Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Program in Norway: Effects of a Universal Preventive Effort in Regular School- and Kindergarten Settings
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 (Scott...
Trajectories of Marijuana Use in Canadian Youth and Associations with Substance Use, Mental Health, and Behavioral Problems in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
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...
Sustaining Fidelity in Wide-Scale International Implementation
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...
Parent Training: Effects Beyond Problem Behavior?
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 through...
Can Health Care Efforts to Reduce Child Behavior Problems Also Reduce Social Risk? Unintended Collateral Benefits in Parent Training
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...
The Risk of Doing Activities Because There Is Nothing Else to Do
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...
Using Boredom to Compare Competing Sexual Risks in Adolescence
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...
Constructing Latent Classes of Sexual Abstinence Motives Endorsed by South African High School Learners
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...
The Process of Creating a Supported Implementation System to Support Social-Emotional Learning and Prevent Youth Violence through School-Community Partnerships
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...
Intersections between Perceptions of Evidence-Based Programming, School Climate and Implementation Quality
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 of...