This document provides abstracts from a sample of studies that examine risk and/or protective factors or suicide prevention programs for American Indian/Alaska Native youth. Prior to the individual literature summaries, the document includes a section called "From the Literature: Overview of Risk and Protective Factors." The exhibits in…

This publication is a guide to resources for alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs aimed at college youth. The first section offers 20 facts emphasizing the seriousness of drug and alcohol abuse among college students, including the following: of the current student body in the United States, 2 or 3 percent will eventually die from…

This bibliography consists of an indexed collection of 234 references, with abstracts, to literature on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among school-age youth in the United States, and what can be done to prevent or reduce use. The main focus is on research--specifically, epidemiological surveys, investigations of risk factors, and prevention…

There is growing consensus that when substance abuse prevention efforts reach children at an early age, they hold promise for reducing abuse in later years. This 87-item annotated bibliography on substance abuse prevention, developed by the National Program Office of Free to Grow in collaboration with the National Center for Children in Poverty,…