Life Skills Training Effects for High and Low Risk Rural Junior High School Females

Vicary, Judith R.; Henry, Kimberly L.; Bechtel, Lori J.; Swisher, John D.; Smith, Edward A.; Wylie, Richard E.; Hopkins, Abigail M.

doi:10.1023/b:jopp.0000048109.40577.bd

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“…Este dato no tiene por qué sorprender: LST fue creado hace 30 años, y no ha sufrido ninguna clase de modificaciones, mientras que el mundo ha cambiado enormemente en ese lapso, especialmente para los adolescentes; sus autores, Gilbert Botvin y Kenneth Griffin (2004), han mantenido que su programa es muy eficiente, y han rechazado las críticas, negándose a introducir cambios. Otros autores han reportado igualmente pobres resultados (Gorman, 2011;Johnson, Shamblen, Ogilvie, Collins, & Saylor, 2009;Vicary et al, 2004Vicary et al, , 2006. Esto mismo ocurre, probablemente, con muchos otros programas de prevención.…”

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Implementación y adaptación en Colombia del sistema preventivo Communities That Care

Mejía-Trujillo¹,

Pérez-Gómez²,

Reyes-Rodríguez³

2015

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original adicciones vol. 27, nº 4 · 2015For more than two years, Corporación Nuevos Rumbos (Colombia) has been carrying out, in eight Colombian communities, a preventive system called Comunidades Que se Cuidan (CQC), an adaptation of Communities That Care (CTC), created at the University of Washington (Seattle), developed for more than 25 years in the United States of America and implemented in eight countries of America, Oceania, and Europe. The system is based on the public health approach, and the social development strategy for community empowerment. The core idea is to teach communities how to make decisions based on data regarding drugs and alcohol consumption and the identification of protective and risk factors, on the basis of the original survey validated in Colombia: these will allow communities to choose the best preventive interventions, tailored for each of them according to their needs. This paper describes the process of implementation of CQC in Colombia, its differences with CTC, the creation of Colombian cutpoints, the main difficulties and how these were solved. CQC seems to be a preventive system with a wide potential applicability in other Latin American countries.

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Implementación y adaptación en Colombia del sistema preventivo Communities That Care

Mejía-Trujillo¹,

Pérez-Gómez²,

Reyes-Rodríguez³

2015

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“…Unlike the LSE where content is delivered in number of sessions, the life skills infusion approach does not limit the content into number of sessions but rather assures that all components are distributed across subjects through diversification in delivery methods. Infusion has been shown to be effective in reducing smoking, binge drinking, and use of marijuana (Botvin & Kantor, 2000;Smith et al, 2004;Vicary et al, 2004) and as a result 145 countries have integrated life skills into their primary and secondary curricula (UNICEF, 2012). However, for an infusion approach to be effective it needs to be designed well and delivered age appropriately (Konkel, 2016).…”

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“…Subgroup analysis indicated that life skills education activities conducted around the world reflect the priorities and areas of concern of the respective countries. For example, the USA, Canada, UK, Germany and Greece have many well-planned, tailor-made life skills education programmes that aim to promote positive behaviours around smoking, alcohol, drug abuse, HIV, AIDS, contraception, perception about sexual activities and condom use through refusal skills, attitude change and personal goal setting (Botvin et al, 2001;Goudas, Dermitzaki, Leondari, & Danish, 2006;Goudas & Giannoudis, 2008;Holt, Tink, Mandigo, & Fox, 2008;Lillehoj et al, 2004;Menrath et al, 2012;O'Hearn & Gatz, 1999;Smith et al, 2004;Teyhan et al, 2016;Thompson, Auslander, & Alonzo, 2012;Tuttle et al, 2006;Vicary et al, 2004;Weichold & Blumenthal, 2016;Wenzel et al, 2009). These programs address cognitive, affective, and behavioral competencies to develop self-efficacy, for positive social and personal behavior.…”

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A narrative systematic review of life skills education: effectiveness, research gaps and priorities

Nasheeda

Abdullah

Krauss

et al. 2018

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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a faculty of human ecology, university Putra Malaysia, serdang, Malaysia; b faculty of educational studies, university Putra Malaysia, serdang, Malaysia ABSTRACT A systematic review was conducted to investigate the literature on effectiveness of life skills programs. The aim of this review was to gain a comprehensive understanding on the effectiveness of life skills education globally, and to identify research gaps and priorities. Findings revealed differences in life skills education within developing countries and developed countries. In general, developed countries conduct more systematic life skills education programs promoting positive behavior, with research articulating outcomes on individual youth. In contrast, the majority of developing countries' life skills programs lack systematic implementation, evaluation and monitoring. Programs are often conducted to yield short term results only. This review will be useful to administrators, policy makers, researchers and teachers to implement effective life skills programs. The findings can be used as inputs for developing sustainable life skills programs to ensure transfer of knowledge and skills.

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“…In addition, recent RCTs of LST report small or no effects at all (Vicary et al . 2004 , 2006 ; Gorman, 2011 ; Luna-Adame et al . 2013 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

How useful are randomized controlled trials in a rapidly changing world?

Pérez-Gómez¹,

Mejía-Trujillo²,

Mejía

2016

Glob. Ment. Health

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Life Skills Training Effects for High and Low Risk Rural Junior High School Females

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

Implementación y adaptación en Colombia del sistema preventivo Communities That Care

Implementación y adaptación en Colombia del sistema preventivo Communities That Care

A narrative systematic review of life skills education: effectiveness, research gaps and priorities

How useful are randomized controlled trials in a rapidly changing world?

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