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Twyman, Jack – Parks and Recreation, 1971
Descriptors: Athletic Equipment, Athletics, Community Centers, Recreation
Peer reviewedMcCoy, Clyde B.; Watkins, Virginia McCoy – Youth and Society, 1980
Research findings show that, compared with Black, Polish, and other ethnic urban youth, urban Appalachian teenagers exhibit greater symptomatic behavior indicating severe difficulties in coping with urban environments. Particularly striking among these patterns, which hold for both females and males, is the heavy drug use among Appalachian youth.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alcoholism, Black Youth
Brown, M. Kathryn; Obermiller, Phillip J. – 1990
This study compares the health status of Appalachian children living in Cincinnati neighborhoods to that of children living in five predominantly low-income black neighborhoods and children living in the rest of Cincinnati. Age-specific, standardized morbidity ratio analyses were performed to compare the frequency of admissions to hospital and…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Health, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
Download full textWagner, Thomas E. – 1975
This study focused on Appalachian migrant children attending certain urban junior high schools in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The primary source of data on the individual students was an interview combined with as much observation as possible during the interview. A profile of the urban Appalachian student was drawn from the data. Highlights…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demography, Educational Problems, Enrollment
Walther, Regis H.; Magnusson, Margaret L. – 1975
This paper reports a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of out-of-school Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) programs in four cities (Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and St. Louis) in enhancing the employability of their enrollees. In 1970, when the study was undertaken, the NYC had just been redesigned to place more emphasis on education, skill…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Job Placement
Hoeweler, Fred C.; And Others – 1993
This paper describes a multifaceted, cognitive-behavioral life-skills training program that is directed toward low-income urban Appalachian youth in Cincinnati (Ohio) who are at high risk for substance abuse and related negative behaviors. The program is intended to promote the development of effective prosocial coping skills and strategies and to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
Borman, Kathryn M. – 1992
The issues facing urban Appalachian children and their families in Cincinnati (Ohio) are addressed. Appalachians have the highest school dropout rate in Cincinnati proportionate to their numbers, with low access to jobs and generally poor access to, and use of, public services. Much of the information for this report comes from a survey of 246…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
