Ed Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590939 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ed Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ed |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Penn State University, University Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Qualitative Assessment of South African Adolescents' Motivations For and Against Substance Use and Sexual Behavior: Qualitative Assessment of South African Adolescents' Motivations
Focus groups (N = 15 groups; eight with girls, seven with boys) with adolescents in high schools near Cape Town, South Africa were used to conduct a qualitative investigation of reported reasons for using and not using substances, and for having and not having sex. Adolescents reported Enhancement, Negative States, Social, and Aversive Social motivations for both substance use and sexual behavior. In addition, being addicted as a reason for using…
Stigma, Culture, and HIV and Aids in the Western Cape, South Africa: An Application of the PEN-3 Cultural Model for Community-Based Research
HIV- and AIDS-related stigma has been reported to be a major factor contributing to the spread of HIV. In this study, the authors explore the meaning of stigma and its impact on HIV and AIDS in South African families and health care centers. They conducted focus group and key informant interviews among African and Colored populations in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, and Mitchell's Plain in the Western Cape province. The audio-recorded interviews were t…
Preliminary Effects of a Leisure Education Program to Promote Healthy Use of Free Time among Middle School Adolescents
This paper documents the development and first year evaluation of the Time Wise: Learning Lifelong Leisure Skills curriculum, which aims to increase positive free time use, and mitigate or prevent the initiation of substance use and abuse. The sample was comprised of 634 school youth attending nine middle schools in a rural area in eastern United States. Results from self-report data indicate that students who received the Time Wise curriculum re…
Preliminary Effects of a Leisure Education Program to Promote Healthy Use of Free Time among Middle School Adolescents
This paper documents the development and first year evaluation of the Time Wise: Learning Lifelong Leisure Skills curriculum, which aims to increase positive free time use, and mitigate or prevent the initiation of substance use and abuse. The sample was comprised of 634 school youth attending nine middle schools in a rural area in eastern United States. Results from self-report data indicate that students who received the Time Wise curriculum re…
Stigma, Culture, and HIV and Aids in the Western Cape, South Africa: An Application of the PEN-3 Cultural Model for Community-Based Research
HIV- and AIDS-related stigma has been reported to be a major factor contributing to the spread of HIV. In this study, the authors explore the meaning of stigma and its impact on HIV and AIDS in South African families and health care centers. They conducted focus group and key informant interviews among African and Colored populations in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, and Mitchell's Plain in the Western Cape province. The audio-recorded interviews were t…
A Qualitative Assessment of South African Adolescents' Motivations For and Against Substance Use and Sexual Behavior: Qualitative Assessment of South African Adolescents' Motivations
Focus groups (N = 15 groups; eight with girls, seven with boys) with adolescents in high schools near Cape Town, South Africa were used to conduct a qualitative investigation of reported reasons for using and not using substances, and for having and not having sex. Adolescents reported Enhancement, Negative States, Social, and Aversive Social motivations for both substance use and sexual behavior. In addition, being addicted as a reason for using…
Preliminary Effects of a Leisure Education Program to Promote Healthy Use of Free Time among Middle School Adolescents
This paper documents the development and first year evaluation of the Time Wise: Learning Lifelong Leisure Skills curriculum, which aims to increase positive free time use, and mitigate or prevent the initiation of substance use and abuse. The sample was comprised of 634 school youth attending nine middle schools in a rural area in eastern United States. Results from self-report data indicate that students who received the Time Wise curriculum re…
Stigma, Culture, and HIV and Aids in the Western Cape, South Africa: An Application of the PEN-3 Cultural Model for Community-Based Research
HIV- and AIDS-related stigma has been reported to be a major factor contributing to the spread of HIV. In this study, the authors explore the meaning of stigma and its impact on HIV and AIDS in South African families and health care centers. They conducted focus group and key informant interviews among African and Colored populations in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, and Mitchell's Plain in the Western Cape province. The audio-recorded interviews were t…
A Qualitative Assessment of South African Adolescents' Motivations For and Against Substance Use and Sexual Behavior: Qualitative Assessment of South African Adolescents' Motivations
Focus groups (N = 15 groups; eight with girls, seven with boys) with adolescents in high schools near Cape Town, South Africa were used to conduct a qualitative investigation of reported reasons for using and not using substances, and for having and not having sex. Adolescents reported Enhancement, Negative States, Social, and Aversive Social motivations for both substance use and sexual behavior. In addition, being addicted as a reason for using…
Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Cape (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works)