The following outline is used to list research, reports and resources to describe populations and sub-populations such as young children, adolescents, young adults, aboriginal students and schools, children with disabilities etc. The outline is organized in these sections:

A. Defining the Population
B. Issues of Urgent or Significant Concern to this Population, Interventions of More Relevance to this population
C. Impact of Effective Interventions on the health, learning and social development of this Population
D. How to Implement Interventions with this Population
E. Research Issues and Questions

In this outline, we identify relevant research, reports and resources within an understanding of the population or sub-population that we describe as an ecological and systems-based approach to school-based and school-linked health, safety, social and sustainable development. This outline suggests that we need a holistic understanding of the nature, prevalence, aspects and factors affecting the issue, the influence of the school's physical and social environment as well as its core practices, the effectiveness of comprehensive approaches, coordinated agency-school programs and whole school strategies as well as individual interventions, how these interventions can be implemented and sustained while ongoing capacities are built at all levels within education, health and other systems in a manner that respects the complex, open, loosely-coupled and bureaucratic systems that support schools. This outline also lists links that apply these interventions in a variety of local community and country contexts with a deep understanding of the core mandates and constraints of schools and educators. The outline concludes with items relating to future research questions, and methods.

Interventions are defined as including policies (including professional practice guidelines and organizational practices), educational programs, health, social, student & other services, social support activities such as parent involvement, youth engagement, working with media and community and changes to the physical environment or other practical resources such as transportation to and from school. The research cited here includes research reviews, important case studies and textbooks. The reports includes discussion/position papers and status reports. The resources include examples of programs/guidelines/mandates, planning guides/manuals, educational programs/curricula/educational methods guides, health or other agency service/clinical guidelines/mandates to work with schools, policy tools/guidelines/examples, assessment/evaluation tools, training tools and other resources such as key web sites or organizations

Framework for Listing Research, Reports and Resources on Populations
(Defined by Proximity to Risk, Geography, Community Characteristics, Gender, Culture etc)

A. Defining the Population

A-1 Overview

Research	Reports/Resources

A-2 Strengths and Weaknesses of the Population

Research	Reports/Resources

A-3 Linkages, connections to other populations

Research	Reports/Resources

A-4 Understanding Key Characteristics of the Population and How they Interact with Risk or Protective Factors

Research	Reports/Resources

B. Issues and Interventions that are More Relevant to this Population

B-1 Listing of Key Problems/Opportunities Most Relevant to the Population

Research	Reports/Resources

B-2 Listing of Interventions Most relevant to the Population

Research	Reports/Resources

C) Impact of the Intervention/Examples of Programs with this Population

C-1 On Health & Social Development Overall

Research	Reports/Resources

C-2 On Specific Health and Social Problems/Behaviours or Protective Factors/Behaviours

Research	Reports/Resources

C-3 On Learning and School Effectiveness

Research	Reports/Resources

C-4 Landmark Evaluated Examples or Reviews of Successful Interventions with the Population

Research	Reports/Resources

D) Evidence on how to Implement, Sustain Interventions with this Population

Research	Reports/Resources

D-1 Use of Diffusion and Education Change Knowledge/Theory

Research	Reports/Resources

D-2 Use of Capacity-Building Knowledge/Theory and Sustainability

Research	Reports/Resources

D-3 Consideration of Ecology and System Characteristics

Research	Reports/Resources

D-4 Consideration of Community or Cultural Contexts

Research	Reports/Resources

E Questions related to Future and Current Research

Research	Reports/Resources

E-1 Future Research Needs



E-1 Major knowledge/practice/policy questions and draft or existing research agendas

Research	Reports/Resources

E-2 Use of new research methods (beyond RCT’s)

Research	Reports/Resources

E-3 Methodological Issues and Questions

Research	Reports/Resources

Research Showing the Connection between this Population and Educational Outcomes or School Effectiveness

Research	Reports/Resources

Research Showing Cost-Effectiveness or Cost-Benefits and/or Economic Burden related to this Population

Research	Reports/Resources

Listing of Reports and Resources

A) Reports and Discussion/Position Papers/Status Reports on this Population


B) Resources

Examples of Comprehensive, coordinated or whole school programs with this population

Planning Guides/Manuals

Educational Programs/Curricula/Education Planning Guides

Health or Other Agency Service/Clinical Guidelines/Mandates to work with Schools

Policy Tools/Guidelines/Examples

Assessment and Evaluation Tools

Staff Training Tools

Other Resources (Key web sites, organizations)