There is consensus about the importance of developing a strong cadre of effective multilevel interventions to eliminate the impacts of unjust social processes, such as structural racism and other harmful social determinants of health (SDOH), on …
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Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Marco Thimm-Kaiser, Adam Benzekri, Celia Johnson, Desiree Williams, Nash Wilhelm-Hilkey, Melody Goodman, Holly Hagan
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders with significant individual and societal negative impacts of the disorder continuing into adulthood (Danielson et al. in Journal of Clinical …
Multilevel interventions (MLIs) are appropriate to reduce health disparities among Indigenous peoples because of their ability to address these communities’ diverse histories, dynamics, cultures, politics, and environments. Intervention science …
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Elizabeth Rink, Sarah A. Stotz, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Kimberly Huyser, Katie Collins, Spero M. Manson, Seth A. Berkowitz, Luciana Hebert, Carmen Byker Shanks, Kelli Begay, Teresa Hicks, Michelle Dennison, Luohua Jiang, Paula Firemoon, Olivia Johnson, Mike Anastario, Adriann Ricker, Ramey GrowingThunder, Julie Baldwin
The impact of community-wide teen pregnancy prevention initiatives (CWIs) on local U.S. birth rates among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years was examined using synthetic control methodology within a quasi-experimental design. CWIs were implemented in …
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Heather D. Tevendale, Lucas Godoy Garraza, Megan A. M. Brooks, Emilia H. Koumans, L. Duane House, Hope M. Sommerfeldt, Anna Brittain, Trisha Mueller, Taleria R. Fuller, Lisa Romero, Amy Fasula, Lee Warner
Evidence-based home visiting services (EBHV) are available in states and localities nationwide through the federally-funded Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. Nevertheless, the anticipated benefits of EBHV, such …
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Sarah Kaye, Stephanie Hood, Deborah Cragun, Deborah F. Perry, Paula Cortés Campos, Oluwatosin Ajisope, Annie Davis Schoch
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated long-term shifts to virtual instruction among most US schools presented notable challenges among education researchers. Ongoing projects conducted in school settings experienced sudden losses of …
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Leigh McLean, Paul Espinoza, Kati Tilley, Lori Foote, Nathan Jones, Ben Kelcey
Using a randomized controlled trial, we investigated changes in both sexual harassment (SH) perpetration and victimization of 2104 middle school students in New York City who received divergent saturation and dosage levels of Shifting Boundaries …
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Lin Liu, Bruce G. Taylor, Weiwei Liu, Nan D. Stein
This commentary addresses a series of articles in Prevention Science about environmental causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It provides an overview of their key findings and places them in a broader context to facilitate …
Elizabeth B. Lynch, Christy Tangney, Todd Ruppar, Laura Zimmermann, Joselyn Williams, LaDawne Jenkins, Steve Epting, Elizabeth Avery, Tamara Olinger, Teresa Berumen, Maggie Skoller, Rebecca Wornhoff
Teen dating violence (TDV) is a significant public health problem that can have lifelong consequences. Using a longitudinal, cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT), this study examines whether the Dating Matters comprehensive prevention model …
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Phyllis Holditch Niolon, Lianne F. Estefan, Sarah DeGue, Vi D. Le, Allison J. Tracy, Colleen Ray, Daniel Bontempo, Todd D. Little, Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, Natasha Latzman, Bruce Taylor, Andra Tharp
Reservation-dwelling American Indian adolescents are at exceedingly high risk for cannabis use. Prevention initiatives to delay the onset and escalation of use are needed. The risk and promotive factors approach to substance use prevention is a …
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Kimberly L. Henry, Linda R. Stanley, Randall C. Swaim
The increase in adolescent suicide rates in the United States is a pervasive public health issue, and ethnoracial youth with diverse identities are disproportionately impacted, yet less studied. National planning efforts reinforce state-level …
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Sonyia C. Richardson, John A. Williams III, Michelle M. Vance, Margaret Phipps-Bennett, Andre P. Stevenson, Rehaana Herbert
Communities may often lack the resources to deliver intensive programs to assist teen mothers, and many eligible adolescents may decline participation in lengthy interventions. Therefore, alternative approaches involving less resource and time may …
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Jack Stevens, Joseph Rausch, Ngozi Osuagwu, Robyn Lutz
Substance use in adolescence is a significant public health issue, particularly in early-to-mid adolescence, which represents a window of risk in the etiology of substance abuse and dependence. Substance use during this development period often …
Implementation support for prevention interventions is receiving increased attention, as many organizations receive training in evidence-based practices but do not deliver the interventions optimally. The Body Project, a four-session program …
