An evaluation of the 4-H health rocks program: Implications for program improvement

dc.contributor.author	Self, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Morgan, AC	en
dc.contributor.author	Fuhrman, NE	en
dc.contributor.author	Navarro, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:52:16Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:52:16Z
dc.date.issued	2013	en
dc.identifier.issn	15414159	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/DE.43.1.d	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5940
dc.subject.other	African American	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	attitude	en
dc.subject.other	Caucasian	en
dc.subject.other	child	en
dc.subject.other	construct validity	en
dc.subject.other	education program	en
dc.subject.other	female	en
dc.subject.other	health belief	en
dc.subject.other	health care quality	en
dc.subject.other	health program	en
dc.subject.other	high risk behavior	en
dc.subject.other	high school student	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	internal consistency	en
dc.subject.other	juvenile	en
dc.subject.other	knowledge	en
dc.subject.other	major clinical study	en
dc.subject.other	male	en
dc.subject.other	middle school student	en
dc.subject.other	peer pressure	en
dc.subject.other	rural area	en
dc.subject.other	school child	en
dc.subject.other	substance abuse	en
dc.subject.other	suburban area	en
dc.subject.other	United States	en
dc.subject.other	urban area	en
dc.title	An evaluation of the 4-H health rocks program: Implications for program improvement	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.2190/DE.43.1.d	en
heal.publicationDate	2013	en
heal.abstract	The National 4-H Council developed the Health Rocks substance abuse educational program to prevent youth from engaging in risky behaviors. The program was presented in 2010 to more than 8,000 middle school youth in Georgia. A post-then-pre evaluation was conducted with youth who completed 10 hours of instruction to determine if changes in youth knowledge, beliefs/attitudes, skills, and behavioral intentions occurred during the course of the program. This study sought to measure the impact of the program and critically evaluate the questionnaire used. The data revealed statistically significant increases in knowledge, beliefs/attitudes, skills, and behavioral intentions of participating youth. Suggestions for improvement of the questionnaire included utilizing questions that are more specific to the curriculum and adding questions to measure the influence of peer pressure. © 2013, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.	en
heal.publisher	Baywood Publishing Co. Inc.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Drug Education	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.volume	43	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.2190/DE.43.1.d	en
dc.identifier.spage	49	en
dc.identifier.epage	63	en