title: Teaching kids to cope with anger: peer education.
abstract: Anger could be an early warning signal of violent behavior. Early peer education health promotion in relation to anger management could help children before uncontrolled anger becomes a problem in adolescence and adulthood. Peer education has been identified as a viable intervention strategy worldwide with various prevention programs for youth. The purpose of this article is to describe an anger management program (Teaching Kids to Cope with Anger, TKC-A 4th-8th graders) co-led by high school peer educators in an urban school district's summer school enhancement program. A program of five modules will be described. This paper discusses the peer educator implementation and recommendations for future implementation.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. krp12@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Puskar
authors.forename: Kirsti H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Northcut
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000786:Anger; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control