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| LOUISE ROHRBACHSummaryAffiliation: University of Southern California Country: USA Publications
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Prospective associations of social self-control with drug use among youth from regular and alternative high schoolsPallav Pokhrel
Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2:22. 2007..In this study, we attempted to find out (a) whether lack of social self-control predicted drug use one year later, and (b) whether drug use at baseline predicted social self-control one year later...- One-year follow-up evaluation of the Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND) dissemination trialLouise A Rohrbach
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Prev Med 51:313-9. 2010.... - Fidelity of implementation in Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND): a comparison of classroom teachers and program specialistsLouise A Rohrbach
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, 1000 S Fremont Ave, Unit 8, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Prev Sci 8:125-32. 2007..These results suggest that motivated, trained classroom teachers can implement evidence-based prevention programs with fidelity and achieve immediate effects... 
Factors associated with adoption of evidence-based substance use prevention curricula in US school districtsLouise Ann Rohrbach
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, 91803, USA
Health Educ Res 20:514-26. 2005..State and federal agencies should increase their efforts to disseminate information about evidence-based programs, targeting in particular the district substance use prevention coordinator...- The Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND) dissemination trial: implementation fidelity and immediate outcomesLouise Ann Rohrbach
Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Prev Sci 11:77-88. 2010..However, seven of the ten immediate student outcome measures showed no significant differences between the two training conditions. The implications of these findings for dissemination research and practice are discussed... - Impact of hurricane Rita on adolescent substance useLouise A Rohrbach
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Alahambra, CA 91802, USA
Psychiatry 72:222-37. 2009..10). These findings suggest that increased substance use may be one of the behaviors that adolescents exhibit in reaction to exposure to hurricanes... - Dissemination of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND): findings from a survey of program adoptersLouise Ann Rohrbach
University of Southern California, Preventive Medicine, IPR, Alhambra, California, USA
Subst Use Misuse 45:2551-66. 2010..The limitations of the study, as well as the implications of the findings for future research and wide-scale prevention program dissemination, are discussed... - One-year follow-up evaluation of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND-4)Ping Sun
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, 100 S Fremont Avenue, Box 8, Room 4208, Alhambra, California 91803, USA
Prev Med 47:438-42. 2008..Two theoretical content components of the program were examined to increase our understanding of the relative contribution of each to the effectiveness of the program... - An evaluation of the fidelity of implementation of a school-based drug abuse prevention program: project toward no drug abuse (TND)Silvana Skara
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventinve Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
J Drug Educ 35:305-29. 2005..Further, our findings indicate that Project TND can be implemented effectively with low and high risk youth in a general environment as well as with high risk youth in a more specialized environment... - Short-term effects of Project EX-4: a classroom-based smoking prevention and cessation intervention programPing Sun
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research and Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1000 South Fremont Avenue, Box 8, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Addict Behav 32:342-50. 2007..This fourth study adapts Project EX to the classroom context. This paper reports the findings based on pretest and posttest surveys conducted immediately prior and post-intervention... - Translation in tobacco and drug abuse prevention researchMary Ann Pentz
University of Southern California, Dept of Preventive Medicine, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Eval Health Prof 29:246-71. 2006.... - Six-month and one-year effects of project EX-4: a classroom-based smoking prevention and cessation intervention programSteve Sussman
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research and Departments of Preventive Medicine and Psychology, University of Southern California, USA
Addict Behav 32:3005-14. 2007..This study evaluated the efficacy of a version of Project EX that was adapted for implementation in the classroom context (Project EX-4). This paper reports the program outcomes based on pretest, six-month, and one-year follow-up surveys... - Peer influences and access to cigarettes as correlates of adolescent smoking: a cross-cultural comparison of Wuhan, China, and CaliforniaJennifer B Unger
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
Prev Med 34:476-84. 2002.... - Political science, public policy, and drug use preventionMary Ann Pentz
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Alhambra, California 91803, USA
Subst Use Misuse 39:1821-65. 2004..Finally, examples are given of how this model might inform the other perspectives represented in this special issue on transdisciplinary drug abuse prevention research... - Independent evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program: relationships between program exposure and outcomes, 1996-1998Louise Ann Rohrbach
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Alhambra, 91803, USA
Am J Public Health 92:975-83. 2002..This study sought to determine the effects of the California Tobacco Control Program on tobacco-related attitudes and behaviors... - Smoking behavior among urban and rural Native American adolescents in CaliforniaJennifer B Unger
University of Southern California School of Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Research, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:251-4. 2003..This study used statewide data from California to examine the smoking behavior and related psychosocial risk factors among Native American adolescents living in urban and rural counties... - Social network predictors of bullying and victimizationMichele Mouttapa
University of Southern California, Department of Preventive Medicine, USA
Adolescence 39:315-35. 2004.... - Gender differences in HIV risk behaviors among young injectors and their social network membersSusanne B Montgomery
School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, California, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 28:453-75. 2002..However, their propensity to practice protective behaviors may provide an opening for interventions to reduce their HIV risk and that of their social network members... - The prevalence of effective substance use prevention curricula in U.S. middle schoolsChristopher L Ringwalt
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 3307, USA
Prev Sci 3:257-65. 2002..Prevention researchers and practitioners should work closely together to find ways to increase the proportion of schools implementing effective curricula... - A comparison of current practice in school-based substance use prevention programs with meta-analysis findingsSusan T Ennett
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7440, USA
Prev Sci 4:1-14. 2003..The findings indicate that the transfer to practice of research knowledge about school-based substance use prevention programming has been limited... - The principles of effectiveness: early awareness and plans for implementation in a national sample of public schools and their districtsAshley P Simons-Rudolph
RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
J Sch Health 73:181-5. 2003..Results suggest a need for greater communication about the principles to school districts, and in turn, a need for greater communication between district and school-level substance use prevention staff... - Reasons for teachers' adaptation of substance use prevention curricula in schools with non-white student populationsChristopher L Ringwalt
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 2812, USA
Prev Sci 5:61-7. 2004..We suggest that curriculum developers make a systematic effort to understand how teachers are adapting their curricula in high minority schools and incorporate these modifications, if found effective, into their curricula... - Who's calling the shots? Decision-makers and the adoption of effective school-based substance use prevention curriculaChris Ringwalt
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 2812, USA
J Drug Educ 34:19-31. 2004..However, we did find some support for our hypothesis from our district-level informants, who indicated that community groups and advisory committees also play a modest role in the selection of such curricula... - School-based smoking prevention researchSteve Sussman
J Adolesc Health 37:4; author reply 6-8. 2005
Research Grants
- Impact of Louisiana Hurricanes on Adolescent Substance AbuseLOUISE ROHRBACH; Fiscal Year: 2007..S. The results of studies of this type may prove useful in the development of effective treatment and prevention programs for youth who have experienced the devastation of hurricanes. ..
- Diffusion of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND)LOUISE ROHRBACH; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..