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Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Piloting a Universal Violence Prevention Programme in Jamaican Grade One Primary Schools
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
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...
ہیفی، چین میں زبانی سیال پر مبنی تیز رفتار ایچ آئی وی سیلف ٹیسٹنگ کی قبولیت
ایشلے پیریز, Don Operario, کوئی یانگ, Nikolaas زیلر, Hongo zhang
تعارف: چین میں، مردوں کے ساتھ جنسی تعلقات رکھنے والے مردوں (ایم ایس ایم) طرز عمل سے منسوب ایچ آئی وی کیسز کا تناسب حالیہ برسوں میں تیزی سے بڑھا ہے، اس گروپ میں ایک چوتھائی...
Supportive Parenting Moderates the Effect of Racial Discrimination on Delinquency among Ethiopian-Israeli Youth
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...
Meeting the Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining Families in a Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK
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...
Nurturing a Program to Maturity before Taking It to Scale
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...
Going to Scale with Parent Training in Norway: What Have We Found and Where Should We Go?
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...
Lessons Learnt from Scaling-up a Parenting Programme during Its Research Phase
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...
Putting the Horse before the Cart? Negotiating Tensions Between the Need for Evidence and the Demand for Dissemination of Parenting Programmes to Reduce Violence Against Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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...
Families Preparing a New Generation: Adaption of a Parent-Adolescent Substance Use Intervention for Burmese Refugee Families
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...
UNODC-Lcif Case Control Trials of Lionsquest Skills for Adolescence in South East Europe: Research Results and Policy Implications
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...
Using Tableau Technology to Share Risk and Protective Factor Data with Local Communities for Prevention Planning
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...
Does School Climate Mean the Same Thing in the U.S. as in Mexico?
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...
Improving the Measurement of School Climate
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...
Triangulating School Climate: Areas of Convergence and Divergence in Multilevel Perspective
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...
Ungsinn (Young Mind) - An Online Journal to Promote Evidence Based Practice in Norway
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...
Exploring the Associations Between Symptoms of Anxiety and/or Depression and Adaptive School Functioning in Young School Children
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...
Testing the Social Interaction Learning Model with Adolescent Substance Use Outcomes in a Prospective Australian Sample
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...
The Administration of Web-Based Questionnaires in UK Biobank, a Prospective Cohort Study of 500,000 UK Adults
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...
Effects on Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Conduct Problems at 6 Months: Familias Unidas in Ecuador
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...
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