TY - JOUR
T1 - The implementation of the Fast Track program
T2 - An example of a large-scale prevention science efficacy trial
AU - Bierman, Karen L.
AU - Coie, John D.
AU - Dodge, Kenneth A.
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
AU - Lochman, John E.
AU - McMahon, Robert J.
AU - Pinderhughes, Ellen
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this project came from the National Institute of Mental Health through grants R18MH48083, R18MH50951, R18MH50952, and R18MH50953 to CPPRG. The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention also provided support through a memorandum of support with the NIMH. Support has also come from the Department or Education grant S184430002 and NIMH grants K05MH00797 and K05MH01027. Appreciation is expressed to the parents, teachers, students, and school district personnel who supported this research in the Durham, Nashville, central Pennsylvania, and Seattle areas.
PY - 2002/2
Y1 - 2002/2
N2 - In 1990, the Fast Track Project was initiated to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a comprehensive, multicomponent prevention program targeting children at risk for conduct disorders in four demographically diverse American communities (Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group [CPPRG], 1992). Representing a prevention science approach toward community-based preventive intervention, the Fast Track intervention design was based upon the available data base elucidating the epidemiology of risk for conduct disorder and suggesting key causal developmental influences (R. P. Weissberg & M. T. Greenberg, 1998). Critical questions about this approach to prevention center around the extent to which such a science-based program can be effective at (1) engaging community members and stakeholders, (2) maintaining intervention fidelity while responding appropriately to the local norms and needs of communities that vary widely in their demographic and cultural/ethnic composition, and (3) maintaining community engagement in the long-term to support effective and sustainable intervention dissemination. This paper discusses these issues, providing examples from the Fast Track project to illustrate the process of program implementation and the evidence available regarding the success of this science-based program at engaging communities in sustainable and effective ways as partners in prevention programming.
AB - In 1990, the Fast Track Project was initiated to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a comprehensive, multicomponent prevention program targeting children at risk for conduct disorders in four demographically diverse American communities (Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group [CPPRG], 1992). Representing a prevention science approach toward community-based preventive intervention, the Fast Track intervention design was based upon the available data base elucidating the epidemiology of risk for conduct disorder and suggesting key causal developmental influences (R. P. Weissberg & M. T. Greenberg, 1998). Critical questions about this approach to prevention center around the extent to which such a science-based program can be effective at (1) engaging community members and stakeholders, (2) maintaining intervention fidelity while responding appropriately to the local norms and needs of communities that vary widely in their demographic and cultural/ethnic composition, and (3) maintaining community engagement in the long-term to support effective and sustainable intervention dissemination. This paper discusses these issues, providing examples from the Fast Track project to illustrate the process of program implementation and the evidence available regarding the success of this science-based program at engaging communities in sustainable and effective ways as partners in prevention programming.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1014292830216
DO - 10.1023/A:1014292830216
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11930968
AN - SCOPUS:0036481003
SN - 0091-0627
VL - 30
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
IS - 1
ER -