Model Programs
(Best Practices)
Compiled by Dr. Edward J Mullen,
Willma & Albert Musher Chair Professor for Life Betterment through
Science & Technology, Columbia University in the City of New York
CDC Compendium of HIV Prevention
Interventions with Evidence of Effectiveness
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/hivcompendium/HIVcompendium.htm
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) developed this Compendium of HIV Prevention
Interventions with Evidence of Effectiveness to respond to prevention
service providers, planners, and others who request science-based
interventions that work to prevent HIV transmission. All interventions
selected for this Compendium came from behavioral or social studies that
had both intervention and control/comparison groups and positive results
for behavioral or health outcomes.
Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools
Programs 2001
U.S. Department of Education, Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free
Schools Expert Panel
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/exemplary01/index.html
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools (SDFS)
program and Office of Educational Research and Improvement established
the Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Expert Panel in May 1998.
The 15-member Expert Panel for Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools
was composed of educators, researchers, evaluators, program developers,
and representatives from local and state education agencies, businesses,
institutions of higher education, and medical and legal communities. Its
task was to develop and oversee a process for identifying and
designating as promising and exemplary programs that promote safe,
disciplined, and drug-free schools. The Expert Panel initiative was a
way of enhancing prevention programming by making schools and
communities aware of programs that have proved their effectiveness when
judged against rigorous criteria.
OJJDP Blueprints for Violence
Prevention
Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention
Center for the Study and Prevention
of Violence, University of Colorado at Boulder
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/index.html
In 1996, the Center for the Study and
Prevention of Violence (CSPV), at the University of Colorado at Boulder,
with funding from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime
and Delinquency, designed and launched a national violence prevention
initiative to identify violence prevention programs that are effective.
The project, called Blueprints for Violence Prevention, has identified
11 prevention and intervention programs that meet a strict scientific
standard of program effectiveness. Program effectiveness is based upon
an initial review by CSPV and a final review and recommendation from a
distinguished Advisory Board, comprised of seven experts in the field of
violence prevention. The 11 model programs, called Blueprints, have been
effective in reducing adolescent violent crime, aggression, delinquency,
and substance abuse. Another 18 programs have been identified as
promising programs. To date, more than 600 programs have been reviewed,
and the Center continues to look for programs which meet the selection
criteria.
Strengthening Families: Effective
Family Programs for Prevention of Delinquency
Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention
http://www.strengtheningfamilies.org/
The Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in collaboration with the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Service is pleased to provide the results of the 1999
search for "best practice" family strengthening programs. The programs
in this booklet are divided into categories based upon the degree,
quality and outcomes of research associated with them. You will also
find a program matrix. This may be helpful to you in determining "at a
glance" which programs may best meet your community needs. We hope you
find this information beneficial as you search for outstanding
family-based programs for the prevention of juvenile delinquency and
substance abuse in your community.
SAMHSA Model Programs
http://www.modelprograms.samhsa.gov/
SAMHSA Model Programs featured on
this site have been tested in communities, schools, social service
organizations, and workplaces across America, and have provided solid
proof that they have prevented or reduced substance abuse and other
related high-risk behaviors. Programs included have been reviewed by
SAMHSA's National Registry of Effective Programs (NREP). This Web site
serves as a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in learning
about and/or implementing these programs. The programs pertain to mental
health and substance abuse.
*Descriptions of
web sites are either direct quotes or adaptations from those provided on
the respective sites.
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