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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...

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...

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...

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...

Jeremy Segrott, Jo Holliday, Jonathan Scourfield, David Foxcroft, Simon Murphy

Introduction: Trials of family-based prevention interventions often face challenges in recruitment and retention, leading to methodological issues. However...

Joan E. Durrant, Dominique Pierre Plateau

In 2015, the United Nations set out a new sustainable development agenda based on human rights standards. One of its 17 goals is to end all forms of violence against children by 2030. An...

John Kjøbli

To scale up evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of child conduct problems in primary care settings, the program Early Initiatives for Children at Risk (Norwegian acronym; TIBIR) was developed. The...

Jenny Doubt

Background: There is an increasing demand for effective ways of preventing and reducing violence in our societies. Children in developing countries experience higher levels of abuse, and less than 12% of abused children...

Jamie Lachman, Jenny Doubt, Heidi Loening-Voysey

Objectives: Parenting programmes have shown promise in preventing violence against children, as well as improving child and parental outcomes. Accordingly, there is an increased demand for...

Craig Nagoshi, Julie L. Nagoshi, Eusebius Small, Flavio F. Marsiglia

Introduction: The overall goal of the proposed research project was to implement an adaptation of the established Families Preparing a New Generation (FPNG) substance...

Wadih E. Maalouf, Milos Stojanovic, Matthew Kiefer, Giovanna Campello, Hanna E. Heikkila, Ziad El Khatib

UNODC has an ongoing global initiative promoting evidence based prevention programmes in line with the UNODC International Standards...

Nicole Eisenberg, John S. Briney, Richard F. Catalano, Kevin P. Haggerty, Ilene Berman, Daniela Castillo, Cynthia Weaver

Introduction: Assessment of risk and protective factors is a key element of science-based approaches to community...

Catherine Bradshaw, Kathan D. Shukla, Tracy E. Waasdorp, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Mercedes Gabriela Orozco Solis, Amanda J. Nguyen, Cecilia Colunga Rodriguez

Introduction: School climate is an important construct for guiding violence...

Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Ray E. Reichenberg, Kathan Shukula, Tracy E. Waasdorp, Catherine Bradshaw

Introduction: Research over the past decade has provided clarity in defining school climate, improvements in its measurement, and more...

Jessika H. Bottiani, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Katrina J. Debnam, Catherine Bradshaw

Introduction: School stakeholders, including students, staff, and parents, often differ in their perceptions of school climate, making a multiple...

Helene Eng, Monica Martinussen, Charlotte Reedtz, Joshua Patras, Simon-Peter Neumer

Background: Although knowledge about effective interventions for children and adolescents is regularly made available through scientific journals, most...

Marit Loetveit Pedersen, Solveig I Holen, Simon-Peter Neumer, Kristin Martinsen, Lene-Mari Potulski Rasmussen, Frode Adolfsen, Joshua Patras, Mona Elisabeth Løvaas, Anne Mari Sund

Introduction: Several studies have shown a reciprocal...

Christopher Mehus, Jennifer L. Doty, Gary C. K. Chan, Adrian B. Kelly, Richard F. Catalano, John Toumbourou, Barbara McMorris

Introduction: Parents and peer contexts both impact the development of adolescent substance misuse. The Social...

Jo Holliday, Thomas Littlejohns, Naomi Allen, Nicola Doherty, Cathie Sudlow

Introduction: In an increasingly digital environment, web-based questionnaires are a convenient and cost-effective way of collecting data from participants in...

Lourdes Molleda, Yannine Estrada, Tae Kyoung Lee, Sofia Poma, Monica Bahamon, Ana Quevedo Teran, Cecilia Condo Tamayo, Hilda M. Pantin, Guillermo Prado

Introduction: Familias Unidas, an evidence-based, parent-centered preventive...