Society for Prevention Research (SPR)

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The Society for Prevention Research is an organization dedicated to advancing scientific investigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and mental health, and academic problems and on the translation of that information to promote health and well-being.

The multi-disciplinary membership of SPR is international and includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and policy makers who value the conduct and dissemination of prevention science worldwide.

Promotion of Social-Emotional Learning: Building Teacher Capacity through Graduate Programs and Pre-Service Education

Scientific article

Lana Wells, Lianne Lee, Deinera Exner-Cortens, Lynn Corcoran The promotion of social-emotional learning (SEL) represents a key prevention strategy for youth violence, including bullying and dating violence. As identified by CASEL, however...

Feasibility and Fit of an Evidence-Based Universal Prevention Program Adapted for Youth Involved in the Justice System

Scientific article

Amanda Kerry, Claire V Crooks Introduction: Over one-third of Canadian youth have engaged in some form of delinquent behavior by the age of 14 (Savoie, 2006). In the United States, approximately 31 million youth are under juvenile court...

Feasibility of Implementing a Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Karen Refugee Caretakers in the U.S.

Scientific article

Elizabeth A Wieling, Jaime Ballard, Christopher Mehus, Damir Utrzan Introduction: Increasing numbers of children are fleeing to the United States after exposure to war and conflict. Children exposed to war have high rates of negative health...

Implementing the KiVa Bullying Prevention Programme in the UK

Scientific article

Suzy Clarkson, Judy Hutchings KiVa is a Finnish anti-bullying programme, developed at Turku University. It is based on robust research by the programme developer, Christina Salmivalli, that shows how the responses of bystanders maintain or...

Improving Outcomes for Adolescents at High-Risk of Poor Social, Economic and Health Outcomes

Scientific article

Anthony Shakeshaft Introduction: Adolescents exposed to multiple, co-occurring risk factors experience disproportionately high rates of harm, and Indigenous adolescents are over-represented in this population. Despite this, little is known...

Development of a Smartphone App-Based Messaging Intervention to Encourage HIV Self-Testing in Hefei, China

Scientific article

Cui Yang, Ashley Perez, Don Operario, Hongo Zhang, Nickolas Zaller Introduction: Research in China has found that MSM avoid HIV testing at clinics or public health departments due in part to stigma and fear of disclosure of their MSM...

Piloting a Universal Violence Prevention Programme in Jamaican Grade One Primary Schools

Scientific article

Marsha Bowers, Helen Baker-Henningham, Yakeisha Scott Introduction: Corporal punishment is a widely used behaviour management strategy in Jamaican schools and exposure to corporal punishment at school is associated with poor child mental...

The Impact of an Indigenous Led, Community-Based Trial to Reduce Alcohol Related Harms in New South Wales, Australia

Scientific article

Mieke Snijder Introduction: Indigenous people of Australia experience a higher burden of health-related harm compared to non-Aboriginal Australians, which is most starkly evidenced by the Aboriginal life expectancy being an estimated 10...

Acceptability of Oral Fluid-Based Rapid HIV Self-Testing in Hefei, China

Scientific article

Ashley Perez, Don Operario, Cui Yang, Nickolas Zaller, Hongo Zhang Introduction: In China, the proportion of HIV cases attributed to men who have sex with men (MSM) behavior has rapidly increased in recent years, with over one-quarter of...

Supportive Parenting Moderates the Effect of Racial Discrimination on Delinquency among Ethiopian-Israeli Youth

Scientific article

Steven M. Kogan, Sophie Walsh, Megan Hicks The Ethiopian families who are the focus of the present study emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel in the 1980s-1990s. Escaping civil war, famine, and religious persecution, these families have...

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