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Prevention science has identified evidence-based strategies for reducing alcohol and other drug use among adolescents, such as Brief Interventions (BI) and Motivational Interviewing (MI). However, there is little evidence about...

Helen Baker-Henningham, Marsha Bowers, Taja Francis, Susan Walker

Introduction: Violence is a leading global public health problem and makes a substantial contribution to the burden of disease at the global level. Interventions in early...

Merete Aasheim

Introduction: Students, who show early onset of risk factors linked to behavior problems, are in increased risk for academic underachievement, school failure and dropout, as well as duration of mental health problems...

Bonnie Leadbeater, Kara Thompson, Gabriel "Joey" Merrin, Megan E Ames

Introduction: Compared to other countries, Canadian youth are the highest users of marijuana in the developed world, with 28% of youth under 15 reporting marijuana use...

Marion Sue Forgatch

To improve the reach of evidence based interventions, we require science-based implementation systems and a way to ensure that programs are delivered with sustained model fidelity. Direct observation of intervention...

Silje Hukkelberg

Introduction: Brief Parent Training (BPT) and Parent Management Training- the Oregon model (PMTO) are interventions that both are proven effective in reducing emerging/existing conduct problem behaviors in children...

Introduction: Lack of family resources, social risk, has been found to negatively impact development of child behavior problems. Thus, improving families’ access to resources, and thereby reducing social risk, would certainly benefit...

Mojdeh Motamedi, Linda Lee Caldwell, Damon Evan Jones, Lisa Wegner, Edward Allan Smith

Introduction: Building on the previous findings that boredom is a predictor of sexual debut, this study examines how targeting youth’s leisure, a...

Eric K Layland, Linda Lee Caldwell, Nilam Ram, Lisa Wegner

Introduction: Early and risky sex in adolescence are related to transmission of HIV/AIDS and other STDs and unintended pregnancy. Sexual debut often co-occurs with other risky...

Phylicia T Bediako, Linda Lee Caldwell, Stephanie T. Lanza, Lisa Wegner, Joachim Jacobs, Jacqueline A. Miller

Introduction: Black and Coloured (i.e., mixed race, or multiracial) South Africans represent a substantial proportion of...

Lianne Lee, Deinera Exner-Cortens, Lana Wells

While the implementation of evidence-based programs within classrooms is an important piece of school-based prevention, creating healthy communities requires a more comprehensive approach: as...

Deinera Exner-Cortens, Vanja Spiric, Maisha Syeda

Promoting healthy relationships is increasingly recognized as a major prevention strategy for preventing youth violence and promoting youth well-being. In Alberta, Canada, the promotion...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...