... in prevention research are not necessarily the ones most widely implemented (Ringwalt et al., 2002 ; Wandersman and Florin, 2003). The term program maturity has traditionally been used synonymously with a program’s stage of development (Baker and Perkins, 1984 ; Milstein and Wetterhall, 1999...

...Susan Rayment-McHugh; Dimity Adams; Nadine McKillop Purpose Intervention for young people engaging in harmful sexual behaviour has been largely based on individual-level conceptualisations and assessment. Prevention efforts reflect this individual-focus, relying primarily on offender management...

... and needs of a range of stakeholders from an early years context in Ireland; use some of the findings from the above to inform the KT plan for the research programme and to evaluate, insofar as possible, the selected dissemination strategies using key impact indicators. Prevention Dissemination...

... prevention activities described in the literature. Disruptions to essential health and mental health care, including access to routine care, will undoubtedly have an impact on all children who are affected by COVID-19 (Roberton et al., 2020). At the same time, services to assist victims of human...

..., Abstract and Keywords: domestic violence*, intimate partner violence*, witnessing*, exposure*, children*, youth*, definition*, conceptualization*, operationalization*, prevalence*, incidence*, outcomes*, consequences*, risk factors*, prevention*, treatment*, intervention* and evaluation*. The search...

... and cognitive dimensions. A test-retest correlation confirmed the reliability of the Ni3: VRA over time. Affective responsiveness formed a significant positive association with caring/cooperative behavior. Originality/value The Ni3: VRA can be used for the evaluation of preventive strategies aimed...

.... Practical implications Information about estimated current and future risk may prove useful for motivating the adoption and implementation of effective prevention approaches by parents and care providers. Originality/value The authors present a novel method for estimating an individual’s risk...

...., 2007). Current initiatives in the suite of HV strategies include those targeting specific high-risk family factors such as domestic violence and parental psychopathology. These programmes seek to augment standard prevention and early intervention techniques designed to improve overall family capacity...

...Dr Tracey Bywater; Nick Axford; David P. Farrington; Suzy Clarkson; Gretchen J. Bjornstad; Zoe Wrigley; Judy Hutchings Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how and why school-based programmes to prevent or reduce bullying involve parents, and what impact involving parents has...

... style. Teachers voted for the inclusion of a mandatory half-day teacher training session in the programme. Originality/value – The primary prevention of problematic media use is a neglected issue. This is despite the fact that ever younger age groups spend increasing portions of their time...

...Kevin P. Haggerty; Anne McGlynn-Wright; Tali Klima Purpose – Adolescent problem behaviours (substance use, delinquency, school dropout, pregnancy, and violence) are costly not only for individuals, but for entire communities. Policy makers and practitioners that are interested in preventing...

...Mark Stemmler; Charlotte Kötter; Anneke Bühler; Stefanie Jaursch; Andreas Beelmann; Friedrich Lösel Purpose The purpose of this article is to evaluate the prevention programme EFFEKT‐E that was designed for preschool children of depressive mothers and contains an intervention for children...

... SES risk factors may not come forward to participate in face‐to‐face mental health promotion interventions even if the parenting intervention is offered in a non‐stigmatising way. Originality/value By offering a universal health promoting and preventive parent training service in the community...

...Graham Allen; Iain Smith © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Early intervention National policy assessment centre Political consensus Prevention The cross-party challenge: early intervention for children and families Graham Allen MP Iain Duncan Smith MP Houses of Commons...

...Anne Edwards This article focuses on the conditions that are conducive to effective work on reducing children's vulnerability to social exclusion. It draws on three studies of practitioners who are collaborating to prevent the social exclusion of children and young people. Two ideas are discussed...

... research can help build good childhoods in western developed countries, focusing on: the need for epidemiology to understand how to match services to needs; how research can build evidence of the impact of prevention and intervention services on child well‐being; what the evidence says about how...

... be institutionalised; however, there are a number of barriers to translating what we know from science to what we do in practice. In the present article, we discuss a number of those barriers, including: cultural differences between those who espouse a public health, prevention science approach versus those who...

... Positive Parenting Programme were equally likely to succeed in changing their parenting practices. These findings suggest the robustness of intervention effects across a diverse range of parents. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Parent training Prevention Conduct problems Mediation...

...Jane Barlow; Doug Simkiss; Sarah Stewart‐Brown The aim of this article is to summarise the available evidence from systematic reviews about the effectiveness of interventions to prevent or treat child physical abuse and neglect. A computerised search was undertaken of major electronic databases up...

...; human capital; early childhood; prevention The economic arguments for early child investment Human capital1 is a central concept to labour economists and accordingly a large amount of research has been developed to measure the returns to human capital. Most of this research has focused on the cognitive...