Strengthening Families and Protecting Children from Substance Abuse

APPENDIX A

Key References
Other Resources
Program List
Exemplary Programs
Model Programs
Promising Programs

Strengthening America's Families Project: Exemplary, Model, and Promising Programs. The University of Utah, Department of Health Education, Salt Lake City, Utah, funded by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Key References

Brounstein, P. J., Zweig, J. M., & Gardner, S. E. (Dec. 7, 1998)'science-based practices in substance abuse prevention: A guide (working draft). Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, (CSAP) Division of Knowledge Development and Evaluation.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) (1998). Preventing substance abuse among children and adolescents: Family-centered approaches, reference guide. P. L. Grover, (Ed). Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) (1998). Preventing substance abuse among children and adolescents: Family-centered approaches, practitioners. guide. P. L. Grover, (Ed). Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services.

Kumpfer, K. L. and Alvarado, R. (Nov. 1998). Effective family strengthening interventions. OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 4.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office on Science Policy and Communications. (1997). Drug abuse prevention for at-risk groups. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office on Science Policy and Communications. (1997). Drug abuse prevention for at-risk individuals. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office on Science Policy and Communications. (1997). Drug abuse prevention for the general population. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office on Science Policy and Communications. (1997). Drug abuse prevention: What works. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (1997). Preventing drug use among children and adolescents: A research-based guide. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

Olds, D., Hill, P., and Rumsey, E. (November 1998). Prenatal and early childhood nurse home visitation. OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin.

Other Resources

In your own state, check with your state department of health and human services, division of alcohol and drug abuse prevention for existing resources.

The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, located at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has identified 10 violence prevention programs that met a high scientific standard of effectiveness; most have also demonstrated effectiveness in preventing or reducing substance abuse among youth. These 10 programs are described in a series called Blueprints for Violence Prevention. The Blueprints contain information on the theoretical rationale, targeted risk and protective factors, target population, core program elements, planning and implementation issues, evaluation designs and results, and other relevant information.

More information can be obtained from the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the following address:

CSPV
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 442
Boulder, CO 80309-0442
Ph: (303) 492-8465
Fax: (303) 443-3297
email: blueprints@colorado.edu
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints

In 1995, The University of Utah, Department of Health Education, in Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Called Training and Technical Assistance for Family Strengthening, the project goal is to identify and disseminate information about model family strengthening programs for the prevention of delinquency and other problems in youth. A World Wide Web Home Page (http://www.strengtheningfamilies.org) includes literature reviews, model program descriptions, and links to other web sites.

To be on a mailing list, to be invited to the regional training programs, or to receive other information such as newsletters, please call (801) 581-8498. Or write to: Karol Kumpfer, Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, 215 HPER-N, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 or e-mail to fsp@health.utah.edu with your request.

Descriptions of programs identified by the project follow.

Strengthening America's Families Project

Department of Health Promotion and Education
University of Utah
1850 E. 300 S., Rm. 215
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(801) 581-7718
http://www.strengtheningfamilies.org

July 21, 1999

Thank you for your interest in the Strengthening America's Families Project, which was funded in 1995 by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and sponsored by the University of Utah.  During the course of the three-year technical assistance and training cooperative agreement, 34 family strengthening programs were identified by a panel of experts as "best practice" and disseminated nationwide.  As part of this dissemination effort, a project web site was developed, two national training conferences were conducted, 12 regional program training workshops were offered, 10 mini grants were awarded, and extensive technical assistance was offered.

One of the goals of the project has been to close the gap between the scientific work reported in the research literature and the number of science-based programs actually implemented in communities across America.  The project encourages service providers during their program selection process to strongly consider "best practice" approaches.  These are approaches that are grounded in scientific research and have outcome results that demonstrate their effectiveness.  We hope that the project has contributed to the progress nationwide in regards to informing our communities that family-based prevention works.

Again, we thank all of you who have made the commitment to strengthening families in your community.  We share that commitment and believe that strengthening families is the key to reducing juvenile delinquency.

Rose Alvarado, Ph.D
Project Director

To find out about these programs click on http://www.strengtheningfamilies.org