@article{ref1,
title="What works in prevention: principles of effective prevention programs",
journal="American psychologist, The",
year="2003",
author="Nation, Maury and Crusto, Cindy and Wandersman, Abraham and Kumpfer, Karol L. and Seybolt, Diana and Morrissey-Kane, Erin and Davino, Katrina",
volume="58",
number="6-7",
pages="449-456",
abstract="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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-066X",
doi="10.1037/0003-066X.58.6-7.449",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.58.6-7.449"
}