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Cultural sensitivity and adaptation in family-based prevention interventionsKarol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA
Prev Sci 3:241-6. 2002..Recommendations include the need for additional research on culturally-sensitive family interventions...
Effectiveness of school-based family and children's skills training for substance abuse prevention among 6-8-year-old rural childrenKarol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 16:S65-71. 2002..Adding parenting-only improved social competency and self-regulations more but negatively impacted family relationships, whereas adding SF improved family relationships, parenting, and school bonding more...
Family-strengthening approaches for the prevention of youth problem behaviorsKarol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, 200 South 1850 East, Room 215, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Am Psychol 58:457-65. 2003..Recommendations include increased dissemination research on training and technical assistance systems, adoption with fidelity and quality, and gender-, age-, and culturally sensitive adaptations...
Family-based interventions for substance use and misuse preventionKarol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Subst Use Misuse 38:1759-87. 2003..Overall, research on ways to improve dissemination, marketing, training, and funding is needed to improve adoption of effective prevention programs...
Parent/child transactional processes predictive of resilience or vulnerability to "substance abuse disorders"Karol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Subst Use Misuse 39:671-98. 2004..Recommendations are made for future research and better dissemination of evidence-based family interventions...
A wakeup call to the prevention field: are prevention programs for substance use effective for girls?Karol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:978-1001. 2008..The authors recommend additional research testing programs by gender and also gender-specific versus generic versions of evidence-based programs to determine how to improve prevention program effectiveness for girls...
Why are there no effective child abuse prevention parenting interventions?Karol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:1262-5. 2008
Cultural adaptation process for international dissemination of the strengthening families programKarol L Kumpfer
University of Utah, UT, USA
Eval Health Prof 31:226-39. 2008....
Prevention approaches to enhance resilience among high-risk youth: comments on the papers of Dishion & Connell and GreenbergKarol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1094:151-63. 2006..Within this third wave of resilience research on prevention interventions, we present data suggesting that family strengthening approaches have the greatest impact on increasing resilience...
Outcome evaluation of the Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Integrative Health Clinic for Chronic Nonmalignant PainSandra J W Smeeding
Departments of Anesthesia, Integrative Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA
Clin J Pain 27:146-55. 2011..The study assessed improvement in chronic nonmalignant pain and related depression, anxiety, and health-related quality of life...
Longitudinal outcomes of a comprehensive, incentivized worksite wellness programBeverly Hyatt Neville
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Eval Health Prof 34:103-23. 2011..Most benefits were found for those in high-risk groups. This program should recruit more employees in high health risk categories and emphasize retention and increased levels of participation...
Parenting skills and family support programs for drug-abusing mothersKarol L Kumpfer
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 12:134-42. 2007....
What works in prevention. Principles of effective prevention programsMaury Nation
Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College, 90, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Am Psychol 58:449-56. 2003..This synthesis can inform the planning and implementation of problem-specific prevention interventions, provide a rationale for multi-problem prevention programs, and serve as a basis for further research...
[Strengthening family interventions for the prevention of substance abuse in children of addicted parents]Karol L Kumpfer
Adicciones 19:13-25; discussion 31-3. 2007....
Prevention that works for children and youth. An introductionRoger P Weissberg
Department of Psychology M C 285, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607 7137, USA
Am Psychol 58:425-32. 2003..Recent advances in prevention research and growing support for evidence-based practice are encouraging developments that will increase the number of children and youth who succeed and contribute in school and life...
