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Master's Projects and Capstones

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2018

Mental health

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"People Don't Know How I Feel": Developing A Mental Health Curriculum For Latinx Adolescents, Selina Flores Aug 2018

"People Don't Know How I Feel": Developing A Mental Health Curriculum For Latinx Adolescents, Selina Flores

Master's Projects and Capstones

As rates of mental health issues worsen for Latinx adolescents, many barriers to utilizing mental health services increase. Mental health education shows promise in improving outcomes and decreasing potential barriers to utilization of mental health services among Latinx high school students. The purpose of this project was to pilot a mental health education course with Latinx (gender neutral term for Latino/a) high school students in Marin County and to evaluate its outcomes. A mental health curriculum and evaluation surveys were constructed, which focused on mental health knowledge, help-seeking, and attitudes and beliefs. Seven Latinx female high school students from Marin …


The Power Of P.E.: Evaluating A P.E. Program For An Urban Middle School, Matthew Tarape Jul 2018

The Power Of P.E.: Evaluating A P.E. Program For An Urban Middle School, Matthew Tarape

Master's Projects and Capstones

This research study was aimed at developing an evaluation survey tool to measure the effects of physical activity and physical education on middle school students’ physical, mental, emotional, and social health and well-being. This study was conducted in a middle school in the challenging, underserved Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, California in April to June 2018. Data for this research was obtained by questionnaires distributed electronically to students. The questionnaire, sent to the students in the month of April and June, had them select the response that best described how they felt on the days they had P.E. and days …