Title:
Handbook of adolescent drug use prevention : research, intervention strategies, and practice / edited by Lawrence M. Scheier.
Author:
Scheier, Lawrence M.
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2015]
Call Number:
HV5824.Y68 H364 2015
Abstract:
"Drug abuse is a major societal problem that damages individuals and communities psychologically, physically, socially, and economically. One way to mitigate these consequences is to prevent drug abuse before it starts, and there is good evidence that this can be done effectively. The goal of this book is to help researchers, practitioners, and policy makers prevent drug abuse, primarily among adolescents who either have not used drugs before or have just started using them. Highlighting the huge strides that prevention science has made in the past few decades and what still needs to be better understood, Lawrence Scheier, editor of the Handbook of Drug Use Etiology, has gathered eminent experts from various disciplines to create this comprehensive resource. Together, they distill what we know about effective programs and describe strategies to: capitalize on protective factors and curtail risk factors in young people; prevent poor self-regulation and conduct disorders, which may lead to drug abuse; promote positive change in families, schools, and larger communities; and implement wide-scale and targeted media campaigns. The evidence-based drug prevention programs and strategies described in this book can also create secondary benefits by improving overall health and wellness in individuals and communities"--Publicity materials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).
Electronic Access:
Additional Information at Google BooksFull text available from EBSCOhost: Rutgers restricted
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781433818998
9781433819001
Physical Description:
xxv, 575 pages ; 29 cm
Contents:
Telling a compelling story about drug prevention / Historical trends in drug prevention: what got us here? : Drug use prevention: definitions and terminology / history of drug abuse prevention science / Epidemiology and etiology: risk and protective factors : Trends in drug use among youth in the United States / Theoretical models of drug use etiology: foundations of prevention / Vulnerability and risks: implications for understanding etiology and drug use prevention / Prevention of conduct disorders : Preventing conduct disorders and related problems / Self-control and substance use prevention: a translational analysis / Preventive intervention to reduce youth conduct problems and substance use: linking the interests of families and teachers (LIFT) / School-based drug use prevention programs : Evaluating the efficacy of Project TND: evidence from seven research trials / Life skills training: a competence enhancement approach to tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse prevention / All stars: a conceptual history / Peer group connection: a peer-led program targeting the transition into high school / Family-based drug use prevention programs : population approach to parenting and family intervention / Brief strategic family therapy: thirty-five years of interplay among theory, research, and practice in adolescent behavior problems and drug abuse / Research on the strengthening families program for parents and youth ages 10-14: long-term effects, mechanisms, translation to public health, PROSPER partnerships scale up / Family-centered prevention of adolescent drug abuse: translational research in a public health framework / Prevention from an environmental and policy perspective : Lessons from comprehensive environmental community prevention trials / Alcohol policy: interventions to prevent youth alcohol use / Enacting preventive interventions at the community level: the Communities That Care Prevention System / Media campaigns and their impact : Survival of public health social marketing campaigns: lessons learned from tobacco / Message design approaches to health risk behavior prevention / media campaign as a focal prevention strategy: a guide to design, implementation, and evaluation / Evaluation of drug use prevention: modeling behavior change and program effects : Latent variable modeling as a tool in research on drug prevention / Cigarette smoking patterns as a case study of theory-oriented latent class analysis / Statistical models of mediation for drug program evaluation / Growth redefined in terms of preventing drug use and delinquency / Dissemination of best practices : Promoting the postfunding sustainability of evidence-based substance abuse interventions through research and practice / dissemination and (lack of) adoption of evidence-based practices / Dissemination of evidence-based prevention programs: the broad picture / Concluding remarks: The future is here now
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