Preventing substance abuse in youthSharma, ManojSharma, M. (2010). Preventing substance abuse in youth. [Review of the book: Substance use among young people in urban environments]. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 54(3), 87-89....
The more successful of those substance abuse prevention programs have considered the two cultures in which many Indian youth live: Native American culture and the dominant non-Indian culture LaFromboise 1988, Moran 1992. Prevention efforts aimed to help Indian young people acquire bicultural competence...
Preventing substance abuse among children and adolescents A review is presented of studies dealing with the prevalence and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse among youth. It is noted that substance is widespread in the United States, with nearly all high school seniors reporting alc.....
Preventing Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS among Urban Minority Youth:Evidence from a University-Community PartnershipRobert J Reid 1* , Danlin Yu 2 and Pauline Garcia-Reid 31 College of Education and Human Services, Department of Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University, USA2 College of...
This chapter describes the development and evaluation of the Communities That Care (CTC) system, a comprehensive, community-based strategy for preventing substance use, delinquency, and violence among youth. We explain how communities trained in this system access information regarding the predictors of...
Session: Assessing and Preventing Youth Substance Abuse (Society for Social Work and Research 14th Annual Conference: Social Work Research: A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES)Session: Assessing and Preventing Youth Substance Abuse (Society for Social Work and Research 14th Annual Conference: Social Work Research:...
Evidence-based preventive interventions for adolescent substance use, violence, and mental health issues are increasingly being adapted and disseminated in
Child sexual abuse is a widespread type of abuse that has extremely negative effects on victims, both in the short and long term. Parents can play a key role in preventing sexual abuse, provided that they are aware of the risk and pass on this information appropriately to their children. Th...
Promoting healthy lifestyles is another vital aspect of AIDS prevention. Encouraging students to engage in regular physical activity, maintain a balanced diet, and avoid substance abuse not only boosts their overall health but also strengthens their immune systems, which is crucial in fighting off infe...
leads to lower rates of drugs initiation, frequency of drug use, and problems with use in grades 7-10. the proposed study also will allow assessment of the contribution of empirically derived risk factors for adolescent substance abuse to the etiology of adolescent drug initiation, frequent use ...