scholarly journals Intervention Research on Runaway Prevention Program for High-Risk Runaway Group Middle School Students : Focus on Reinforcement of Protective Factors

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-119
Author(s):  
김진아
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
School Students

An After-School Counseling Program for High-Risk Middle School Students

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0500900
Author(s):  
Theresa Kruczek ◽  
Charlene M. Alexander ◽  
Kevin Harris
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
After School ◽  
Personal Choice ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Counseling Program ◽  
After School Program ◽  
Experience Difficulty

There are a number of middle school students who experience difficulty making the transition from childhood to early adolescence and may be described as high-risk. This article describes an after-school program designed to promote healthy identity and adaptive personal choice behaviors in a high-risk group of middle school students.

scholarly journals Adolescent Tobacco and Betel Nut Use in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands: Evidence From Guam

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1058-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pallav Pokhrel ◽  
Francis Dalisay ◽  
Ian Pagano ◽  
Wayne Buente ◽  
Elizabeth Guerrero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Tobacco Product ◽  
Pacific Islanders ◽  
Betel Nut ◽  
School Students ◽  
Product Use ◽  
The Us

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of, and the risk and protective factors associated with, tobacco product use among adolescents in Guam, a US-Affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI) territory. To examine disparities in risk and protective factors across indigenous and nonindigenous groups. Design: Quantitative; cross-sectional. Setting: Middle and high schools in Guam. Sample: The Global Youth Tobacco Survey sample included a representative sample of 2449 6th to 12th graders (71% response rate). Sample for the supplemental study included 670 middle school students (76% response rate across randomly selected classrooms). Measures: Self-reported measures of lifetime and past 30-day tobacco and betel nut use, social competence, resistance self-efficacy, risk perceptions, friend and family tobacco product use, and ease of access to tobacco products. Analysis: Multilevel logistic regression and analysis of covariance. Results: The prevalence rates of current cigarette, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarette use among middle school students were 8%, 8%, and 25%, respectively. Ability to resist social pressure to use tobacco/betel nut use was strongly associated with lower likelihood of tobacco (odds ratio [OR] = 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.68-0.84) and betel nut use (OR = 0.74; 95% CI: 0.67-0.82). Indigenous Pacific Islanders scored significantly lower on protective and higher on risk factors. Conclusion: Tobacco product use rates among Guam middle school students appear to be 4 to 5 times higher than the US national average rates. There is an urgent need for developing tobacco and betel nut use prevention programs for USAPI youth that are tailored to the needs of indigenous Pacific Islanders.

scholarly journals Preliminary Evaluation of a Prescription Opioid Misuse Prevention Program Among Rural Middle School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1139-1148
Author(s):  
Reina Evans ◽  
Laura Widman ◽  
Hannah Javidi ◽  
Elizabeth Troutman Adams ◽  
Sam Cacace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Prescription Opioid ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Opioid Misuse ◽  
School Students ◽  
Rural Middle School ◽  
Prescription Opioid Misuse

scholarly journals Stepwise Development of BullyDown, a Text Messaging-Based Bullying Prevention Program for Middle School Students (Preprint)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele L Ybarra ◽  
Tonya L Prescott ◽  
Dorothy L Espelage
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Bullying Prevention ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
School Students ◽  
Beta Test

BACKGROUND Bullying is a significant public health issue among middle school-aged youth. Current prevention programs have only a moderate impact. Cell phone text messaging technology (mHealth) can potentially overcome existing challenges, particularly those that are structural (e.g., limited time that teachers can devote to non-educational topics). To date, the description of the development of empirically-based mHealth-delivered bullying prevention programs are lacking in the literature. OBJECTIVE To describe the development of BullyDown, a text messaging-based bullying prevention program for middle school students, guided by the Social-Emotional Learning model. METHODS We implemented five activities over a 12-month period: (1) national focus groups (n = 37 youth) to gather acceptability of program components; (2) development of content; (3) a national Content Advisory Team (n = 9 youth) to confirm content tone; and (4) an internal team test of software functionality followed by a beta test (n = 22 youth) to confirm the enrollment protocol and the feasibility and acceptability of the program. RESULTS The focus group recruitment experience suggests that Facebook advertising was less efficient than using a recruitment firm. Sixth grade youth had difficulty engaging in the bulletin board-style focus groups, suggesting that participants may need to be in at least 7th grade to have the writing skills for this research activity. Feedback from the Content Advisory Team suggests a preference for 2-4 brief text messages per day. Beta test findings suggest that BullyDown is both feasible and acceptable: 100% of youth completed the follow-up survey, 86% of whom liked the program. CONCLUSIONS Text messaging appears to be a feasible and acceptable delivery method for bullying prevention programming delivered to middle school students.

Strategies and Tools to Embrace Prevention with Upstream Programs: A Novel Pilot Program for Enhancing Social and Emotional Protective Factors in Middle School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-220
Author(s):  
M Amaris Knight ◽  
Amanda Haboush-Deloye ◽  
Pamela M Goldberg ◽  
Kelly Grob
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Behaviors ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Abstract Social–emotional learning (SEL) programs can be considered upstream, or primary prevention, because they focus on providing students with the life skills necessary to navigate situations and relationships from which problem behaviors may arise to prevent a crisis situation. Strategies & Tools to Embrace Prevention with Upstream Programs (SEL@MS, formerly known as STEP UP) is a comprehensive SEL curriculum for middle school students aimed at promoting universal prevention strategies for healthy populations. SEL@MS enhances protective factors against negative behaviors by reinforcing multilevel approaches to strengthening community, interpersonal, and individual attributes with lesson plans that can be integrated into school curricula. This quasi-experimental pilot study was conducted over the course of two years with 59 middle school students assigned to either the intervention (n = 27) or control (n = 32) group. Analyses demonstrated significant improvements among students in the intervention group in self-regulation, responsibility, social competence, and empathy. Results of this study suggest that SEL@MS is a promising approach to enhance social and emotional protective factors that, when fostered over time, have the potential to improve overall mental health.

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