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Primary Care Counseling Techniques May Not be Helpful in Preventing Risky Health Behaviors

May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

The Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research conducted a comprehensive review of published trials to identify common core elements of counseling in primary care settings that are effective across behaviors for physical activity, diet and risky drinking.

Circle of Health Program Designed to Address Risky Behaviors by Native American Youths in Phoenix

April 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The American Indian Prevention Coalition undertook a planning process to develop a program aimed at preventing substance abuse, violence and other risky behaviors among Native American youth living in Phoenix.

Kentucky Free to Grow Project Improves Outcomes for Families and Empowers Residents to Form Community Policing Program

October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Audubon Area Community Services in Owensboro, Ky., planned and implemented a Free to Grow model that reduced risks for substance abuse by combining grassroots community action with intensive case management for high-risk families.

Build a Web Site that Listens to Their Feelings, and Teenagers will Come

October 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

KidsPeace Corporation, a nonprofit organization that operates programs to assist children in crisis, designed an interactive Web site to help youth who are experiencing or at risk of developing emotional problems.

Most Employers See Benefits of Preventive Services in Health Plans for Workers According to Partnership for Prevention Survey

November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

The Partnership for Prevention conducted a series of surveys and focus groups with employers to determine to what extent employer-sponsored health insurance plans offer coverage for clinical preventive services or promote their use.

Book Identifies Best Strategies to Prevent Adolescent Problem Behaviors

November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

Four researchers, with different research approaches and perspectives on deviant behavior, spent the 2000-01 academic year identifying new strategies for creating behavior change in adolescent substance abusers.

New Jersey's HIV Exposure Law and the HIV-Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Sexual and Seropositive Status Disclosure Behaviors of Persons Living with HIV

November 1, 2012 | Journal Article

A study of associations between HIV-positive people’s awareness of New Jersey’s HIV exposure law and their HIV-related attitudes, beliefs and seropositive disclosure behaviors found that awareness of the law had little effect on the disclosure behavior of HIV-positive individuals.

Stopping Teen Dating Violence in New Jersey with Safe Dates

June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report

From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.

Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships

National Program

Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is an innovative approach to preventing teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11 to 4 year-olds about healthy relationships.

Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior

National Program

To improve understanding of school, community, state, and national policies and environmental factors affecting youth diet, physical activity, obesity, and tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.

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