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Youth have concerns about sensitive health topics, including drugs, sex, and mental health. Providers often perceive … that youth are uncomfortable discussing these topics and do not address these concerns. This study found that youth who … routinely discuss sensitive health topics with youth in a confidential and sensitive manner. …
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This report describes the impact study component of the Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA), which aims to expand available evidence on effective ways to prevent and reduce pregnancy and related sexual risk behaviors among teens in the United States. It includes the...
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This report describes the impact study component of the Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA), which aims to expand available evidence on effective ways to prevent and reduce pregnancy and related sexual risk behaviors among teens in the United States. It includes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609744
Schools are ideal settings for implementing programs to prevent and control childhood obesity. The authors review the evidence on the effectiveness of school-based interventions; offer suggestions for improvements based on the existing evidence, findings from related research, and...
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This brief presents recommendations created as part of the Research Development Project on the Human Service Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)Populations.
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employment and other outcomes for youth ages 14 to 25 who are either receiving disability benefits or are at high risk of … receiving them in the future. This report reviews the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects, located in Buffalo, New … York, including findings from a process analysis on implementation, as well as an analysis of one-year impacts on youth …
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Using Medicaid data from 2003, this article describes the demographics and diagnoses of youth under 22 receiving mental …
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selection of the random assignment sites and enrollment of youth. It also presents comprehensive designs for the process, cost …
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. The study also looked at whether youth had more than one out-of-home stay during the year. Nearly 40 percent of children … in out-of-home care had more than one out-of-home stay during the year, and 40 percent of these youth received services …
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This report presents final results from Mathematica’s evaluation of the Social Security Administration’s Youth … Transition Demonstration projects, which provided employment-focused services and enhanced financial work incentives to youth … third year after youth enrolled in the evaluation. …
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