Student Dropouts

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Unemployment -- an important predictor for future smoking: a 14-year follow-up study of school leavers.

AIMS: To analyse predictors among pupils leaving compulsory school for smoking and high alcohol consumption as adults. METHODS: A prospective cohort study in which all pupils (N = 1083) in the last year of compulsory school were followed for 14 years. ...
Anne Hammarström, Urban Janlert (Scand J Public Health, 2003)
unemployment-important-predictor-future-smoking-year-follow-up.asp

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Using a psychoeducational approach to increase the self-esteem of adolescents at high risk for dropping out.

The effectiveness of an ecologically oriented approach in changing the self-concepts of 80 high-risk adolescents was investigated. Participants were administered a self-esteem scale before and after an eight-week psychoeducational program designed for ...
Don Wells, Mark Miller, Jerome Tobacyk, Robert Clanton (Adolescence, 2002SUMMER)
psychoeducational-approach-increase-self-esteem-adolescents-high-risk.asp

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Sibling effects, environmental influences, and school dropout.

Relations were examined between sibling variables, environmental influences, and the likelihood of dropping out of school. Data were collected from Australian adolescents (4,096 boys, 4,570 girls). Findings indicated that, after taking into account ...
Kevin Marjoribanks (Psychol Rep, 200212)
sibling-effects-environmental-influences-school-dropout.asp

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Attitudes to absenteeism among diploma nursing students in Ireland - an exploratory descriptive survey.

Nurse education within Ireland is currently in a transition period. October 2002 heralds the national implementation of a third-level four-year degree based programme for the preparation of nurses, to replace the current three-year diploma system. ...
Fiona Timmins, Michael Kaliszer (Nurse Educ Today, 200210)
attitudes-absenteeism-diploma-nursing-students-ireland-exploratory.asp

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The Red River College model: enhancing success of Native Canadian and other nursing students from disenfranchised groups.

The recruitment and retention of students from culturally diverse backgrounds remains a critical issue in nursing education. This article describes one program that was very successful in helping Native Canadian and other disenfranchised students succeed ...
Evelyn Labun (J Transcult Nurs, 200210)
red-river-college-model-enhancing-success-native-canadian-other.asp

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Developing and retaining expert learners: the Student Success Program.

The goal of the Student Success Program is to retain bright and capable nursing students by supporting them to become expert learners through enhancing their study, test taking, time and stress management, written and oral communication, and critical ...
Lene Symes, Kathryn Tart, Lucille Travis, Margo S Toombs (Nurse Educ, 200209-10)
developing-retaining-expert-learners-student-success-program.asp

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Environmental and individual influences on Australian students likelihood of staying in school.

In this longitudinal study, the author examined environmental and individual influences on the likelihood of Australian adolescents staying in school. Participants were 6,778 Anglo Australian, 350 Asian, and 472 European students (mean age = 14.7 years) ...
Kevin Marjoribanks (J Genet Psychol, 200209)
environmental-individual-influences-australian-students-likelihood.asp

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Cigarette smoking and perceived health in school dropouts: a comparison of Mexican American and non-Hispanic white adolescents.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relations between educational attainment and health (cigarette smoking and perceived health) in Hispanic adolescents. METHOD: Participants included 3,360 Mexican American and non-Hispanic white adolescents ranging in age from 12 ...
Patricia A Aloise-Young, Courtney Cruickshank, Ernest L Chavez (J Pediatr Psychol, 200209)
cigarette-smoking-perceived-health-school-dropouts-comparison-mexican.asp

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How many years do students study before graduating in medicine?

OBJECTIVES: The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand is considering changing from a 6-year medical degree to a mainly graduate-entry 4-year degree. The objective of this study was to determine how long students currently take ...
M Price, B Smuts (S Afr Med J, 200208)
many-years-students-study-graduating-medicine.asp

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Early unemployment can contribute to adult health problems: results from a longitudinal study of school leavers.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the long term effects of early unemployment (a total of more than half a year of unemployment between the ages of 16 and 21) on health behaviour and psychological and somatic symptoms. DESIGN: A 14 year follow up of a ...
A Hammarström, U Janlert (J Epidemiol Community Health, 200208)
early-unemployment-contribute-adult-health-problems-results.asp