VOLUME 31, NUMBER 5: OCTOBER 2004

SPECIAL ISSUE
Application of Youth Empowerment Theory to Tobacco Control

INTRODUCTION
Lyndon Haviland, DrPH

Articles:
(abstracts only online; full text in print)

Conceptualizing Youth Empowerment Within Tobacco Control
Debra J. Holden, PhD, Peter Messeri, PhD, W. Douglas Evans, PhD, Erik Crankshaw, MPH, and Maureen Ben-Davies, BA

*Adult and Group Influences on Participation in Youth Empowerment Programs
W. Douglas Evans, PhD, Alec Ulasevich, PhD, and Stephen Blahut, MA

*Empowering Organizations: Approaches to Tobacco Control Through Youth Empowerment Programs
Lisa LeRoy, PhD, MBA, Dana Jones Benet, PhD, MPH, Theresa Mason, PhD, W. David Austin, MS, MPH, and Sherry Mills, MD, MPH

The North Carolina Youth Empowerment Study (NC YES): A Participatory Research Study Examining the Impact of Youth Empowerment for Tobacco Use Prevention
Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD, Allan Steckler, DrPH, Laura Linnan, ScD, Carol C. Patterson, MA, Eric S. Pevzner, MPH, Elizabeth Markatos, MPH, Adam O. Goldstein, MD, MPH, Tim McGloin, MPH, and Arlana Bobo Peterson, MPH

Quantifying the Impact of Participation in Local Tobacco Control Groups on the Psychological Empowerment of Involved Youth
Debra J. Holden, PhD, Erik Crankshaw, MPH, Christian Nimsch, MA, Laurie W. Hinnant, PhD, and Lisa Hund, MPH

Examination of the Relationship Between Community Support and Tobacco Control Activities as a Part of Youth Empowerment Programs
Laurie W. Hinnant, PhD, Christian Nimsch, MA, and Brenda Stone-Wiggins, MPH

*These articles are approved for CHES continuing education credit. See print issue for registration form.