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ChildrenBackground: Tobacco use remains a major public health concern among adolescents, particularly as electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has increased in recent years.
Payam Sheikhattari +3 more
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Comparison by Race of Juvenile Referrals in Alaska: Phase II Report [PDF]
, 1998 Phase I of this study analyzed data on over 28,000 referrals to the Alaska Division of Family and Youth Services (DFYS) for 1992–1995 to provide comparative information on referrals of Alaska Native, African American, and white youth to the Alaska ...
Schafer, N. E.
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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Stunning the Nation: Representation of Zimbabwean Urban Youth Identity in some Songs by Stunner [PDF]
, 2014 In this article, presented at the Hiphop Conference in Harare on February 27th, 2013, the author examines the impact local rap music has on identity construction of urban youth in Zimbabwe by analyzing songs of Stunner, a famous rap and Urban Grooves ...
Mateveke, Pauline
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia +3 more
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Sub\urbanThis essay uses the concepts of chronicity and extreme spectacle to ask how we might think about death as a constitutive force in urban gang life. It explains how death becomes proximate, what that proximity means regarding how we understand urban gang ...
Akin Iwilade
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Dying for it: gangs, violence, and social change in urban Nicaragua [PDF]
, 2003 Youth gangs potentially constitute an ideal lens through which to explore the dynamics and ramifications of the new political economy of violence in Latin America, and this paper consequently presents and ethnographic case study of an urban Nicaraguan ...
Rodgers, Dennis
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Preparation for meaningful work and life: urban high school youth's reflections on work-based learning 1 year post-graduation [PDF]
, 2016 The challenges confronted by low-income high school students throughout school and across the transition to higher education and employment are well-documented in the US and many other nations. Adopting a positive youth development perspective (Lerner et
Bempechat, Janine +6 more
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Community Violence Exposure and Positive Youth Development in Urban Youth
Journal of Community Health, 2011 Youth in urban environments are exposed to community violence, yet some do well and continue on a positive developmental trajectory. This study investigated the relationships between lifetime community violence exposure (including total, hearing about, witnessing, and victimization), family functioning, and positive youth development (PYD) among 110 ...
McDonald, Catherine C +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop +3 more
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