A number of programs, policies, and practices have been tested using rigorous scientific
methods and shown to prevent behavioral health problems (Catalano et al., Lancet 379 …

Purpose Positive youth development (PYD) has served as a framework for youth programs
in high-income countries since the 1990s and has demonstrated broad behavioral health …

This article proposes that universal and targeted preventive interventions should be
compared and evaluated in terms of their benefit–cost ratio in achieving population‐wide …

Abstract A recent American Psychological Association Summit provided an urgent call to
transform psychological science and practice away from a solely individual-level focus to …

This study estimated sustained impacts and long-term benefits and costs of the Communities
That Care (CTC) prevention system, implemented and evaluated in a longitudinal cluster …

Parenting programs worldwide (and especially in low-and middle-income countries) support
parents in their caregiving roles. Parenting programs are popular and prolific, but many …

The negative impact of opioids on those who misuse them has been widely documented.
Despite significant spillover effects in the form of elevated rates of child maltreatment and …

Abstract The recently released National Drug Control Strategy (2022) from the White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) lays out a comprehensive plan to, not only …

The field of prevention science aims to understand societal problems, identify effective
interventions, and translate scientific evidence into policy and practice. There is growing …

Micro-costing data collection tools often used in literature include standardized
comprehensive templates, targeted questionnaires, activity logs, on-site administrative …