Dropout Prevention and Intervention Programs: Effects on School Completion and Dropout among School‐aged Children and Youth

Wilson, Sandra Jo; Lipsey, Mark W.; Tanner‐Smith, Emily E.; Huang, Chiungjung; Steinka-Fry, Katarzyna T.

doi:10.4073/csr.2011.8

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“…For dropout, secondary prevention interventions target students who are exhibiting risk behaviors linked to dropout, such as poor achievement, absenteeism, and low school engagement (Rumberger and Lim 2008). While many, if not most, secondary dropout prevention programs are delivered in the school setting, community-based efforts, such as substance use counseling, teen pregnancy and parenting programs, and community-based programs targeting socio-emotional problems and violence are examples of secondary prevention programs that can prevent dropout among at-risk youth (Wilson et al 2011). The third level of intervention, tertiary (indicated) interventions, targets those who are already exhibiting the problem.…”

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confidence: 99%

High School Dropouts in Emerging Adulthood: Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Crime

Maynard

Salas-Wright

Vaughn

2014

Community Ment Health J

131

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This study examined the distribution of substance use, mental health, and criminal behavior among dropouts derived from a nationally representative sample of 18–25 year old (N = 19,312) emerging adults in the United States. Using public-use data from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this study employed multiple logistic regression with adjustments for complex survey sampling and compared high school dropouts with graduates with respect to substance use, mental health, and criminal behavior. After controlling for the effects of age, gender, race/ethnicity, family income, receipt of government assistance, employment status, and metropolitan population density, dropouts were more likely to meet criteria for nicotine dependence and report daily cigarette use, and more likely to report having attempted suicide in the previous year, been arrested for larceny, assault, drug possession or drug sales relative to their high school graduate counterparts. The findings of this study provide important insights and an initial epidemiologic portrait of mental health, substance use, and criminal behaviors of dropouts during emerging adulthood.

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confidence: 99%

High School Dropouts in Emerging Adulthood: Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Crime

Maynard

Salas-Wright

Vaughn

2014

Community Ment Health J

131

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“…21 The study by Wilson et al met Community Guide systematic review standards in terms of intervention definition, search procedures, outcome assessment, study design and execution evaluation, and synthesis of effect estimates. It was approved by the Task Force as the basis for a Community Guide health equity review.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An update search (www.thecommunityguide.org/healthequity/education/supportingmaterials/SS-highschoolcompletion.html) was conducted to find studies published from January 2010 through August 2012 to assess studies published after the review by Wilson and colleagues, 21 using the following databases: ERIC; National Education Association (NEA) website; NTIS database (www.ntis.org); PsycINFO; PubMed; Social Care Online Database (www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/); and Web of Science. Inclusion criteria in the review differed slightly from those used in this update, principally by including dissertations and studies conducted in non–high income nations (of which none of the latter were found).…”

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Programs to Increase High School Completion

Hahn

Knopf

Wilson

et al. 2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Context High school completion (HSC) is an established predictor of long-term morbidity and mortality. U.S. rates of HSC are substantially lower among students from low-income families and most racial/ethnic minority populations than students from high-income families and the non-Hispanic white population. This systematic review assesses the effectiveness of programs to increase HSC and the potential of these programs to improve lifelong health among at-risk students. Evidence acquisition A search located a meta-analysis (search period 1985–2010/2011) on the effects of programs to increase HSC or General Educational Development (GED) diploma receipt; the meta-analysis was concordant with Community Guide definitions and methodologic standards. Programs were assessed separately for the general student population (152 studies) and students who were parents or pregnant (15 studies). A search for studies published between 2010 and August 2012 located ten more recent studies, which were assessed for consistency with the meta-analysis. Analyses were conducted in 2013. Evidence synthesis The review focused on the meta-analysis. Program effectiveness was measured as the increased rate of HSC (or GED receipt) by the intervention group compared with controls. All assessed program types were effective in increasing HSC in the general student population: vocational training, alternative schooling, social–emotional skills training, college-oriented programming, mentoring and counseling, supplemental academic services, school and class restructuring, multiservice packages, attendance monitoring and contingencies, community service, and case management. For students who had children or were pregnant, attendance monitoring and multiservice packages were effective. Ten studies published after the search period for the meta-analysis were consistent with its findings. Conclusions There is strong evidence that a variety of HSC programs can improve high school or GED completion rates. Because many programs are targeted to high-risk students and communities, they are likely to advance health equity.

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“…Various programs to increase teen mothers' educational attainment have been documented (SEDL, 2011;Wilson, Tanner-Smith, Lipsey, Steinka-Fry & Morrison, 2011). Our project differs from other programs because we are training young non-professionals in MI in order to support teen mothers' educational advancement.…”

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Training Teen Mothers as Motivational Interviewers: A Feasibility Study

Yahne¹,

Jackson²,

Tollestrup³

2015

MITRIP

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When teen mothers do not graduate from high school, they and their children risk a lifetime of negative outcomes. They face major economic and health difficulties, often repeated across generations. To address this growing national concern that particularly impacts Hispanic teen mothers, we began by training young nonprofessional peer mentors in motivational interviewing (MI) to provide one-to-one support for teen mothers. To our knowledge, young non-clinicians have never before been formally evaluated for MI competency. Our preliminary investigation tested whether teen mothers who had succeeded in graduating could use MI effectively in conversations with their peers who had not yet completed high school. The six peer mentors were able to attain basic competency in MI. Some of their demonstrated skills went beyond competency to MI proficiency as measured by the MITI coding system. They also expressed their enthusiasm for the experience. They fully participated in the study protocols and also maintained the spirit of MI throughout the study. These findings are being used to design a training strategy for the peer mentors that can be used in schools and clinics throughout New Mexico. The question we asked was: "Can these young mothers, who have succeeded in graduating from high school, competently use MI to support other teen moms to continue their education?" The answer in this feasibility study was "yes".

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Dropout Prevention and Intervention Programs: Effects on School Completion and Dropout among School‐aged Children and Youth

Cited by 88 publications

References 14 publications

High School Dropouts in Emerging Adulthood: Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Crime

High School Dropouts in Emerging Adulthood: Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Crime

Programs to Increase High School Completion

Training Teen Mothers as Motivational Interviewers: A Feasibility Study

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