I: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: The emerging science of drug abuse prevention / William J. Bukoski -- II: SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF PREVENTION: Effective mass media strategies for drug abuse prevention campaigns / Philip Palmgreen and Lewis Donohew -- Drug abuse prevention curricula in schools / Gilbert J. Botvin and Kenneth W. Griffin -- Dissemination of research-based family intervention for the prevention of substance abuse / Karol L. Kumpfer and Steve Adler -- Peers and the prevention of adolescent drug use -- / E.R. Oetting and R.S. Lynch -- Mobilizing communities to reduce risk for drug abuse: a comparison of two strategies / Michael W. Arthur, Charles D. Ayers, Kelly A. Graham, and J. David Hawkins -- Community-focused drug abuse prevention / Barry M. Kibel and Harold D. Holder -- Drug abuse prevention in the workplace / Royer F. Cook -- Prevention approaches to methadone treatment settings: children of drug abuse treatment clients / Richard F. Catalano, Kevin P. Haggerty, and Randy R. Gainey -- III: PREVENTION AS SOCIAL CONTROL: Drug tests in prevention research / Robert L. DuPont and Keith E. Saylor -- Anti-drug-abuse policies on prevention strategies / Mary Ann Pentz -- IV: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PREVENTION: Forging a relationship between drug abuse epidemiology and drug abuse prevention / Zili Sloboda -- Risk and protective factors of adolescent drug use: implications for prevention programs / Judith S. Brook. David W. Brook, Linda Richter, and Martin Whiteman -- Bridging the gap between substance use prevention theory and practice / Brian R. Flay and John Petraitis -- Preventive intervention targeting precursors / John E. Lochman -- Designing prevention programs: the developmental perspective / Marvin W. Berkowitz and Audrey L. Begun -- V: SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Gender issues in substance abuse prevention / Louise Ann Rohrbach and Joel Milam -- Preventing substance use among Latino youth / Charles R. Martinez, Jr., J. Mark Eddy, and David S. DeGarmo -- African-American substance use epidemiology and prevention issues / William L. Turner and Michael J. Hench -- The effectiveness of alcohol and drug abuse prevention among American-Indian youth / Fred Beauvais and Joseph E. Trimble -- Drug abuse prevention research for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans / W. William Chen -- VI: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT: RISKS FOR MULTIPLE BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL DISORDERS: Basic science and drug abuse prevention: neuroscience, learning, and personality perspectives / Michael T. Bardo, Thomas Kelly, Donald R. Lynam, and Richard Milich -- Cross-national comparisons of co-morbidities between substance use disorders and mental disorders / Ronald C. Kessler, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Laura Andrade, Rob Bijl [and others] -- Drug abuse research for high-risk youth / Leona L. Eggert and Brooke P. Randell -- Research designs for family studies / Michael Vanyukov, Howard Moss, and Ralph E. Tarter -- VII: RESEARCH DESIGN, MEASUREMENT, AND DATA ANALYTIC ISSUES: Design principles and their application in preventive field trials / C. Hendricks Brown -- Major data analysis issues in drug abuse prevention research / David P. MacKinnon and James H. Dwyer -- Metholological considerations to prevention research / Linda M. Collins and Brian P. Flaherty -- Prevention program implementation / Steven Schinke and Kristin Cole -- Family management practices: research design and measurement issues / Thomas J. Dishion, Bert Burraston, and Fuzhong Li -- Power analysis models and methods: a latent variable framework for power estimation and analysis / Terry E. Duncan, Susan C. Duncan, and Puzhong Li -- VIII: DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION: A LOOK TO THE FUTURE: Application of computer technology to drug abuse prevention / Kris Bosworth -- Putting science into practice / Gale Held.
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This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of drug abuse prevention. Providing a comprehensive overview of the accumulated knowledge on prevention theory, intervention design, and development and prevention research methodology, this work also promotes prevention science as an evolving field in the practice and policy of drug abuse prevention. Included are sections on Theoretical and Empirical Foundations, Social Contexts of Prevention, Prevention as Social Control, Special Populations, Research Design and a Look at the Future.