Evaluation of a Health Careers Program for Asian American and Pacific Islander High School Students |
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Authors: | Christine J. Yeh Noah E. Borrero |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Counseling Psychology, University of San Francisco.;2. Teacher Education Department, University of San Francisco. |
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Abstract: | The authors evaluated a health careers program in a U.S. urban public high school. After small subgroups of the original sample were removed, participants included 162 Asian American and Pacific Islander students. Analyses of covariance indicated that, compared with the comparison group, the treatment group reported significantly higher levels of social support, school engagement, interest in learning, vocational expectations, and ethnic identity. Implications for multicultural counseling in schools are discussed. Los autores evaluaron un programa de carreras sanitarias en una escuela secundaria pública de Estados Unidos. Tras la eliminación de pequeños subgrupos de la muestra original, los participantes incluyeron 162 estudiantes Asiático‐Americanos e Isleños del Pacífico. Los análisis de covarianza indicaron que, comparado con el grupo de comparación, el grupo de tratamiento expresó unos niveles significativamente mayores de apoyo social, participación escolar, interés en el aprendizaje, expectativas vocacionales e identidad étnica. Se discuten las implicaciones para la consejería multicultural en escuelas. |
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Keywords: | Asian American Pacific Islander high school Asiá tico‐Americano Isleñ o del Pací fico escuela secundaria |
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