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Direct linkGibbons, Melinda M.; Hardin, Erin E.; Taylor, Anna Lora; Brown, Emily; Graham, Danielle – Journal of Career Development, 2020
Students underrepresented in higher education often require unique support throughout their career and college planning. Rural Appalachian youth characterize a large population of underrepresented students. This article describes a theory-based multiweek career education curriculum aimed at increasing career and college readiness that was…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Career Education, Rural Areas, Rural Youth
Hill, Julie C.; Lynne-Landsman, Sarah D.; Graber, Julia A.; Johnson, Kelly J. – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: Young people in urban areas are often the focus of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention programmes because of their high risk of unwanted pregnancy and contracting an STI. Young people in rural areas are far less studied but also have a high risk of similar outcomes. This study evaluates Giving Our Girls…
Descriptors: Females, Middle School Students, At Risk Students, Pregnancy
Burgus, Shari; Schwab, Charles; Shelley, Mack – Journal of Extension, 2012
Community coalitions can help national organizations meet their objectives. Farm Safety 4 Just Kids depends on coalitions of local people to deliver farm safety and health educational programs to children and their families. These coalitions are called chapters. An evaluation was developed to identify individual coalition's strengths and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Programs, Rural Youth, Safety Education
Zanis, David A.; Hollm, Ronald E.; Derr, Daniel; Ibrahim, Jennifer K.; Collins, Bradley N.; Coviello, Donna; Melochick, Jennifer Ryan – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2011
Objective: To evaluate 3-month tobacco quit rates of young adult tobacco users randomized to 2 intervention conditions. Methods: Overall 192 non-treatment-seeking 18-to-24-year-old tobacco users received educational information and advice to quit smoking. Participants were then block randomized to 2 brief intervention conditions: (1) a telephone…
Descriptors: Intervention, Smoking, Young Adults, Rural Youth
Boyd, Candice – Youth Studies Australia, 2010
Six young people from the Grampians region of Victoria who had serious mental illnesses took part in a creative arts project that taught them filmmaking skills and techniques over a five-week period. The project was evaluated using a mixed-method approach. Statistically significant improvements were found in quality of life and social…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Film Production, Mental Disorders, Quality of Life
Peer reviewedSingletary, Loretta; Smith, Marilyn; Evans, William P. – Rural Educator, 2001
A survey of 140 parents of Nevada 4-H members found that 4-H programs successfully taught a variety of life skills to youth. Active members learned more about life skills than less active members, although all showed gains. The quality of adult leadership skills and the instructional effectiveness of 4-H competitions and projects were highly…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Experiential Learning, Extension Education, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedNaccarella, Lucio – Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2003
An Australian project aimed to strengthen relationships of general practitioners (GPs) with rural adolescents and school personnel through GP school visits, educational seminars on health topics for students, and student visits to GP clinics. Surveys of 5 project personnel, 6 GPs, 3 school counselors, and 30 secondary school students found…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Counselor Attitudes
Peer reviewedBenswanger, Ellen G.; And Others – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Describes a two-year (1983-1985) systems study of the human services provided adolescents aged 10-17 and their families in one rural Pennsylvania community. Describes teacher/student survey, human services utilization survey, case reviews, and development of community-based advocacy plan. Discusses study's impact on local human services network…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Problems, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Peer reviewedMiller, Michael K.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1984
Estimates impact of community resource development (CRD) programs on a variety of quality of life indicators for 73 Arkansas counties that were nonmetropolitan in 1960. Results indicate that few quality of life indicators were affected in the direction intended by CRD programs. Examines substantive and methodological implications of the findings.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Dropout Prevention, Extension Education
