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Evaluation of a Knowledge- and Cognitive-Behavioral Skills-Building Intervention to Prevent STDs and HIV Infection in High School Students.
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Boyer, Cherrie B.; Shafer, Mary-Ann; Tschann, Jeanne – Adolescence, 1997
Evaluates the efficacy of a school-based knowledge- and cognitive-behavioral skills-building prevention intervention. Results indicate that the intervention increased students' (N=513) knowledge of sexually transmitted disease and bolstered the skills related to prevention of risky sexual and drug-use behavior. Significant changes in risk…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, High School Students
Governmental and Nongovernmental Youth Welfare in the New German Lander.
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Gawlik, Marion; And Others – Adolescence, 1994
Survey of the general conditions of youth welfare departments in eastern Germany revealed severe money shortages. Increasing demands on youth welfare, rising social problems, right-wing extremism, and widespread unemployment among youths cause long-term social problems and prohibit effective youth welfare. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Government Role, Public Policy