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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Low-income youth"”.
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An Instrument for Measuring Behavior Change Among Low-Income Youth
… and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and its youth component, 4-H EFNEP, were established nationwide by the Cooperative Extension Service in 1969. 4-H EFNEP provides nutrition education to low-income youth, aged 5 to 19 years; however, there has been no standard instrument to evaluate behavior …
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Youth and cities : planning with low-income youth and urban youth cultures in New York City and Paris
… built, and planned by authorities to encourage youth development or facilitate repression? Youth and Cities: Planning with Low- Income Youth and Urban Youth Cultures in New York City and Paris is an investigation into the experience of urban youth by (1) examining the impact of youth policy …
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Barriers to Treatment Engagement Among Minoritized, Low-Income Youth with Developmental Delay Receiving Internet-Delivered Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
… is a major concern, especially for minoritized, low-income families. Internet-delivered Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (IPCIT) is effective for DBPs and offers a promising telehealth approach to support engagement. This study examined whether parent acculturation, technological problems, and …
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Incorporating Community Cultural Wealth in a Community-Based Organization
… non-profit organization, successfully works with low-income youth of color in an outside of school context using technological skills to empower them. Critical Race Theory, community cultural wealth, and the many studies on academic success provided a model through which to examine the efficacy …
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Food Availability and Behavior of Youth EFNEP Participants in Virginia
Low-income and minority youth are disproportionately affected by low food access, low dietary quality, and high levels of obesity. The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is designed specifically to assist limited resource youth and adult audiences to acquire the knowledge, …
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Essays on the Economic Well-Being of Women
… of College Distance on Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Youth</strong></p> <p><strong></strong> This chapter studies the impact of one obstacle to college completion among low-income youth: geographic distance to the nearest four-year public college. The chapter's main results show that …
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Conflicting Frames : the dispute over the meaning of rolezinhos in Brazilian media
… surrounding rolezinhos- flashmobs organized by low-income youth in Brazilian shopping malls. To analyze the framing of these events, a corpus of 4,523 online articles was compiled. These articles, published between December 7th, 2013, and February 23 rd, 2014, were investigated using Media …
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Are early commitment programs the answer to gaps in college enrollment and outcomes by income? The case of Oklahoma's Promise
… of one state-wide early commitment program for low-income students, Oklahoma's Promise. The impact of the expansion of Oklahoma's Promise on college enrollment rates and college level educational outcomes will be reviewed. When compared with all US states, many of which were also implementing …
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Evaluation of a Participant Co-designed Lifestyle Change Program for Youth
… is important to promote healthier lifestyles in youths and encourage their caregivers(s) to provide a healthy lifestyle environment. The PowerHouse program focuses on improving food choices, increasing physical activity, and adopting behavior changes for the reduction of obesity and the …
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Predicting Cardiovascular Fitness in Ethnic Minority Youth: A Comparison of Demographic, Body Composition, and Physical Activity Variables
Prevalence of obesity, low physical activity, and poor physical fitness of youth in the United States are increasingly poor and in need of intervention to prevent later concerns like hypertension. The overall goal of this dissertation was to examine which factors weigh heaviest in predicting …
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Essays on the effects of disability insurance/
… children enrolled in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and their family members. In Chapter 1, I estimate the long-term effects of removing low-income youth with disabilities from SSI on the level and variance of their earnings and income in adulthood. Using a regression …
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The Economics of Adolescents' Time Allocation: Evidence from the Young Agent Project in Brazil
… of the time allocation decisions made by low-income adolescents? The way adolescents allocate their time between schooling, labor and leisure has important implications for their education attainment, college aspirations, job opportunities and future earnings. This study focuses on …
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SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STAFF AND YOUTH IN A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY-BASED POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Positive youth development (PYD) programs offer enriching experiences that help young people discover and develop skills that will help them become productive, successful, and healthy adults (Damon, 2004; Lerner, von Eye, Lerner, & Lewin-Bizan, 2009). The social context within PYD programs serves …
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Mental Health Service Utilization Patterns in a School Mental Health Program for High Poverty Communities
… internalizing disorders. However, up to 80% of low-income children in need of mental health services do not receive needed services. Given the barriers and lack of available mental health services, the school setting has been the de facto place of services in high-poverty communities. However, …
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A Case Study Of An Early College High School: Students' Perceptions Of The Benefits And Challenges Experienced While Attending An Early College High School And Factors Influencing Program Completion
… Program was created to address the problems of low college enrollment and students’ lack of preparation for college. The targeted population includes low income youth, English language learners, first-generation college goers, students of color, and other young people underrepresented in higher …
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The Meaning of Educational Travel in the Lives of Urban Middle School Students in a Low-Income Neighborhood: A Transformative, Sequential Mixed Methods Study
… of educational travel in the lives of urban youth in a low-income neighborhoods. The framework for this study stems from educational travel, culturally responsive teaching, effective middle level education (AMLE), and experiential learning. First, a quantitative phase examined data from …