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Invest in proven prevention programs to stem addiction epidemic
Originally published January 3, 2019 at 1:17 pm Updated January 4, 2019 at 8:54 am To make more progress on fighting opioid addiction, communities should start with youth early in proven programs that prevent misuse of drugs. Share story Across our state, about two people die every day from an opioid overdose. While deaths from prescription opioids have declined slightly, we’ve seen a nearly 50 percent increase in deaths due to synthetic opioids, like illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Gov.
Evolving a More Nurturing Society to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. AbstractThis article presents a framework for evolving a society that nurtures the health and well-being of its population. We review evidence that adverse social conditions, including poverty, conflict, discrimination, and other forms of social rejection, contribute immensely to our most ubiquitous psychological, behavioral, and health problems.
Youth Problem Behaviors 8 Years After Implementing the Communities That Care Prevention System: A Community-Randomized Trial
Importance Community-based efforts to prevent adolescent problem behaviors are essential to promote public health and achieve collective impact community wide. Objective To test whether the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system reduced levels of risk and adolescent problem behaviors community wide 8 years after implementation of CTC.
JAMA Network | JAMA Pediatrics | Sustained Decreases in Risk Exposure and Youth Problem Behaviors After Installation of the Communities That Care Prevention System in a Randomized Trial
Objective To test whether the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system reduced levels of risk and adolescent problem behaviors community-wide 6 years after installation of CTC and 1 year after study-provided resources ended. Setting Twenty-four small towns in 7 states, matched within state, randomly assigned to control or intervention condition in 2003. Participants A panel of 4407 fifth-grade students was surveyed annually through 10th grade from 2004 to 2009.
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