2022
Structural school characteristics and neighborhood risk factors: Associations with student-reported school climate in a large, urban public school district in the United States
Moore S, Ouellette R, Connors E. Structural school characteristics and neighborhood risk factors: Associations with student-reported school climate in a large, urban public school district in the United States. Frontiers In Education 2022, 7: 931474. PMID: 37928927, PMCID: PMC10624158, DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.931474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive school climateSchool climatePublic schoolsSchool buildingsSchool neighborhoodsNeighborhood risk factorsUrban public school districtSchool climate scoreNumber of studentsPublic school districtsNeighborhood factorsTeachers’ yearsEducation leadersHigh crime ratesSchool characteristicsSpecial educationAcademic successSchool districtsSchoolsSystemic schoolCommunity violence exposureUnited StatesYouth developmentCrime ratesUrban districts
2021
Promoting healthy trajectories for urban middle school youth through county‐funded, parks‐based after‐school programming
Goodman A, Ouellette R, D'Agostino E, Hansen E, Lee T, Frazier S. Promoting healthy trajectories for urban middle school youth through county‐funded, parks‐based after‐school programming. Journal Of Community Psychology 2021, 49: 2795-2817. PMID: 33914915, DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22587.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial-emotional learningUrban middle school youthHigh school graduationMiddle school youthPositive future orientationSchool collaborationHigher educationSchool programmingSchool programsPublic schoolsSchool settingsSchool yearMiddle schoolersSchool graduationSystemic inequitiesSchool youthHealthy trajectoryFuture orientationOngoing pressureCritical spaceYouthPromotive factorsT-testMental healthProgram