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Bruns, Eric J.; Lee, Kristine; Davis, Chayna; Pullmann, Michael D.; Ludwig, Kristy; Sander, Mark; Holm-Hansen, Cheryl; Hoover, Sharon; McCauley, Elizabeth M. – Prevention Science, 2023
Schools offer an advantageous setting for the prevention, early identification, and treatment of mental health problems for youth. However, school mental health (SMH) services are typically not based on evidence for effectiveness, nor are they efficiently delivered, with SMH practitioners (SMHPs) able to only treat a small number of students in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Length, Learner Engagement, Problem Solving
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Haggerty, Kevin P.; Barkan, Susan E.; Caouette, Justin D.; Skinner, Martie L.; Hanson, Koren G. – Prevention Science, 2023
This study experimentally tested risk behavior outcomes of "Connecting," a low-cost, self-directed, family-based prevention program for families with youth placed in their care by state child welfare agencies. Families caring for youth aged 11 to 15 years from across Washington State were recruited and randomly assigned to either the…
Descriptors: Risk, Behavior, Prevention, Family Programs
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Bailey, Jennifer A.; Pandika, Danielle; Le, Vi T.; Epstein, Marina; Steeger, Christine M.; Hawkins, J. David – Prevention Science, 2023
This study tested whether effects of a preventive intervention delivered in elementary school showed benefits for the young adult offspring of intervention recipients over 20 years later. The Raising Healthy Children (RHC) intervention, trialed in 18 public schools in Seattle, Washington, from 1980-1986 (grades 1-6), sought to build strong bonds…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Children, Age Differences, Child Health