Problem behavior and urban, low-income youth: a randomized controlled trial of positive action in Chicago.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth problem behaviors remain a public health issue. Youth in low-income, urban areas are particularly at risk for engaging in aggressive, violent, and disruptive behaviors.

Purpose

To evaluate the effects of a school-based social-emotional learning and health promotion program on problem behaviors and related attitudes among low-income, urban youth.

Design

A matched-pair, cluster RCT.

Setting/participants

Participants were drawn from 14 Chicago Public Schools over a 6-year period of program delivery with outcomes assessed for a cohort of youth followed from Grades 3 to 8. Data were collected from Fall 2004 to Spring 2010, and analyzed in Spring 2012.

Intervention

The Positive Action program includes a scoped and sequenced K-12 classroom curr

SUBMITTER: Lewis KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3723403 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature