Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent community interventions to promote mental
health and social equity. We define community interventions as those that involve multi …

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 …

Advances in theories of adolescent development and positive youth development have
greatly increased our understanding of how programs and practices with adolescents can …

Purpose: Despite the strong belief in sports programs as a setting in which socially
vulnerable youth can develop life skills, no overview exists of life skill development in sports …

Background Racial and ethnic disparities in health status are pervasive at all stages of the
life cycle. One approach to reducing health disparities involves mobilizing community …

Policymakers often consider interventions at the scale of the population, or some other large
scale. One of the sources of information about the potential effects of such interventions is …

Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the
biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness …

The field of school‐based prevention of behavioral problems and promotion of caring and
competence has grown dramatically in the past decade. This article provides a brief …

308 FRANCES D. BUTTERFOSS AND MICHELLE C. KEGLER and lead-contamination,
have rallied to highlight their issue or enable favorable policy and legislation. Civic and faith …

Objectives. To evaluate whether the effects of the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention
system, implemented in early adolescence to promote positive youth development and …