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Creating Inclusive Youth Programs for LGBTQ+ Communities

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2017
It is vital for youth to experience inclusive programming that is welcoming. Extension has a responsibility and an obligation to provide youth with programs and spaces that are inclusive of all sexes, gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual ...
Katherine E. Soule
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Exploring the Relationship Between Program Experience and Youth Developmental Outcomes

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2021
Program quality is an important topic for improving out-of-school time youth development programs. High levels of program quality may contribute to enhanced positive youth development outcomes.
Kendra M. Lewis   +3 more
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4-H Members and Firearms: The Case for 4-H Shooting Sports

open access: yesJournal of Extension, 2019
As events of human violence emerge on the national stage and as individuals raise concerns about youths having access to firearms, it is important that Extension professionals, land-grant university administrators, and university legal counsels understand the guiding principles of the 4-H Shooting Sports program.
Goodwin, Jeff   +2 more
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An Examination of Extension Professionals' Demographic and Personal Characteristics Toward Fostering Diversity-Inclusive 4-H Programs

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2015
4-H youth professionals’ attitudes about the perceptions of diversity inclusion in their programs are variables that may have an influence on the number of youths that enroll in 4-H.
Douglas D. LaVergne
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Nationwide Perspectives and Experiences of Gay and Bisexual Male 4-H Alums

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2021
While 4-H espouses to be inclusive of all, the reality is often that the bulk of membership within 4-H community clubs is viewed with a heteronormative lens of participation.
Jeff Howard, Teresa McCoy, Chenzi Wang
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Youth in 4-H Latino Initiative programs achieve similar outcomes to youth in 4-H community clubs

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 2019
Until recently, California 4-H programs did not represent the ethnic diversity found in California's population of young people. To close the gap in representation — particularly with Latino youth — UC ANR began the 4-H Latino Initiative, an effort to ...
Steven Worker   +2 more
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4-H youth advance biosecurity at home and in their communities

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 2021
Youth participants in 4-H animal science projects are involved extensively with raising and exhibiting agricultural animals, often on backyard farms (Smith and Meehan 2012).
Martin H. Smith   +2 more
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MECHANISM AND REGULATION OF NONSENSE-MEDIATED MRNA DECAY (NMD), AN ESSENTIAL QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM OF PLANTS [PDF]

open access: yesPoljoprivreda, 2008
In eukaryotic cell, various quality control mechanisms have evolved to ensure that only perfect mRNAs could be translated. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a quality control system that identifies and eliminates mRNAs containing premature ...
D. Silhavy   +4 more
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Effectiveness of the 4-H Program as Perceived by Parents of 4-H Participants

open access: yesJournal of Extension, 2013
The study reported here examined the effectiveness of 4-H program as perceived by parents of program participants. Descriptive-correlational design was employed, with data collected using a mail survey. Parents perceived 4-H as an effective organization in teaching life skills to youth.
Radhakrishna, Rama   +3 more
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Transformative Learning and the 4-H Camp Counselor Experience in Minnesota

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2015
While many studies about the 4-H camping experience focus on youth who are campers, few studies examine the outcomes of the experience for counselors. This study examines the extent to which 4-H camp results in transformative learning for 4-H members who
Donna M. Leff   +2 more
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