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Circle of Health Program Designed to Address Risky Behaviors by Native American Youths in Phoenix

April 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The American Indian Prevention Coalition undertook a planning process to develop a program aimed at preventing substance abuse, violence and other risky behaviors among Native American youth living in Phoenix.

Build a Web Site that Listens to Their Feelings, and Teenagers will Come

October 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

KidsPeace Corporation, a nonprofit organization that operates programs to assist children in crisis, designed an interactive Web site to help youth who are experiencing or at risk of developing emotional problems.

Girls, Children of Smokers, Underachievers, Likelier to Become Smokers

February 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

From 1997 to 1999, researchers at the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University conducted a study examining how children progress from experimentation with tobacco to regular use.

Parents Hold the Key to Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Adolescents

June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

In 1998, Laura Sessions-Stepp, a reporter on leave from The Washington Post, carried out research for a book on the developmental needs of young adolescents and adult responses to those needs.

Clean&Cool in Orange, N.J., Helps Teenagers with Life Skills, Substance Abuse

August 22, 2008 | Program Result Report

Family Connections launched a research-based outpatient treatment and training program for teenagers involved with alcohol, drugs and other high-risk behaviors.

Tennis, Everyone?

June 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation expanded its programming to introduce at-risk inner city children to health-promoting behaviors such as good nutrition, physical conditioning and avoidance of drugs and alcohol.

An Innovator Identifies an Alarming Trend for Young People: Listening to Rap Music Could Be Dangerous to Their Health

May 2, 2008 | Story

Denise Herd used her medical anthropologist background and rigorous quantitative methods to explore the hypothesis that rap music has increasingly glamorized the use of illegal drugs by associating drug use with wealth and high social standing.

Stopping Teen Dating Violence in New Jersey with Safe Dates

June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report

From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.

Helping Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation

June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health surveyed 591 tobacco cessation programs for young people, evaluated 41 programs, and described programs that were sustained.

Forward Promise: Updates and News

Commentary/Issue Brief/Report/Story

The latest news and resources about Forward Promise, including updates from Program Officer Maisha Simmons.

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