TY - JOUR
T1 - Current and future challenges in school-based prevention
T2 - The researcher perspective
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Work on this paper was supported by research grants R 01 DA13709 from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, and R18 MH50953 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The author gratefully acknowledges the valuable comments of Roger Weissberg, Mark Feinberg, Brian Bumbarger, and Richard Spoth.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - During the next decade we will see broad dissemination of a growing number of empirically validated school-based prevention programs. The processes of effectiveness research, broad program diffusion, and program integration at the school and community level will become a central focus of research activity. The paper presents six future directions for research in the field of school-based prevention and health promotion. The directions include developing new programs and models, developing standards and accountability systems related to school success, moving from efficacy to effectiveness research, understanding factors influencing program integration, broad dissemination of programs and policies, and the sustainability of programs, policies, and community partnerships. These future directions are driven by three significant research-to-service challenges faced both by practitioners and researchers that involve systems integration across developmental stages, levels of care, and institutional structures.
AB - During the next decade we will see broad dissemination of a growing number of empirically validated school-based prevention programs. The processes of effectiveness research, broad program diffusion, and program integration at the school and community level will become a central focus of research activity. The paper presents six future directions for research in the field of school-based prevention and health promotion. The directions include developing new programs and models, developing standards and accountability systems related to school success, moving from efficacy to effectiveness research, understanding factors influencing program integration, broad dissemination of programs and policies, and the sustainability of programs, policies, and community partnerships. These future directions are driven by three significant research-to-service challenges faced both by practitioners and researchers that involve systems integration across developmental stages, levels of care, and institutional structures.
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U2 - 10.1023/B:PREV.0000013976.84939.55
DO - 10.1023/B:PREV.0000013976.84939.55
M3 - Article
C2 - 15058907
AN - SCOPUS:2642520510
SN - 1389-4986
VL - 5
SP - 5
EP - 13
JO - Prevention Science
JF - Prevention Science
IS - 1
ER -