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MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 2004
This article outlines several preventive health strategies for reducing the health risks of homeless youth related to emotional distress, alcohol and other drug use/abuse, risky sex, and victimization, all of which are well documented as major health risks for homeless youth living on the street.
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This article outlines several preventive health strategies for reducing the health risks of homeless youth related to emotional distress, alcohol and other drug use/abuse, risky sex, and victimization, all of which are well documented as major health risks for homeless youth living on the street.
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Youths and Communities: Toward Comprehensive Strategies for Youth Development
Social Work, 1997Society's conventional response to problems of young people--such as teenage pregnancy, school dropout, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, and violence--is to target a specific problem and develop intervention or prevention programs for individuals who manifest the problem or are at high risk of it.
W H, Barton, M, Watkins, R, Jarjoura
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Listening to Youth: Reflections on the Effect of a Youth Development Program
Health Promotion Practice, 2008To identify key elements that contribute to the effectiveness of a youth development program, interviews were conducted with 35 former Chicago Youth Programs (CYP) participants who remained in the program until age 18 years and went on to attend college, and 25 participants who left the program (and are currently older than age 18).
Robin E, Kalish +4 more
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Youth Social Entrepreneurship as Youth Development for All Youth
2019Abstract This chapter reviews the universal elements of positive youth development; that is, explicating the basic foundations of healthy development that are important for all youth, regardless of context or background. Developmental psychology serves as a primary source for the perspectives presented here.
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Youth organizing: From youth development to school reform
New Directions for Youth Development, 2008AbstractOver the past twenty years, youth organizing has grown across the country. Through organizing, young people identify issues of concern and mobilize their peers to build action campaigns to achieve their objectives. Youth organizing has been appreciated for its contributions to youth and community development. The authors use two case studies to
Mark R, Warren +2 more
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Career Development for Youth with Autism
Journal of Career Development, 1987The perception of a person's value in society is, in large measure, determined by the individual's earning power and the status of the job which that person holds. Sadly, most autistic and other persons with severe handicaps are not only unemployed but also spend most of their lives in segregated settings, isolated from society's mainstream, and ...
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Riverdale youth : a guide to youth development
2011The definition of youth is the early period of anything; well in this case I am speaking about the lives of young people less than the age of nineteen. In today's society, adults are complaining about the behaviors of the youth in their communities.
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YOUTH, PERMISSIVENESS, AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Pediatrics, 1972As unrest grows in our social scene, as institutions undergo change, as innovations revolutionize everyday living, there is among many a longing to return to affirmations of older and simpler virtues. Their discontent often is expressed in a condemnation of youthful rebellion and, by extension, of youth and child care practices. It tends to focus upon "
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Spiritual development: A missing priority in youth development
New Directions for Youth Development, 2008AbstractAddressing the spiritual development of young people has the potential to strengthen youth work and its outcomes. Spiritual development matters because it is an intrinsic part of being human and because young people themselves view it as important.
Peter L, Benson +1 more
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Contemplative education and youth development
New Directions for Youth Development, 2008AbstractContemplative education includes practices that aim to help a person cultivate conscious awareness, especially internal selfâawareness and awareness of one's connection to the world. Such practices include meditation, movement, and the contemplation of nature. Exploration is under way to determine if these practices might assist young people in
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