This paper reviews evidence that behavioral family interventions are effective at improving
child-rearing in distressed families and families with children exhibiting disruptive behavior …

Liddle and Dakof's (1995) comprehensive review of the status of family‐based treatment for
drug abuse concluded that this modality offered a “promising, but not definitive” approach to …

Engaging and retaining families in mental health prevention and intervention programs is
critically important to insure maximum public health impact. We evaluated randomized …

When evidence-based parenting programs are implemented in real-world settings they often
fail to produce the results shown in efficacy trials. One reason for this is difficulties in …

Despite the potential of parent training as a prevention and behavioral family intervention
strategy, there are a number of important issues related to implementation (eg, recruitment …

After decades of focusing on the mother's role in parenting, family studies researchers have
turned their attention to the role of the father in parenting and family development. The …

The effectiveness of the Incredible Years Parenting Program was evaluated in a low-income
sample of Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, and Asian mothers whose children were …

Effective strategies for family engagement are essential in the implementation of models
directed toward the application of research findings to primary prevention practice. Although …

Low‐income urban parents of color enrolled in a parent training study were interviewed to
understand what motivated their participation and what led 30% of them to subsequently …

Recent literature underscores the need for studies of family-based preventive interventions
oriented toward public health objectives. This article illustrates a program evaluation …