Prevention Action
Implementation science – the real thing?
Researchers and evaluators are in Bethesda, Maryland, this week, to work at “methods and measurements” for a new science of dissemination and implementation
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Sure Start’s shaky start is shored up
Latest findings from the national evaluation of Sure Start show a reversal: the UK’s flagship programme for disadvantaged children and their parents seems to have started working.MORE
Paan is caught in the cultural crossfire
A US-made campaign to curb cigarette smoking among young people in India has become entangled in the cultural aspects of the country’s attitudes to tobacco. MORE
Making more peaceful schools
Trials of an in-school anti-bullying programme suggest it may be worthwhile to concentrate efforts on creating a peaceful learning environment rather than entirely on tackling the behaviour of the individual bully or his victim.MORE
Tightening up Duluth
The boy who broke your teenage heart, the girl who drove you to drink or poetry - did it ever occur to you that they might have abused you? New approaches to preventing inter-parental conflict and family violence suggest they might.MORE
Prevention action in Denver
Prevention Action conference coverage this spring included a visit by senior researcher Vashti Berry to the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting in Denver, USA.MORE
