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From:Behavioral Healthcare (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedProwers County Youth Center (PCYC), located in a frontier region of southeastern Colorado, meets the needs of youths at risk of out-of-home placement. PCYC is both an alternative to incarceration and a one-stop...
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From:Community Care (Issue 419)judy.cooper@rbi.co.uk The case of two teenage girls in care in Derby who were victims of a gang of sexual predators is depressing, not least because it comes on top of a week of stories pointing to black clouds ahead...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 35, Issue 16)Family physicians in New York are trying to do a better job of counseling teens on the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The New York State Academy of Family Physicians has partnered with the Center for Substance Abuse...
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From:Human Rights (Vol. 47, Issue 1)Returning home from college this past spring, my 20-year-old trans son mentioned that a friend was staying at school. "Is she working at the theater?" I asked. The college has a popular theater program, and it's common...
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From:Community Care (Issue 72)Excitement and empowerment on the agenda to attract young people in new 10-year plan comcare.news@rbi.co.uk Children's minister Beverley Hughes has said the government's new 10-year youth services strategy is the...
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From:Pediatric News (Vol. 49, Issue 12)Tobacco addiction and smoke exposure are among the leading causes of preventable and premature death and disability in the United States and elsewhere in the world. The landmark 2012 Surgeon General's report, Preventing...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 25, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedCommunity-based youth shelters represent the primary method of intervention for runaway youths and are mandated to reunify youths with their families. The study discussed in this article pursued two research questions:...
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From:BMC Public Health (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Youth health risk behaviors, including substance use (psychoactive substances including alcohol and illicit drugs), have been the subject of relatively limited study to date in Middle Eastern countries....
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 34, Issue 136) Peer-ReviewedNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998. 318pp....
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From:BMC Public Health (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Adult smoking has its roots in adolescence. If individuals do not initiate smoking during this period it is unlikely they ever will. In high income countries, smoking rates among Indigenous youth are...
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From:BMC Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Youth focused Life Skills Education and Counseling Services (YLSECS) program, trained teachers/National Service Scheme (NSS) officers to deliver Life Skills Education (LSE) and counseling services to...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 29, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn the UK, media focus on youth and violence has drawn attention to '[T]he perceived problem of youth violence', which has 'served to create a new "moral panic" and "social threat"' in that country. This paper explores...
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From:Clinical Psychiatry News (Vol. 35, Issue 7)AUSTIN, TEX. -- Adolescents who smoke infrequently or occasionally are prime candidates for smoking cessation counseling, Kathleen A. Kealey said in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for...
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From:The Professional Counselor (Vol. 8, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThree female foster care youth, aged 15, 17, and 17, volunteered to participate in customized counseling interventions. A theory-based presentation framework was used to conduct an A-B-A single-case research design. A...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 33, Issue 131) Peer-ReviewedNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Losing Generations. Adolescents in High-Risk Settings. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1993. 288pp. $19.95 (p). At least 7 million young Americans--fully one-quarter of adolescents...
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From:Nursing Science & Research in the Nordic Countries (Vol. 30, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedBackground: In Norway, school health services are regarded as an important field for youth counselling. However, theory appropriate to counselling within this context is poorly developed. This article contributes to a...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 30, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDRUMBEAT is a flexible program that combines experiential learning with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and engages young people and adults who may be anxious or resistant to 'talk based' therapies. The DRUMBEAT program...
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From:Human Ecology (Vol. 29, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedGenerations ago, giving young people the tools to strengthen their communities would likely consist of putting a hammer or toolbox in their hands and leading them over to the nearest barn raising or church...
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From:Primary Health Care (Vol. 15, Issue 7)A 60-strong team of nurses is going into schools to try and get pupils to quit smoking. The school nurses will be helping pupils as young as 11 to kick the habit in schools throughout Leicestershire--and they will be...
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From:Journal of Family Violence (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedOne way for young people to reduce the risk of problems associated with having experienced family violence is to talk about their experiences with a counselor. However, little is known about how young people judge the...