This article examines issues and challenges in the design of cultural adaptations that are
developed from an original evidence-based intervention (EBI). Recently emerging multistep …

Background Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease. Primary interventions should
aim to reduce first use or to prevent the transition from experimental use to addiction. School …

Providing an accessible integration of theory and research methods, this text prepares
students to critically analyze persuasive appeals and to design effective messages and …

Background Hel** young people to avoid starting smoking is a widely endorsed public
health goal, and schools provide a route to communicate with nearly all young people …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the effectiveness of social marketing
interventions in influencing individual behaviour and bringing about environmental and …

Schools have great potential as a locus for crime prevention. They provide regular access to
students throughout the developmental years, and perhaps the only consistent access to …

This paper reports on the evaluation of a culturally grounded prevention intervention
targeting substance use among urban middle-school students. The curriculum consists of 10 …

OBJECTIVE.: To evaluate the effectiveness of school-based interventions in preventing or
reducing drug use. METHODS.: The search strategy was conducted according to the …

Background Educational interventions engage youth using visual, literary and performing
arts to combat stigma associated with mental health problems. However, it remains unknown …

This article describes a Narrative Engagement Framework (NEF) for guiding communication-
based prevention efforts. This framework suggests that personal narratives have distinctive …