Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents: Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Number 107

How Culture Impacts the Dissemination and Implementation of Innovation: A Case Study of the Families and Schools Together Program (FAST) for Preventing Violence with Immigrant Latino Youth

“…Rather than supporting a patchwork of programs developed at the local level and typically not subject to careful evaluation, policy makers and funding agencies have all rallied around the concept of ''best practices'' and, in many cases, have made selection of evidence-based programs a requirement for funding (Guerra and Backer 2003). To facilitate this selection process, several youth violence prevention programs have been ''vetted'' as effective or promising based on careful reviews of outcome studies that include both efficacy and effectiveness trials (Chan et al 2004;Elliott 1998;Mihalic et al 2004). However, effective dissemination and implementation of evidence-based programming innovation also hinges on a number of assumptions, many of which remain problematic, in order to bridge the gap between science and practice (Wandersman 2003).…”

What works (and what does not) in youth violence prevention: Rethinking the questions and finding new answers

“…identify model programs have been less encouraging. For instance, a recent conference convened by the National Institute of Health (NIH) attempted to find a consensus on prevention programs for adolescents based on a commissioned meta-analysis of studies since 1995 (Chan and others, 2004). Only sixty-seven of more than sixteen hundred studies of youth violence prevention programs were included on the basis of rigorous scientific criteria, and evidence for effectiveness was noted in only fourteen studies.…”

Role of the Pediatrician in Youth Violence Prevention

“…[33][34][35] To that end, several governmental health and organized medicine entities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office of the Surgeon General, the American Medical Association, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, have sought to synthesize the burgeoning research literature in this area to help identify effective approaches. [36][37][38][39] The AAP has also developed and published a number of policy statements and other reports specifically related to addressing youth violence from an evidencebased, best-practices perspective. [40][41][42][43] However, the most comprehensive effort to date undertaken by the AAP is the primary care violence prevention protocol titled Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure.…”