TodayAEs young people face greater risks to their current and
future health and social development as shown by the involvement of
younger and younger children in smoking, drinking, gang membership,
and acts of violence. Emphasizing developmentally and contextually
appropriate prevention service delivery models, the authors of this
volume identify state-of-the-art, empirically based strategies to
strengthen the environments in which children develop. Since
programs with strong conceptualization, design, and implementation
have the potential to enhance childrenAEs social, emotional, and
physical wellness, the authors first review ways to strengthen the
family, child-care systems, early childhood education, school-based
health and mental health services, and community-based mental
health programming. They next explore the importance of
theory-guided evaluation to clarify the process of program
implementation as well as highlighting strategies for disseminating
programs effectively. Throughout the chapters, the authors
emphasize three themes: One, that scientists, practitioners, and
policy makers must collaborate to diversify the portfolio of
coordinated family-, school-, and community-based prevention
services. Second, that rigorous evaluations of prevention programs
are critical to document their efficacy and to identify ways to
improve their quality. And, three, that well-designed prevention
programs must be effectively conducted in order to insure
implementation quality. This important new volume will be
invaluable to professionals and practitioners in the fields of
developmental psychology, clinical psychology, family studies,
social work, counseling, human services, nursing, and public
health.
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