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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nation, Maury
• Crusto, Cindy
• Wandersman, Abraham
• Kumpfer, Karol L
• Seybolt, Diana
• Morrissey-Kane, Erin
• Davino, Katrina
• Weissberg, Roger P
• Anderson, Norman B

Titel

What Works in Prevention: Principles of Effective Prevention Programs

Ist Teil von

• The American psychologist, 2003-06, Vol.58 (6-7), p.449-456

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Psychological Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

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Quelle

APA PsycARTICLES

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The high prevalence of drug abuse, delinquency, youth violence, and other youth problems creates a need to identify and disseminate effective prevention strategies. General principles gleaned from effective interventions may help prevention practitioners select, modify, or create more effective programs. Using a review-of-reviews approach across 4 areas (substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, school failure, and juvenile delinquency and violence), the authors identified 9 characteristics that were consistently associated with effective prevention programs: Programs were comprehensive, included varied teaching methods, provided sufficient dosage, were theory driven, provided opportunities for positive relationships, were appropriately timed, were socioculturally relevant, included outcome evaluation, and involved well-trained staff. This synthesis can inform the planning and implementation of problem-specific prevention interventions, provide a rationale for multiproblem prevention programs, and serve as a basis for further research.