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Autor:
Sherry C. Betts, Patricia Goldey
Publikováno v:
Development in Practice. 15:106-114
Patricia Goldey teaches and researches social development and social policy, with primary interests in gender and rural livelihoods at the University of Reading. Sherry C. Betts conducts applied research and programme evaluation on home economics and
Publikováno v:
New Directions for Youth Development. 2005:135-143
If we wish to incorporate parents and community members as full partners in building character among youth, then the activities and programs in which youth participate during their out-of-school time are potentially important venues. This chapter des
Publikováno v:
Journal of Adolescent Health. 33:165-171
Purpose To examine risk and resilience factors at multiple ecological levels related to Zimbabwean adoles-cents' practice of protected or unprotected sex. Methods Data were collected from adolescents in eight secondary schools in Zimbabwe. A 140-item
Autor:
Sherry C. Betts, Angela J. Huebner
Publikováno v:
Youth & Society. 34:123-145
The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of social control theory's “attachment” and “involvement” bonds as protective factors to examine gender differences in reports of delinquency and academic achievement in a sample of 7th to
Publikováno v:
Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 16:1330-1348
This exploratory study seeks to better understand the link between peer-related violence (perpetration and victimization) and suicide risk among youth. The study uses data gathered from Arizona, Nevada, and Wyoming, where the highest rates of adolesc
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Children's Services. 4:87-101
Effective organizations evolve with society. As a response to conditions that place children and their families at risk, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Cooperative Extension) funded t
Autor:
Sherry C. Betts, Angela J. Huebner
Publikováno v:
Evaluation. 5:340-358
The utility of Guba and Lincoln's (1989) Fourth Generation Evaluation (FGE) method has been a source of debate in the field of evaluation (e.g. Adelman, 1996; Greene, 1996; Laughlin and Broadbent, 1996). The majority of these debates tend to focus on
Publikováno v:
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal. 26:346-363
Despite extensive literature on evaluation strategies and models, few published reports exist relative to practical applications of such strategies. This article follows one community as it mobilized around youth issues, resulting in a pregnancy prev
Publikováno v:
Health promotion practice. 9(4)
This article presents a case study of how the evaluation design for a dating violence prevention and/or youth development program for American Indian youth in Arizona evolved throughout the project. Particular attention is given to how the evaluation
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The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. 23