title: A Systematic Review of Consent Procedures, Participation Rates, and Main Findings of Health-Related Research in Alternative High Schools From 2010 to 2015.
abstract: There is a well-established link between educational attainment and health. Alternative high schools (AHSs) serve students who are at risk for school dropout. Health-related research conducted in AHSs has been sparse. Achieving high participation rates is critical to producing generalizable results and can be challenging in research with adolescents for reasons such as using active consent. These challenges become greater when working with vulnerable populations of adolescents. In this systematic review, we examined health-related studies conducted in AHSs between 2010 and 2015. Results indicated that (1) health-related research in AHSs has increased over the past 5 years, (2) AHS students continue to experience significant disparities, (3) active consent is commonly used with AHS students, (4) 42% of studies reported participation rates or provided enough information to calculate participation rates, and (5) school nurses are missing from health-related research conducted in AHSs. Implications for future research and school nursing are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA kjohnson@mail.nur.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rew
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Simonton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006302:Health Services Research; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control; D033282:Parental Consent / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012573:School Nursing; D012574:Schools; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: alcohol/tobacco/drug use prevention; exercise; high school; integrative reviews; mental health; nutrition