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  • Examining Evidence-based Intervention Sustainability and De-adoption in the Context of HIV Prevention

    Creator:
    McKay, Virginia R.
    Abstract:
    Evidence-based interventions (EBIs), which demonstrate efficacy in research settings, are rarely sustained when implemented in public health organizations. Rather, EBIs are often de-adopted - potentially undermining the positive benefits of the EBIs for the communities that access them. The lack of sustainability is particularly troubling among public health organizations that...
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    Dissertation
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    OF THE DISSERTATION OF Virginia R. McKay for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health

  • Examining the effects of a community-based physical activity programon moderate to vigorous physical activity and skeletal health in growing girls

    Creator:
    Kasianchuk, Anastasia M.
    Abstract:
    Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a community-based running program that encourages social, mental, emotional and physical development in young girls through the process of training for a 5k running event. Previous reports have shown that GOTR has positive effects on self-esteem and dietary behaviors; whether GOTR influences levels of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Growing Girls Abstract Approved: Katherine B. Gunter Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a

  • Evaluation of a social-emotional and character development program : methods and outcomes

    Creator:
    Lewis, Kendra M.
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    Schools are increasingly expected to prevent and decrease violence, substance use, and other problem behaviors linked to academics and prepare students to be contributing members of society. One approach with proven success in promoting positive outcomes related to a broad range of student behaviors and personal characteristics is social-emotional learning,...
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    Dissertation
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    -randomized trial with such populations, and (b) assess whether an intervention designed to promote SECD was

  • Evaluation of a social-emotional and character development program

    Creator:
    Washburn, Isaac J.
    Abstract:
    The effects of a school-based social-emotional and character development program, Positive Action, on the developmental trajectory of character development was evaluated using data from three randomized trials. Results come from 1) 4-years of data from elementary children in 20 Hawai`i schools, 2) 3-years of data from elementary children in 14...
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    Dissertation
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    Allred (2010). Ji and co-authors uses the work of Peterson and Seligman (2004) N ot e: F ig ur e

  • Examining the Promotion of Out of School Physical Activity During Physical Education

    Creator:
    Pawlowski, Jill K.
    Abstract:
    The promotion of out of school physical activity during physical education has received increasing attention as a tool for combating increasing sedentary time among youth. Qualitative work has shown that physical education teachers feel they lack the knowledge necessary to include physical activity promotion in their lessons and unprepared by...
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    Dissertation
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    of triadic influence framework to explain teachers’ PA promotion behaviors and (b) differences in

  • Carrying Things Home from School : Can a Child-Based School Intervention Affect Parenting Strategies and Home Climate?

    Creator:
    Godlewski, Bethany J.
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    School interventions have typically focused on academic and psychological outcomes for children, but can children carry positive effects home from school to influence their parents and home environments? Developmental research typically focuses on how parents influence development in their children, but this study flips this lens to ask whether children...
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    Dissertation
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    actions result in feelings of self-worth (Flay & Allred, 2010). PA includes classroom-based curriculum

  • Navigating Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Early Adolescence : Exploring Individual Strengths

    Creator:
    Tyler, Corine P.
    Abstract:
    Racial/ethnic minority individuals are unable to escape the realities of everyday discrimination in the United States: at least 87% of African American adolescents and 50% of Hispanic/Latinx young adults report experiencing discrimination within the past year (Neblett, Rivas-Drake, & Umaña-Taylor, 2012; Pérez, Fortuna, & Alegria, 2008; Seaton, Caldwell, Sellers, &...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ......………………………………………………………………….……63 Appendix A Measures....……………………………………………………..64 Appendix B EFA

  • Understanding physical activity behavior in inclusive physical education

    Creator:
    Jin, Jooyeon
    Abstract:
    Physical education is important to promote physical activity of adolescents with and without disabilities, but many adolescents are not active during physical education classes. Innovative instructional strategies are imperative to change this phenomenon, but it will be challenging to develop effective instructional strategies without thorough understanding of students' physical activity...
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    Dissertation
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    LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix Page A A Review of Literature…………………………………………... 78 B A Letter of