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Evaluating the evidence of effectiveness for preventive interventions: using a registry system to influence policy through scienceC H Brown
University of South Florida, USA
Addict Behav 25:955-64. 2000..Implications for the use of such a registry are also discussed...
Examining the effects of school-based drug prevention programs on drug use in rural settings: methodology and initial findingsC Hendricks Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
J Rural Health 23:29-36. 2007..There is little knowledge about the effectiveness of such programs when they are implemented in rural populations...
The role of randomized trials in testing interventions for the prevention of youth suicideC Hendricks Brown
Prevention Science and Methodology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
Int Rev Psychiatry 19:617-31. 2007....
Methods for testing theory and evaluating impact in randomized field trials: intent-to-treat analyses for integrating the perspectives of person, place, and timeC Hendricks Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:S74-S104. 2008..Practical strategies for reducing model complexity, checking model fit, and handling missing data are discussed using six randomized field trials to show how these methods may be used across trials randomized at different levels...
Hierarchical modeling of sequential behavioral data: examining complex association patterns in mediation modelsGetachew A Dagne
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, FL 33612, USA
Psychol Methods 12:298-316. 2007..These models are then applied to observational data taken from a study of the behavioral interactions of 254 couples...
Adaptive designs for randomized trials in public healthC Hendricks Brown
Prevention Science and Methodology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33612, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 30:1-25. 2009..From these case studies, we discuss whether such evaluations can or should be analyzed as if they were formal randomized trials, and we discuss practical as well as ethical issues arising in the conduct of these new-generation trials...
Hierarchical modeling of sequential behavioral data: an empirical Bayesian approachGetachew A Dagne
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
Psychol Methods 7:262-80. 2002..These models are applied to observational data taken from a study of the behavioral interactions of 254 couples to illustrate their use...
Dynamic wait-listed designs for randomized trials: new designs for prevention of youth suicideC Hendricks Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Clin Trials 3:259-71. 2006..When the intervention requires that significant training resources be allocated throughout the study, the dynamic wait-listed design is likely to increase the rate of training and lead to a higher level of program implementation...
Effects of a universal classroom behavior management program in first and second grades on young adult behavioral, psychiatric, and social outcomesSheppard G Kellam
American Institutes for Research, 921 E Fort Avenue, Suite 225, Baltimore, MD 21230, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:S5-S28. 2008..This article reports on impact to ages 19-21...
The impact of two universal randomized first- and second-grade classroom interventions on young adult suicide ideation and attemptsHolly C Wilcox
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street CMSC 346, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:S60-73. 2008..The Good Behavior Game (GBG) was directed at socializing children for the student role and reducing aggressive, disruptive behavior. Mastery Learning (ML) was aimed at improving academic achievement. Both were implemented by the teacher...
Impact of the Good Behavior Game, a universal classroom-based behavior intervention, on young adult service use for problems with emotions, behavior, or drugs or alcoholJeanne M Poduska
American Institutes for Research, 921 E Fort Avenue, Suite 225, Baltimore, MD 21230, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:S29-44. 2008..The GBG was tested in a randomized field trial in 19 elementary schools with two cohorts of children as they attended first and second grades. This article reports on the impact of the GBG on service use through young adulthood...
Developmental epidemiological courses leading to antisocial personality disorder and violent and criminal behavior: effects by young adulthood of a universal preventive intervention in first- and second-grade classroomsHanno Petras
University of Maryland College Park, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:S45-59. 2008..From first through seventh grade the developmental trajectories of 2311 students from 19 Baltimore City Public Schools were examined. We report the GBG impact on these trajectories and ASPD and violent and criminal behavior by age 19-21...
Relationship between antidepressants and suicide attempts: an analysis of the Veterans Health Administration data setsRobert D Gibbons
Center for Health Statistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:1044-9. 2007..This study examined the relationship between antidepressant treatment and suicide attempts in adult patients in the Veterans Administration health care system...
Randomized trial of a gatekeeper program for suicide prevention: 1-year impact on secondary school staffPeter A Wyman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:104-15. 2008..Skill training for staff serving as "natural gatekeepers" plus interventions that modify students' help-seeking behaviors are recommended to supplement universal gatekeeper training...
A survey of prevention science training: implications for educating the next generationJ Mark Eddy
Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon 97401, USA
Prev Sci 6:59-71. 2005..Implications of the findings for the education of the next cohort of prevention researchers are discussed...
Cluster randomized trials with treatment noncomplianceBooil Jo
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Psychol Methods 13:1-18. 2008..For estimation of intervention effects considering noncompliance and data clustering, an ML-EM estimation method was employed...
Multilevel methods for modeling observed sequences of family interactionGeorge W Howe
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
J Fam Psychol 19:72-85. 2005..An example of this method is presented using data from a study of couples facing job loss. Potential extensions of this framework for future research are discussed...
A brief experimental alcohol beverage-tailored program for adolescentsChudley Werch
Addictive and Health Behaviors Research Institute, Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 32216 6241, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:284-90. 2005..The objective of this study was to develop and test a brief, experimental alcohol preventive intervention matched to the use of specific alcohol beverages among adolescents...
