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Ji, Peter Y.; Pokorny, Steven B.; Jason, Leonard A. – Evaluation Review, 2004
The authors examined factors influencing the return rates for attempting to collect active parental consent forms from 21,123 students in the 7th through 10th grades in 41 middle and high schools. Overall return rates from middle schools were higher than from high schools. Schools that offered high levels of staff support for collecting consent…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Parents, Contracts, Research Methodology
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Eaton, Danice K.; Lowry, Richard; Brener, Nancy D.; Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Kann, Laura – Evaluation Review, 2004
This study investigates whether the type of parental permission affects prevalence estimates for risk behaviors from the national 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Participants were 13,195 students from 143 schools, of which 65% used passive permission and 35% active permission. Student participation rates were 86.7% in passive permission schools…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Student Participation, Incidence, Adolescents
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Stanton, Cynthia K. – Evaluation Review, 2004
Behavior change interventions focusing on birth preparedness for pregnant women, their husbands, and adults in the community are common components of community-oriented Safe Motherhood programs in developing countries. Few studies have examined the effectiveness of these interventions, and existing studies are flawed due to study and sample…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Audiences, Pregnancy, Mothers