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NACLA Report on the Americas, 2005
If democratic societies are to survive as true democracies, they need citizens who are informed, concerned and active. How such citizens develop from childhood into adults is crucial information for educators, psychologist, young people, parents, politicians and many, many others.
Lonnie R. Sherrod +3 more
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If democratic societies are to survive as true democracies, they need citizens who are informed, concerned and active. How such citizens develop from childhood into adults is crucial information for educators, psychologist, young people, parents, politicians and many, many others.
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Youth activity involvement and positive youth development
2011Participation in high quality out-of-school-time activities constitutes a significant portion of the time that many youth spend away from their families or school settings, and current theory and research suggests that activity participation can be an influential contextual asset for promoting adaptive outcomes for youth. Therefore, the purpose of this
Megan Kiely, Mueller +2 more
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Assessment of physical activity in youth
Journal of Applied Physiology, 2008Despite much progress with physical activity assessment, the limitations concerning the accurate measurement of physical activity are often amplified in young people due to the cognitive, physiological, and biomechanical changes that occur during natural growth as well as a more intermittent pattern of habitual physical activity in youth compared with ...
Kirsten, Corder +4 more
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Youth Activism and Community Writing by Latina Youth
Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, 2018In this article, we examine how Latinitas, a non-profit organization aimed towards empowering Latina youth through multimedia and technology, is a site of resistance. Latinitas provides linguistic, cultural, and technological resources as means to promote empowerment in the Latinx community, thereby creating and nurturing a space for Latinx youth. This
Jasmine Villa, Taylor Figueroa
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Acta Paediatrica, 1980Abstract. Engström, L.‐M. (Department of Educational Research, Stockholm Institute of Education, Stockholm, Sweden). Physical activity of children and youth. Acta Paediatr Scand, Suppl. 283: 101, 1980.—Originally 2144 15‐year‐old‐boys and girls from different parts of Sweden participated in this follow‐up study concerning physical activity during ...
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Promoting physical activity for youth
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2000The challenge for helping others enjoy a healthy and active life is to move the focus of instruction from physical fitness toward physical activity. Participation in regular physical activity offers a number of benefits including reduction of the risk of premature mortality. coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and colon cancer. The
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The Commonwealth Youth Programme and Youth-oriented Activities
1984The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) emerged after several years study, to be endorsed by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Ottawa in August 1973.1 The new Programme was envisaged as one of practical action and a number of easily-definable areas were chosen where it was felt the new programme could make an immediate impact, i.e.
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This resource provides a wide-ranging survey of the past, present, and future of youth activism in the USA and around the world.The work places a special focus on prominent youth activists, their organizations, and the causes to which they are determined to make change, including civil rights, environmental issues such as climate change, gender and ...
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Journal of the Korean society for Wellness, 2022
Dong-Jin Park, Song-Mi Kim, Kyung-A Park
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Dong-Jin Park, Song-Mi Kim, Kyung-A Park
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