Main description:

This book provides practitioners and researchers with the means to make more impactful choices in the design and implementation of prevention programs. Drawing from state-of-the-art research on a range of behavior problems such as violence, drug abuse, suicide, and risky sexual activity, Victoria Banyard and Sherry Hamby present a strengths-based approach to prevention.

Contents:

List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Past, Present, and Future of Prevention
I. The Current State of Prevention Science
Chapter 2. Theoretical Models for Prevention: Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter 3. Why Doesn't Prevention Work Better? The State of Prevention Research
Chapter 4. Identity and Marginalization: What Preventionists Need to Know
Chapter 5. Using a Social Justice Lens for Prevention
II. Strengths-Based Approaches to Prevention
Chapter 6. The Prevention Portfolio Model: From Risk to Strengths
Chapter 7. A Developmental View of Prevention: From Static and Siloed to Trajectories and Transitions
Chapter 8. Promoting Behavior Regulation
Chapter 9. The Role of Relational and Community Strengths
III. Looking Ahead
Chapter 10. Toward the Next Generation of Prevention: A Research and Theoretical Agenda
Chapter 11. The Prevention Portfolio Model: Practice and Policy Recommendations
References
Index
About the Authors