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Mead, Antonia S.; Chapman, Jessica – Health Educator, 2013
The purpose of this article to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Preconception Peer Educators program at a small private historically black college and university (HBCU). Peer educators were college students who completed a two-day training that…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Pregnancy, Program Development, Program Descriptions
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Whipple, Kerry; Simmons, Susan J.; Caldwell, Rebecca; Dowd, Deborah – Health Educator, 2010
Introduction: Implementation of comprehensive tobacco policies has shown positive results regarding limiting exposure to secondhand smoke. While many states were moving forward with respect to implementation of tobacco policies, North Carolina has lagged behind in this regard. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess support for a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Smoking, Public Policy, College Freshmen
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Teufel, James A.; Brown, Stephen L.; Birch, David A. – Health Educator, 2007
This study examined reports of self-harm by early adolescents as well as associations between salient interpersonal stressors and self-harm. While attending health education centers located in Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, early adolescents (n = 737) responded to a questionnaire measuring stressors, coping, and self-harm.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Health Education, Prevention, Early Adolescents