Society for Prevention Research (SPR)

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The Society for Prevention Research is an organization dedicated to advancing scientific investigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and mental health, and academic problems and on the translation of that information to promote health and well-being.

The multi-disciplinary membership of SPR is international and includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and policy makers who value the conduct and dissemination of prevention science worldwide.

Development of a Smartphone App-Based Messaging Intervention to Encourage HIV Self-Testing in Hefei, China

Scientific article

Cui Yang , Ashley Perez, Don Operario, Hongo Zhang, Nickolas Zaller Introduction: Research in China has found that MSM avoid HIV testing at clinics or public health departments due in part to stigma and fear of disclosure of their MSM...

Piloting a Universal Violence Prevention Programme in Jamaican Grade One Primary Schools

Scientific article

Marsha Bowers , Helen Baker-Henningham, Yakeisha Scott Introduction : Corporal punishment is a widely used behaviour management strategy in Jamaican schools and exposure to corporal punishment at school is associated with poor child mental...

The Impact of an Indigenous Led, Community-Based Trial to Reduce Alcohol Related Harms in New South Wales, Australia

Scientific article

Mieke Snijder Introduction: Indigenous people of Australia experience a higher burden of health-related harm compared to non-Aboriginal Australians, which is most starkly evidenced by the Aboriginal life expectancy being an estimated 10...

Acceptability of Oral Fluid-Based Rapid HIV Self-Testing in Hefei, China

Scientific article

Ashley Perez , Don Operario, Cui Yang, Nickolas Zaller, Hongo Zhang Introduction: In China, the proportion of HIV cases attributed to men who have sex with men (MSM) behavior has rapidly increased in recent years, with over one-quarter of...

Supportive Parenting Moderates the Effect of Racial Discrimination on Delinquency among Ethiopian-Israeli Youth

Scientific article

Steven M. Kogan , Sophie Walsh, Megan Hicks The Ethiopian families who are the focus of the present study emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel in the 1980s-1990s. Escaping civil war, famine, and religious persecution, these families have...

Meeting the Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining Families in a Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK

Scientific article

Jeremy Segrott , Jo Holliday, Jonathan Scourfield, David Foxcroft, Simon Murphy Introduction: Trials of family-based prevention interventions often face challenges in recruitment and retention, leading to methodological issues. However...

Nurturing a Program to Maturity before Taking It to Scale

Scientific article

Joan E. Durrant , Dominique Pierre Plateau In 2015, the United Nations set out a new sustainable development agenda based on human rights standards. One of its 17 goals is to end all forms of violence against children by 2030. An indicator...

Going to Scale with Parent Training in Norway: What Have We Found and Where Should We Go?

Scientific article

John Kjøbli To scale up evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of child conduct problems in primary care settings, the program Early Initiatives for Children at Risk (Norwegian acronym; TIBIR) was developed. The...

Lessons Learnt from Scaling-up a Parenting Programme during Its Research Phase

Scientific article

Jenny Doubt Background: There is an increasing demand for effective ways of preventing and reducing violence in our societies. Children in developing countries experience higher levels of abuse, and less than 12% of abused children receive...

Putting the Horse before the Cart? Negotiating Tensions Between the Need for Evidence and the Demand for Dissemination of Parenting Programmes to Reduce Violence Against Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Jamie Lachman , Jenny Doubt, Heidi Loening-Voysey Objectives: Parenting programmes have shown promise in preventing violence against children, as well as improving child and parental outcomes. Accordingly, there is an increased demand for...

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