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Citation

Gopalan G, Alicea S, Conover K, Fuss A, Gardner L, Pardo G, McKay M. J. Early Adolesc. 2013; 33(1): 131-154.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0272431612467536

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Inner-city, low-income Black and Latino youth are at high risk for developing severe behavioral difficulties and dropping out of high school. After-school programs are excellent resources for targeting these issues, yet most focus on middle school populations, address either academic or socioemotional issues rather than a combination of efforts, and struggle to engage at-risk youth. This article presents feasibility data regarding mental health needs and participation in Project Step-Up, a secondary prevention high school program targeting socioemotional and academic domains with linkages provided to mental health resources for hard-to-engage youth. Results indicate that participants exhibit preservice mental health needs at greater rates than manifested in the general population, yet demonstrate attendance and retention rates exceeding those typically reported by after-school programs. Participation differences by race/ethnicity indicate Project Step-Up's success at engaging Black and Latino youth. Study limitations, curriculum revisions, and planned future evaluations are further discussed.


Language: en

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