Implementation Of Prevention Programs

Author : Joseph A Durlak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317844661
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Program Implementation in Preventive Trials written by Joseph A Durlak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Program Implementation in Preventive Trials shows you how you can take a more active part in program evaluation and how you can direct existing programs toward new horizons of more effective service. In this concise, focused look at community-based psychology and its operative programs, you’ll see how and why community programs should be comprehensively evaluated. You’ll see the importance of understanding how interventions were conducted before making conclusions about a program’s impact, and you’ll discover why there’s an ever-widening gap between what is planned and what actually gets implemented in community-based programs. In short, Program Implementation in Preventive Trials helps you see the increasing need for the assessment of implementation, the “active” side of community psychology. You’ll gain instant understanding as to why there’s a need for constant monitoring of a program’s use, and you’ll find answers to the following questions that continue to plague community psychologists who are interested in implementing programs of change: Does the current personnel follow the implementation program? Will new members to the setting understand and utilize the procedures developed for that setting? Will the procedures be modified such that their utility decreases? Specifically, you’ll read about: how to ensure intervention programs are conducted as planned why implementation data should be collected what protocol compliance is and its role in treatment programs when to be flexible so modifications can be made in program procedures who can enhance program adherence by “buying in” to a multi-change agent approach where cultural sensitivity helps programs be more faithfully adopted and conducted If you’re a scholar or a student interested in studying the fundamental issue of implementation, you’ll definitely want to see what these professionals have compiled in Program Implementation in Preventive Trials. You’ll find that your program agenda, however beneficial it is now, will only be raised and elevated to a new level of performance by the positive examples and research carefully collected here.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309046270
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Drug Abuse written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the nation's drug crisis has deepened, public and private agencies have invested huge sums of money in prevention efforts. Are the resulting programs effective? What do we need to know to make them more effective? This book provides a comprehensive overview on what we know about drug abuse prevention and its effectiveness, including: Results of a wide range of antidrug efforts. The role and effectiveness of mass media in preventing drug use. A profile of the drug problem, including a look at drug use by different population groups. A review of three major schools of prevention theory-risk factor reduction, developmental change, and social influence. An examination of promising prevention techniques from other areas of health and human services. This volume offers provocative findings on the connection between low self-esteem and drug use, the role of schools, the reality of changing drug use in the population, and more. Preventing Drug Abuse will be indispensable to anyone involved in the search for solutions, including policymakers, anti-drug program developers and administrators, and researchers.

Author : Mark E. Feinberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429534019
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Evidence-Based Public Health and Prevention Programs written by Mark E. Feinberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating that public health and prevention program development is as much art as science, this book brings together expert program developers to offer practical guidance and principles in developing effective behavior-change curricula. Feinberg and the team of experienced contributors cover evidence-based programs addressing a range of physical, mental, and behavioral health problems, including ones targeting families, specific populations, and developmental stages. The contributors describe their own professional journeys and decisions in creating, refining, testing, and disseminating a range of programs and strategies. Readers will learn about selecting change-promoting targets based on existing research; developing and creating effective and engaging content; considering implementation and dissemination contexts in the development process; and revising, refining, expanding, abbreviating, and adapting a curriculum across multiple iterations. Designing Evidence-Based Public Health and Prevention Programs is essential reading for prevention scientists, prevention practitioners, and program developers in community agencies. It also provides a unique resource for graduate students and postgraduates in family sciences, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, social work, education, nursing, public health, and counselling.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309049393
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The understanding of how to reduce risk factors for mental disorders has expanded remarkably as a result of recent scientific advances. This study, mandated by Congress, reviews those advances in the context of current research and provides a targeted definition of prevention and a conceptual framework that emphasizes risk reduction. Highlighting opportunities for and barriers to interventions, the book draws on successful models for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, injuries, and smoking. In addition, it reviews the risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, alcohol abuse and dependence, depressive disorders, and conduct disorders and evaluates current illustrative prevention programs. The models and examination provide a framework for the design, application, and evaluation of interventions intended to prevent mental disorders and the transfer of knowledge about prevention from research to clinical practice. The book presents a focused research agenda, with recommendations on how to develop effective intervention programs, create a cadre of prevention researchers, and improve coordination among federal agencies.

Author : David R. Black
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415884780
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evaluation of Peer and Prevention Programs written by David R. Black and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Moshe Israelashvili
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316712494
Total Pages : 1739 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science written by Moshe Israelashvili and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 1739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science offers a comprehensive global overview on prevention science with the most up-to-date research from around the world. Over 100 scholars from 27 different countries (including Australia, Bhutan, Botswana, India, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and Thailand) contributed to this volume, which covers a wide range of topics important to prevention science. It includes major sections on the foundations of prevention as well as examples of new initiatives in the field, detailing current prevention efforts across the five continents. A unique and innovative volume, The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science is a valuable resource for established scholars, early professionals, students, practitioners and policy-makers.

Author : Office of the Surgeon General
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974580620
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facing Addiction in America written by Office of the Surgeon General and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All across the United States, individuals, families, communities, and health care systems are struggling to cope with substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders. Substance misuse and substance use disorders have devastating effects, disrupt the future plans of too many young people, and all too often, end lives prematurely and tragically. Substance misuse is a major public health challenge and a priority for our nation to address. The effects of substance use are cumulative and costly for our society, placing burdens on workplaces, the health care system, families, states, and communities. The Report discusses opportunities to bring substance use disorder treatment and mainstream health care systems into alignment so that they can address a person's overall health, rather than a substance misuse or a physical health condition alone or in isolation. It also provides suggestions and recommendations for action that everyone-individuals, families, community leaders, law enforcement, health care professionals, policymakers, and researchers-can take to prevent substance misuse and reduce its consequences.

Author : Joseph E. Zins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135487138
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Implementation of Prevention Programs written by Joseph E. Zins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume 11, Issue 1 2000 of 'Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation' and this special issue journal looks at the implementation of prevention programs. This special issue represents several years of joint efforts between the Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) of the American Psychological Association. It includes articles on: supporting prevention as an integral aspect of school improvement; discussion of a theory of change approach; issues related to program diffusion that those working in rural communities face; problems that may be associated with full-service schools and integrated service delivery systems; ideas that can guide consultants in implementing programs in partnership with other stakeholders. and concludes with an article of implementing, and evaluating prevention programs.

Author : Scott Crosse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prevalence and Implementation Fidelity of Research-Based Prevention Programs in Public Schools. Final Report written by Scott Crosse and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents descriptive information about the prevalence and quality of implementation of research-based programs from the Study of the Implementation of Research-Based Programs to Prevent Youth Substance Abuse and School Crime. The study found that, while schools reported implementing a large number of prevention programs during the 2004-05 school year, only a small proportion reported implementing programs (approximately 7.8 percent) supported by research evidence that met the methodological standards established by the study. It also estimated that less than one-half of those implementing research-based curriculum prevention programs (approximately 44.3 percent of the estimated 7.8 percent of research-based programs) met minimal standards for fidelity of implementation during the 2004-05 school year. Curriculum programs involve the provision of training or instruction to students. Results from Phase 1 indicate that they account for approximately 97 percent of the research-based prevention programs delivered in schools during the 2004-05 school year. Given the proportion of prevention programs offered in schools that are research-based, the estimated proportion of all curriculum prevention programs that are research-based and well-implemented is approximately 3.5 percent. A variety of factors are associated with the adoption and fidelity of implementation of research-based prevention programs. Main findings include: (1) Information was examined on over 300 programs that were found on existing lists of "promising" or "effective" prevention programs. The study identified 19 school-based prevention programs that demonstrated evidence of effectiveness through this systematic review of literature; (2) A survey collecting data on prevention programs in the nation's public schools found that the 19 research-based programs accounted for an estimated 7.8 percent of the programs implemented during the 2004-05 school year; and (3) Approximately 44.3 percent of the research-based curriculum programs, or just 3.5 percent of all programs implemented in schools, met minimum standards for overall fidelity of implementation based on four program-specific measures. Appended are: (1) Methodology; (2) Summary Report on the research synthesis; and (3) Efforts to Collect Data on Program Funding From School Personnel. (Contains 43 tables, 1 figure, 6 exhibits and 34 footnotes.).

Author : Louise Ann Rohrbach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dissemination of School-based Substance Abuse Prevention Programs written by Louise Ann Rohrbach and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: