Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
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...
Promotion of Social-Emotional Learning: Building Teacher Capacity through Graduate Programs and Pre-Service Education
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
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.
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...
Implementing the KiVa Bullying Prevention Programme in the UK
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
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
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
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...