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Knippen, Kerri Lynn; LaVenia, Kristina N.; Burek, Melissa W. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2021
Teach-Ins have historically been used as a way for educators to raise knowledge and awareness around an urgent social problem. We report findings from an action evaluation of the Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Opioid Awareness Teach-In, which was designed to (a) make clear that the BGSU community believes we can work to change the story of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Narcotics, Universities, Consciousness Raising
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Flannery, Daniel J.; Singer, Mark I. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Established in the year 2000, the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education is a multidisciplinary center located at a school of social work that engages in collaborative, community-based research and evaluation that spans multiple systems and disciplines. The Center currently occupies 4,200 sq. ft. with multiple offices and…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Social Work
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Burke, Anna C.; Gregoire, Thomas K. – Health & Social Work, 2007
This study provides new evidence regarding the relation of coerced care to posttreatment substance use and addiction severity while controlling for two important factors: readiness to change and addiction severity at admission to treatment. The initial study sample consisted of 289 people who agreed to participate in a prospective study of…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Outcomes of Treatment, Substance Abuse, Interviews
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Jenkins, Jeanne E. – Adolescence, 1996
Examined the importance of students' academic performance levels and extracurricular activities as predictors of drug involvement relative to peer influence. Data were obtained from 2,229 randomly selected students in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades from school districts in northeastern Ohio. At all grade levels, involvement in extracurricular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, After School Programs, Athletics