Prevention Programs

Urban Institute Project Report

Problem Behavior Prevention and School-Based Health Centers:
Programs and Prospects

This study was conducted with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Grant No. 035066) and from the George Washington University through Making the Grade: State and Local Partnerships to Establish School-Based Health Centers (Service Agreement under Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant No. 031530). The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not represent the views of The Urban Institute.

Marv Eisen, Christina Pallitto, and Carolyn Bradner
The Urban Institute
Revised, December 1999

Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Problem Behavior Prevention: Can School-Based Health Centers Play a Role? 
Chapter 2: Identifying Effective Prevention Interventions
Chapter 3: Program Characteristics of Effective and Seminal Interventions
Chapter 4: Assessing School-Based Health Centers for a Problem Behavior Prevention Role
Chapter 5: From Research to Practice: Some Next Steps
Chapter 6: Practitioners Discuss the Nuts and Bolts of Advancing Prevention Programming Within School-Based Health Centers
References
Appendix 5: Journal Abstracts of 51 Effective Interventions
Appendix 6: Information, Ordering, and Training Guide to Twenty-One Rigorously Evaluated Interventions