This book offers a comprehensive overview of prevention science in children and adolescents, tracing its historical development while providing a theoretical framework for understanding, evaluating, and implementing preventive interventions.
Key Features:
- Examines the evolution of preventive efforts across schools, families, and communities.
- Provides a theoretical guide to understanding and assessing prevention activities.
- Reviews empirical evidence on the effectiveness of various preventive interventions.
- Discusses challenges and advances in adapting and implementing evidence-based programs.
- Offers recommendations for improving and expanding prevention strategies in diverse settings.
