decrease the risk for aggressive behavior and delinquency. In turn, this is expected to reduce the risk for gang membership.

The city of Hawaiian Gardens would be the host agency for this program. The funding source selected was the city of Hawaiian Gardens in conjunction with the Board of State and Community Corrections.

Based on the review of the literature, pairing a gang prevention program with sports has the potential to engage at-risk youth and deter them from the gang culture. The proposed program is expected to provide at-risk youth in the disadvantaged community of Hawaiian Gardens with a positive alternative path in life.

The actual submission of the grant proposal was not required as part of the thesis project.

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Nieto, Faye Lotta. "A drug prevention education program serving East Los Angeles youth: Program outcome evaluation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/431.

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Kridler, Jamie Branam. "The Role of Family and Consumer Sciences Professional in Youth Violence Prevention Initiatives." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5872.

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Kridler, Jamie Branam. "The Role of Family and Consumer Sciences Professionals in Youth Violence Prevention Initiative." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5846.

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Ryan, Jessica Lynn. "Healthcare Costs of Injured Youth: The Need for Prevention, Policy, and Proper Triage." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6754.

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Objective The goal of this dissertation was to identify evidence regarding potential means to reduce healthcare spending on youth injury while protecting and promoting the health of our youth. The first analysis estimated and analyzed both the financial costs and time lost from sports injuries among inpatient and ED youth patients to aid in identifying key populations, raising awareness to policy makers, and emphasizing the need of prevention programs for sports injury. The second analysis analyzed the effect of volume and trauma center (TC) ownership type on trauma alert response charges, which are billed to injured patients for a trauma team activation. The objectives of the third analysis were to evaluate associations of mechanism of injury in youth who have been misclassified as trauma alerts, and to analyze the effect of misclassified youth on healthcare costs. Methods The first study was a retrospective analysis of sports injuries identified in Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) 2010-2014 all-inclusive inpatient and ED datasets. The study population included all hospital patients, aged 5 to 18 years, with a recorded injury from sport. Fixed effects linear and negative binomial regression were used. In the second analysis, every inpatient who visited a TC in Florida and was billed a trauma response charge from 2012 to 2014 was included for a total of 45,993 observations. Multiple linear regression, controlling for patient and hospital factors, was used to find associations between volume and trauma response charges and hospital ownership type and charges. Severity elasticity of trauma response charges was calculated by ownership type. AHCA's 2012-2014 inpatient and financial data were used in the third analysis. The study population included patients, aged 5 to 18 years with no surgery, an ICISS score ≥ .90, a hospital stay less than 24 hours, discharged to home, with recorded mechanism and defined injury. Misclassified patients were those designated as a trauma alert in the field. Logistic and multivariable linear regression were used. Results Over the five year period, sports injuries in Florida youth cost $24,555,547 for inpatient care and $87,083,482 for ED care. Youth spent 10,397 days in the hospital and a total of 536,893 hours in the ED. Youth averaged $6,039 and 2.5 days for an inpatient visit and $439 and 2.3 hours for an ED visit in costs from sports injuries. Volume had a significant, inverse relationship with trauma response charges. For-profit TCs had statistically higher trauma response charges and government owned TCs had statistically lower trauma response charges than not-for-profits. For-profit TCs had an inelastic response to severity for trauma response charges. The mechanisms of injury of firearm, motor vehicle traffic, and transport were significantly, positively associated with misclassification as a trauma alert. Inpatient costs were associated with an 87% increase for patients who were misclassified as a trauma alert. Conclusion Older athletes and males consistently have high healthcare costs from sports. Baseball, basketball, bike riding, football, rollerskating/skateboarding, and soccer are sports with high costs for both ED patients and inpatients and would benefit from prevention programs. Injuries from noncontact sport participants are few but can have high costs. These athletes could benefit from prevention programs as well. Trauma response charges are higher when patient volume is reduced and at for-profit TCs. If injured youth had visited government or not-for-profit TCs, an estimated annual $6.5 to $8.3 million reduction in trauma response charges would have occurred. Reducing these charges are a potential way to reduce excessive healthcare spending without decreasing quality. Mechanism of injury is not a reliable predictor of trauma and was associated with misclassification of pediatric patients with minor injuries as trauma alerts. Costs were higher for mildly injured patients who were trauma alerted, in part due to the trauma alert charge.

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Stewart-Campbell, Rachel Monique. "Perceived Barriers for Implementing Primary Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4409.

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Adolescents continue to be at increased risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections (STI's). This research study describes the perception of barriers that providers in the Tampa Bay area encounter when implementing primary STI prevention programs for adolescents within the community context. This study used semi structured interviews to explore perceived barriers for implementing primary such programs for adolescents in the Tampa Bay area programs. Participants reported faith based institutions/churches and schools as common sectors for presenting a variety of barriers for implementing their program. Perceptions of barriers were described as, the need to tailor program messages and presentations based on restrictions from school officials and parent's opposition to the program; the lack of appropriate places for program activities and distribution of program materials. Other issues that were identified by several participants were lack of political support for programs at the national level and the need for more funding to administer programs.

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Hunter, Kareema A. "Prevention of Adolescent Interpersonal Violence Victimization: The Role of Sports Participation." restricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12062007-174139/.

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Thesis (M.P.H.)--Georgia State University, 2007.
Title from file title page. Ike Okosun, committee chair; Volkan Topalli, Rita Noonan, committee members. Electronic text (53 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Mar. 25, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-52).

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Smith, Brian H. "The effects of community level adoption of a risk- and protection-focused prevention framework on school-based prevention activities /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8147.

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Goss, Kathy. "Factors Occurring in Youth Suicide Behavior in Oregon." PDXScholar, 1996. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1224.

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There has been an epidemic rate of increase in youth suicide since 1960. Professionals, teachers, counselors and parents want to identify youth at risk of suicide and intervene prior to an attempt or a suicide. The premise of this study is that youth who display similar risk factors as past attempters and completers may be at risk of attempting themselves and can be identified by these risk factors. This is a quantitative and descriptive study of youth suicide attempters and completers in the state of Oregon in 1989 and 1990 in an effort to further identify risk factors of youth suicide attempters and completers. The researcher petitioned the Oregon Center for Health Statistics and obtained databases of 1150 youth attempters and 40 suicide completers. The attempter database was compiled from a legislatively mandated informational form filled out in public and private hospital emergency rooms for anyone under 18 sustaining injuries due to a suicide attempt. The second database is compiled from death certificates for youth under 18, specifying suicide as the cause of death. Data, both in the number of cases, and in the depth of the material is sparse on suicide completers. The first question employed both databases to examine the demographic similarities and differences between youth suicide attempters and completers in Oregon in 1989 and 1990. The second and third research questions are answered using the attempter data base. The second question is an in depth examination of 18 social, psychological and behavioral factors taken from the attempter database, resulting in a description of the youth who have previously attempted in Oregon in 1989 and 1990. The third research question again studies the same 18 social psychological and behavioral factors of the attempter population, dividing it into subgroups of sex, race, and age. Through crosstabulation and the chi-square tests of statistical significance, each group was specifically described. A fourth research question called for a qualitative focus group of professional suicidologists who confirmed the findings by comparing them to their own practical experience.

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