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Kenneth R. McLeroy
Researcher at Texas A&M University
Publications - 118
Citations - 13685
Kenneth R. McLeroy is an academic researcher from Texas A&M University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health promotion & Public health. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 116 publications receiving 12446 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenneth R. McLeroy include Oregon Health & Science University & University of Oregon.
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A Collaborative Approach to Program Evaluation of Community-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Projects
TL;DR: How university-based evaluators, a state health department, and local program providers collaborated to evaluate 12 projects implementing commercially developed teenage pregnancy prevention programs in school settings is described.
Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Techniques in Planning and Evaluating a Community-Wide Project to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy
TL;DR: A promising approach to teen pregnancy prevention currently underway in diverse neighborhoods in Oklahoma City is described, which is asset-based and focuses on positive youth development.
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Promoting comprehensive school health programs through summer health promotion conferences.
TL;DR: Results indicate the effect of school health promotion conferences is linked to characteristics of school district teams, with the Institute needing to attract more varied teams, and teams from smaller, rural districts.
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The importance of school district policies in the dissemination of tobacco use curricula in North Carolina schools
Allan Steckler,Kenneth R. McLeroy,Robert M. Goodman,Dennis W. Smith,Leonard Dawson,Keith A. Howell +5 more
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Ecological Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention: An Examination of Evidence-Based Interventions.
Whitney R. Garney,Kelly L. Wilson,Jordan L. Nelon,Daenuka Muraleetharan,Kenneth R. McLeroy,Dawn-Marie Baletka +5 more
TL;DR: Findings indicate that the majority of TPP EBIs are aimed at the individual and/or interpersonal level of intervention, and future TP approaches should target multiple levels of social ecology, ensure measurements appropriately capture changes within these levels, and shift to a focus on a longer term population health improvement.