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Chawla, Louise – Small Town, 1994
An investigation of effects of community change on children's lives explored the proposition that, in both rural and urban Kentucky since the Second World War, children have lost shared multigenerational activities, freedom to roam, and open unstructured time. Data included oral histories from residents born 1895-1950, archival research, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Children
Rozelle, George R.; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Reviews characteristics of rural drug abuse and general considerations for rural service delivery. Describes the Prevention Project, a rural drug abuse program in Florida, and explains its development, philosophy, and teaching techniques, including a basic educational module for use with rural youth. Includes recommendations for similar programs.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Involvement, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse
Hampe, Gary D. – 1976
The study examined the increase of drinking from 1964 to 1975 among teenagers enrolled in two high schools in different sociocultural rural areas of Mississippi. The sample was composed of students in two high schools located in a "wet" county and a "dry" county. A questionnaire was administered to 525 students in 1964 and 793…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Alcoholism, Behavior Change