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Annotation: This guide is designed to help individuals, organizations, and communities develop campaigns that recognize, promote, and encourage healthy behaviors regardless of the health issues. The guide includes an overview of the field of health education, information about organizing and planning for National Health Education Week 2006, and a tool kit for celebrating safe communities and schools. The guide also includes seven appendices: a fact sheet on childhood injury and violence prevention, additional health legislation resources, information about the Society for Public Health Education and the National Center for Health Education, a list of Coalition for National Health Education organizations, and National Health Education Week contest and application forms and an evaluation form.

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Keywords: Communities, Health, Health education, Health observances, Injury prevention, Legislation, Media campaigns, Schools, Violence prevention

Annotation: This report aims to provide a picture for program managers and policymakers and to help shape future efforts as they make the most effective use of resources in meeting the needs of adolescents, their families, and their communities. The report ascertains what progress has been made at the federal level to meet the needs of adolescents in the following content areas: health and well-being, fitness, family and peer relationships, school environment, smoking, alcohol use, and violence. The report answers four questions about federal efforts to improve adolescent health: (1) is there a national policy that addresses the promotion of adolescent health?, (2) is the Department of Health and Human Services making an effort to create healthier environments for adolescents through a multi-level approach?, (3) what is the status of evaluations of federally funded adolescent health programs?, and (4) what can we learn from existing evaluations of programs that seek to influence adolescent health outcomes? Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report and in an appendix. Five appendices include an expanded methodology, tables, program resources, a bibliography, and program references. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau].

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Alcohol consumption behavior, Communities, Families, Family relations, Federal programs, Final reports, Physical fitness, Public policy, Relationships, Schools, Smoking, Violence

Annotation: This paper focuses on municipal leaders' role in strengthening American's families. Part 1 of the paper discusses how mayors, city council members, and other key city leaders can help mobilize, organize, and lead family-strengthening efforts focused on local families and the neighborhoods in which they live. Part 2 offers a set of strategies for launching and sustaining efforts to strengthen families. Part 3 looks more closely at some specific things city leaders can do to help create important connections for families. The paper contains a wide range of practical ideas for how municipal action can strengthen families.

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Keywords: Child care, City government, Communities, Community programs, Domestic violence, Early childhood development, Education, Employment programs, Families, Family support, Health, Housing, Local government, Neighborhoods, Nutrition, Safety, School age child care

Annotation: This guide describes the Steps to Respect program, a schoolwide curriculum that trains adults to deal effectively with bullying while teaching skills to help children develop healthy relationships and decrease bullying behavior. The pages include success stories, case studies and the research foundations for the program.

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Keywords: Bullying, Community programs, Curricula, Prevention programs, School violence

Annotation: This report on the 2003 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey -- a survey conducted every two years to measure the prevalence of behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease, and injury among youth -- provides information about Vermont students. The information is designed to (1) monitor trends, (2) compare Vermont students with a national sample of students, and (3) plan, evaluate, and improve community and school programs that prevent health problems and promote healthy behaviors. The report includes the following sections: (1) basic information, (2) injuries, violence, and safety, (3) alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD), (4) attitudes and perceptions about ATOD, (5) sexual behavior, (6) body weight and nutrition, (7) physical activity, and (8) measures of youth assets. The report concludes with a list of references.

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Keywords: Adolescent attitudes, Adolescent behavior, Adolescent morbidity, Adolescent mortality, Adolescent sexuality, Adolescents, Alcohol use, Body weight, Community programs, Injuries, Injury, Nutrition, Physical activity, Prevention, Safety, Schools, Smoking, Students, Substance abuse, Surveys, Tobacco use, Trends, Vermont, Violence

Annotation: This issue brief discusses the issue of bullying, harassment, and teasing in schools, with an emphasis on youth with disabilities, and describes two exemplary, comprehensive whole-school antibullying programs: (1) Dan Olweus's Intervention Program and (2) the Second Step Program. The brief concludes with additional resources on bullying and a list of references.

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Keywords: Adolescents with developmental disabilities, Adolescents with special health care needs, Bullying, Community programs, Prevention programs, School violence

Annotation: This report discusses bullying, how it can be prevented, the low costs of proven programs, and consequences of failure to act against bullying. The report concludes with endnotes.

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Keywords: Bullying, Crime prevention, Prevention, School violence

Annotation: This report summarizes research and seeks to clarify trends between official records of youth violence and young people's self-reports of violent behaviors. It describes research identifying and clarifying the factors that increase the risk that a young person will become violent, as well as studies that have begun to identify developmental pathways that may lead a young person into a violent lifestyle. The report also explores the research area of factors that seem to protect youths from viewing violence as an acceptable -- or inevitable -- way of approaching or responding to life events. Finally, the report reviews research on the effectiveness of specific strategies and programs designed to reduce and prevent youth violence.

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Keywords: Intervention, School violence, Violence, Violence prevention, Youth

Annotation: This report draws on federal data to provide a statistical portrait of juvenile homicide victimization presented in overall patterns and victim age groups. Specific types of homicide victimization included are maltreatment, abduction, and school homicides. Initiatives designed to prevent homicide are discussed.

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Keywords: Abductions, Child death review, Children, Crime prevention, Family violence, Homicide, Maltreated children, Physical abuse, School violence, Statistical data, Victims, Violence prevention, Youth

Annotation: This book, written for parents, caregivers, and professionals, provides information about adolescents and the challenges and issues that they encounter. Topics covered include healthy bodies and healthy minds; adolescents, families, and schools; mental health; adolescent sexuality and the case for abstinence; adolescent health and development; substance abuse; sexual harassment; safety and crime prevention; violence; life after high school; and how adolescents can help to build a better community.

Keywords: Abstinence, Adolescent health promotion, Adolescent sexuality, Adolescents, Crime prevention, Mental health, Resilience, Risk taking, School to work transition, Substance abuse, Violence

Annotation: This monograph describes a systematic approach to violence prevention in schools to assist officials in choosing prevention strategies that will best meet the needs of their students. Chapter contents include identifying promising approaches, evaluating how prevention works, developing effective strategies, and assessing programs. Also included is a glossary, and descriptions of comprehensive programs, programs for schools K-12, elementary, elementary-middle school, and middle-high school, as well as peer mediation programs. Resources, references, and an index are provided.

Keywords: Elementary schools, High schools, Injury prevention, Junior high schools, Middle schools, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, School age children, School safety, School violence, Students, Violence prevention

Annotation: This report describes lessons learned by three schools that implemented school-based violence prevention and mental health services. Key services and features of these projects are discussed: program administration, including roles, responsibilities, and relationships; financing, assessment, accountability, and results; and recommendations from the field. Case studies of each of the three sites are included.

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Keywords: Case studies, Mental health services, School based clinics, School health services, Violence prevention

Annotation: This report analyzes how violence affects children's and adolescents' ability to learn and considers ways that school-based programs can contribute to violence prevention efforts. The report considers the roles of family violence, violence in the neighborhood, witnessing violence, and violence aimed at immigrants and refugees. It reviews how violence can increase school failure rates, looks at ways to empower families and children, and examines the impact of school-based violence prevention programs. Appendices include lists of violence prevention programs, methods for evaluating them, information about the sponsoring organizations, and a bibliography.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Development, Learning, School based programs, Violence, Violence prevention

Annotation: This book contains a collection of essays by individual authors; each addresses some aspect of the epidemiology and prevention of adolescent injuries. The individual essays follow a brief commentary on methodological and conceptual issues. Topics covered are: traffic-related injuries, drowning, suicide, the role of handguns in homicides among adolescents and young adults, family violence and development during adolescence, occupational injuries, adolescent injury prevention in primary care, peer violence prevention programs in middle and high schools, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the role of mass media in injury causation and prevention.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescents, Drowning, Epidemiology, Family violence, Firearms, High schools, Homicide, Injuries, Mass media, Middle schools, Motor vehicle injuries, Occupational injuries, Peer groups, Physician patient relations, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Prevention, Prevention programs, Primary care, School based programs, Suicide, Violence prevention, Young adults

Annotation: This report analyzes the adequacy of federal data collection methods that provide statistics on children and families. Papers looked at data collection on child development, transition to school, educational attainment and transition to work, utilization of health care in the current context of health care delivery reorganization, and the impact of violence. The report includes recommendations on improvements in data collection and on collaboration between agencies in order to better evaluate and plan policies.

Keywords: Children, Education Federal government, Families, Health care utilization, School readiness, Statistical analysis, Violence

Annotation: This report documents a seminar where information was shared about existing violence prevention policies, legislation, resources, success stories, and state initiatives. Those attending developed a long-range, coordinated state policy agenda and action plan for safe schools. The keynote speech, Minnesota's plan of action, selected community examples, and the summaries of the attending states' action planning session are included in this report.

Keywords: Budgeting, Budgets, Iowa, Juvenile delinquents, Juvenile justice, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Regional programs, School safety, South Dakota, Violence prevention

Annotation: This book provides an overview of recent research on the management of aggression in children and adolescents. Chapters focus on prevention programs and intervention strategies designed to help young people cope with the anger they experience without resorting to violence.

Keywords: Adolescents, Assessment, Case studies, Children, Cognitive disorders, Developmental disabilities, Emotions, Intervention, Mental health, Prevention programs, Research, School based programs, Socioeconomic factors, Treatment, Violence

Annotation: This three volume set addresses health and health care delivery issues concerning school-age children and adolescents. The authors address the history, development, and delivery of health education and service programs in school and college settings. "Volume One: Foundations" includes chapters addressing health status indicators, nutrition, control of communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, suicide, substance use, dental health, and physical activity. "Volume Two: School Health" includes topics focusing on the nature and organization of school health, school health services, and school health education and promotion. "Volume Three: College Health" includes topics focusing on the history, rationale, and organization issues; problems of unique importance in college health; and issues for special populations.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Drug use, Injuries, School age children, School health education, School health services, Sexually transmitted diseases, Students, Suicide, Violence

Annotation: This book explores the link between a child's response to growing up in an atmosphere of violence and danger, and the social context established for that child by community and caregivers. The children need predictable, structured, safe environments and school-based programs, by providing continuity and regularity that is lacking, can enhance children's natural resiliency and help to ease some long-term developmental consequences of living in danger, or to mitigate some of the effects of witnessing violence.

Keywords: Child development, Children, Injury prevention, Intervention, Intervention, Psychotherapy, Resources for professionals, Risk factors, School based programs, Violence, Violence prevention, Witnesses

Annotation: This handbook, for individuals working in schools, provides straightforward guidelines for crisis intervention and prevention techniques designed specifically for the school setting. Covering individual child-centered crises such as abuse, divorce, family violence, and suicide, as well as larger school or community-based crises such as serious bus accidents, in-school violence, and natural disasters, the book features case studies and personal reactions from all levels of school personnel. It also includes sample handouts for parents, students, and teachers, lists of community networking resources, and sample 'to-do' lists for every potential member of a crisis team.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child neglect, Crisis intervention, Family violence, Injuries, Injury prevention, Mental health services, Motor vehicle injuries, School buses, School personnel, Schools, Violence prevention