All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Predictors of Educational Attainment in a Disadvantaged French-Canadian Sample

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Marie-Helene Veronneau, Lisa Serbin, Kathleen Kennedy-Turner, Dale M. Stack, Alex Schwartzman, Jane Ledingham

Introduction: Educational attainment predicts health and well-being throughout the lifespan. Although educational attainment is...

Is Young Adolescents’ Self-Esteem Predicted by Peer Acceptance? A Gender Perspective

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Women
Partner Organisation

Olivier Gaudet, Justin Vollet, Marie-Helene Veronneau, Thomas Kindermann, Cécile Mathys

Introduction: Self-esteem influences youth’s mental and physical health (Tzesniewski et al., 2006) and is central to adolescent development. During...

Risks and Opportunities of Growing Up as Refugees

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Partner Organisation

Ha Yeon Kim, Lindsay Brown

Introduction: The world currently faces the largest refugee crisis since WWII[1]. Lebanon alone, a nation of approximately 4 million citizens, is sheltering over 1 million registered Syrian refugees. The...

Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Scientific article
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Policy
Public Health

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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively...

Tobacco Product Use among Military Veterans — United States, 2010–2015

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Family
Public Health

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What is already known about this topic?

In the United States, the prevalence of adverse health conditions caused by tobacco use is particularly high among veterans; however, data on use of tobacco products other than cigarettes in...

Most-Read Knowledge Share Articles of 2017

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Statistics
Mental Health
Policy
Here is a selection of the most-read Knowledge Share articles of 2017. These are the articles that captivated our members most.

Correlates of Substance Use in Male Pakistani Adolescents

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Salman Shahzad, Wendy Leigh Kliewer, Muzafar Ali, Nasreen Begum

Substance use is a significant problem in Pakistan, particularly among male adolescents, yet there are few studies of the correlates of use in this population. As a first step...

Cultural Adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program in Brazil

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Clarisse Moreira Alo, Marina Pedralho, Juliana Seidl, Mariana Russo Voydeville Damasceno, Viviane de Paula Rocha, Camila de Aquino Morais

Introduction: The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) was originally developed at the University of...

Predictors of Treatment Response Following Parent Management Training: Child, Context, and Therapy Factors

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Terje Gunnar Ogden, Kristine Amlund Hagen

Parent Management Training- the Oregon model (PMTO) was introduced as a treatment alternative to families in both child welfare services and child psychiatric out-patient clinics in Norway, in 2001...

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