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Open Access 17-05-2024

Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children in Montenegro: Preliminary Outcomes, Dissemination, and Broader Embedding of the Program

The quality of parenting program implementation significantly affects the extent to which a program is delivered effectively as well as the likelihood of it becoming embedded in everyday services. The group based Parenting for Lifelong Health for …

Authors:
Judy Hutchings, Ida Ferdinandi, Roselinde Janowski, Catherine L. Ward, Amalee McCoy, Jamie Lachman, Frances Gardner, Margiad Elen Williams

Open Access 15-05-2024

Multilevel Intervention Stepped Wedge Designs (MLI-SWDs)

Multilevel interventions (MLIs) hold promise for reducing health inequities by intervening at multiple types of social determinants of health consistent with the socioecological model of health. In spite of their potential, methodological …

Authors:
John Sperger, Michael R. Kosorok, Laura Linnan, Shawn M. Kneipp

Open Access 15-05-2024 | Correction

Correction: Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease Through Implementation Science: Editor’s Introduction to the Supplemental Issue

Authors:
Justin D. Smith, Sandra F. Naoom, Lisa Saldana, Sharada Shantharam, Tina Anderson Smith, Jennifer M. Kohr

Open Access 15-05-2024

“All Children in Focus”: Effects of a Universal Parenting Program at a 6-Month Follow-Up in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Sweden

Parenting programs have been shown to empower parents and prevent mental health problems in children. However, few programs are designed to promote wellbeing, which led to the development of the Swedish-promotive universal program, “All Children …

Authors:
Isabella Victoria Cinà, Lene Lindberg, Pia Enebrink

Open Access 11-05-2024 | Suicide

Challenges in Evaluating a Community-Level Intervention to Address Root Causes of Youth Violence

Violence disproportionately impacts Black American youth, representing a major health disparity. Addressing the possible root causes of structural inequities to reduce violence may increase the impact of prevention strategies. However, efforts to …

Authors:
Krista R. Mehari, Phillip N. Smith, Benterah C. Morton, Joél L. Billingsley, Jasmine N. Coleman, Albert D. Farrell

25-04-2024

Young Adult Alcohol and Cannabis Impaired Driving After the Opening of Cannabis Retail Stores in Washington State

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for young adults (YA) in the USA, and driving under the influence of alcohol (DUIA), cannabis (DUIC), and simultaneous use of both substances (DUIAC) are prominent risk factors. Trends in YA …

Authors:
Brittney A. Hultgren, Brian H. Calhoun, Charles B. Fleming, Vivian H. Lyons, Isaac C. Rhew, Mary E. Larimer, Jason R. Kilmer, Katarina Guttmannova

24-04-2024

Sociocultural Responsive Frameworks to Increase Engagement in Service Systems Through a Peer-to-Peer Model

Service engagement is critical when working with children and families experiencing chronic adversities because of their socially marginalized status. Further, sociodemographic disparities exist in service engagement within service systems …

Authors:
Ana Maria Meléndez Guevara, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Charlie Wall, Kristina Lopez

Open Access 12-04-2024 | COVID-19

Application of a Heuristic Framework for Multilevel Interventions to Eliminate the Impact of Unjust Social Processes and Other Harmful Social Determinants of Health

There is consensus about the importance of developing a strong cadre of effective multilevel interventions to eliminate the impacts of unjust social processes, such as structural racism and other harmful social determinants of health (SDOH), on …

Authors:
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Marco Thimm-Kaiser, Adam Benzekri, Celia Johnson, Desiree Williams, Nash Wilhelm-Hilkey, Melody Goodman, Holly Hagan

10-04-2024 | Public Health

Identifying Risk Factors for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a Public Health Concern and Opportunity

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders with significant individual and societal negative impacts of the disorder continuing into adulthood (Danielson et al. in Journal of Clinical …

Authors:
Karyl Rattay, Lara R. Robinson

Open Access 10-04-2024

“We don’t separate out these things. Everything is related”: Partnerships with Indigenous Communities to Design, Implement, and Evaluate Multilevel Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities

Multilevel interventions (MLIs) are appropriate to reduce health disparities among Indigenous peoples because of their ability to address these communities’ diverse histories, dynamics, cultures, politics, and environments. Intervention science …

Authors:
Elizabeth Rink, Sarah A. Stotz, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Kimberly Huyser, Katie Collins, Spero M. Manson, Seth A. Berkowitz, Luciana Hebert, Carmen Byker Shanks, Kelli Begay, Teresa Hicks, Michelle Dennison, Luohua Jiang, Paula Firemoon, Olivia Johnson, Mike Anastario, Adriann Ricker, Ramey GrowingThunder, Julie Baldwin

27-03-2024 | Correction

Correction: A Hybrid Pragmatic and Factorial Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial for an Anti-racist, Multilevel Intervention to Improve Mental Health Equity in High Schools

Authors:
Marta I. Mulawa, Sharron L. Docherty, Donald E. Bailey Jr., Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, Isaac M. Lipkus, Schenita D. Randolph, Qing Yang, Wei Pan

Open Access 23-03-2024 | Correction

Correction: Adapting Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs for Remote Delivery — Implementation Insights through the RE-AIM Evaluation Framework to Promote Health Equity

Authors:
Marlana J. Kohn, Kelly A. Chadwick, Lesley E. Steinman

Open Access 22-03-2024 | COVID-19

Expanding Education Researchers’ Access to Classroom Observation Data With a Remote and Cost-Effective Video Data Collection Protocol

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated long-term shifts to virtual instruction among most US schools presented notable challenges among education researchers. Ongoing projects conducted in school settings experienced sudden losses of …

Authors:
Leigh McLean, Paul Espinoza, Kati Tilley, Lori Foote, Nathan Jones, Ben Kelcey

22-03-2024

The Saturation- and Dose-Dependent Effects of a Teen Sexual Harassment Prevention Program: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Using a randomized controlled trial, we investigated changes in both sexual harassment (SH) perpetration and victimization of 2104 middle school students in New York City who received divergent saturation and dosage levels of Shifting Boundaries …

Authors:
Lin Liu, Bruce G. Taylor, Weiwei Liu, Nan D. Stein

21-03-2024 | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Understanding Environmental Exposures and ADHD: a Pathway Forward

This commentary addresses a series of articles in Prevention Science about environmental causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It provides an overview of their key findings and places them in a broader context to facilitate …

Author:
Stephen V. Faraone

Open Access 20-03-2024 | Hypertension | Correction

Correction: A Mixed-Methods Approach for Evaluating Implementation Processes and Program Costs for a Hypertension Management Program Implemented in a Federally Qualified Health Center

Authors:
Aisha Tucker-Brown, Michelle Spafford, John Wittenborn, David Rein, Ashley Marshall, Kincaid Lowe Beasley, Marla Vaughan, Natalie Nelson, Michelle Dougherty, Roy Ahn

Open Access 20-03-2024 | Correction

Correction: The Role of Intervention Fidelity, Culture, and Individual-Level Factors on Health-Related Outcomes Among Hispanic Adolescents with Unhealthy Weight: Findings from a Longitudinal Intervention Trial

Authors:
Padideh Lovan, Alyssa Lozano, Yannine Estrada, Cynthia Lebron, Tae Kyoung Lee, Sarah E. Messiah, Guillermo Prado

Open Access 15-03-2024 | Hypertension | Correction

Correction: Heart 2 Heart: Pilot Study of a Church-Based Community Health Worker Intervention for African Americans with Hypertension

Authors:
Elizabeth B. Lynch, Christy Tangney, Todd Ruppar, Laura Zimmermann, Joselyn Williams, LaDawne Jenkins, Steve Epting, Elizabeth Avery, Tamara Olinger, Teresa Berumen, Maggie Skoller, Rebecca Wornhoff

Open Access 15-03-2024 | Diabetes Prevention | Correction

Correction: Implementation of the Diabetes Prevention Program in Georgia Cooperative Extension According to RE-AIM and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

Authors:
Hannah K. Wilson, Caroline Wieler, Darci L. Bell, Ajit P. Bhattarai, Isaura M. Castillo-Hernandez, Ewan R. Williams, Ellen M. Evans, Alison C. Berg

08-03-2024

High School Follow-Up of the Dating Matters® RCT: Effects on Teen Dating Violence and Relationship Behaviors

Teen dating violence (TDV) is a significant public health problem that can have lifelong consequences. Using a longitudinal, cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT), this study examines whether the Dating Matters comprehensive prevention model …

Authors:
Phyllis Holditch Niolon, Lianne F. Estefan, Sarah DeGue, Vi D. Le, Allison J. Tracy, Colleen Ray, Daniel Bontempo, Todd D. Little, Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, Natasha Latzman, Bruce Taylor, Andra Tharp