A review of validated youth prevention and positive youth development programs in Asia
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Daniel T.L. Shek
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Lu Yu
Abstract
In view of the intensification of adolescent developmental issues in different Asian contexts, there is an urgent need for developing prevention and positive youth development programs in different Asian communities. In this paper, adolescent prevention and positive youth development programs in Asia which have been evaluated by studies adopting true experimental or quasi-experimental designs are reviewed. Several observations are highlighted from this review. First, compared with Western societies, the number of validated programs in different Asian communities was extremely low. Second, there were comparatively more programs addressing substance abuse than other mental health problems. Third, compared with evaluated prevention programs, there were very few positive youth development programs. Finally, there were very few rigorously designed evaluative studies of prevention and positive youth development programs over a long period of time.
©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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- Secondary 1 Training Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation findings
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Articles in the same Issue
- Editorial
- Training programs and implementation process of positive youth development programs
- Review Articles
- Experiential and reflective learning approaches for the train-the-trainers program of Project P.A.T.H.S.
- “Use of self” as a strategy in teaching the P.A.T.H.S. curriculum
- A review of validated youth prevention and positive youth development programs in Asia
- Original Articles
- Subjective outcome evaluation of the Secondary 2 Training Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- Training evaluation of the Secondary 3 Training Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- Implementation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in a school with a religious background: a case study
- Qualitative evaluation of the Secondary 3 Training Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- Implementation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong: observations based on the Co-Walker Scheme
- Secondary 1 Training Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation findings
- Perceptions of adolescents among teachers and social workers in the context of training programs in Hong Kong
- Secondary 1 Training Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong: an evaluation based on program participants
