Dale L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor
Assigned Reading
Mzrazek, P. J., & Haggerty,
R. J. (1994). Reducing risks for mental disorders. Washington, DC:
National Academy Press.
www.nap.edu/books/0309049393/html.
Background
materials: bob.nap.edu/html/rrmd/
National Mental Health Advisory
Council (1998). Priorities for prevention research at NIMH: A report of the
National Mental Health Advisory Council Workgroup on Mental Disorders and
Prevention Research. Washington, DC: NIMH Publication No. 98-4321.
www.nimh.nih.gov/research/prev/pdf.
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= all read, no reports
In addition to these two books, both
available on-line, there will be other assigned readings associated with each
topic listed below. You will be given assignments of material to read and
report on. These reports will be due on the dates shown. At that time the
reports will be discussed via the internet.
Procedure
Students will be given an assignment
for each week, depending on the richness of the prevention area. Reports are to
be prepared and sent to all in the seminar. We will all comment on them. With
luck WebCT will enable us to use a chat room format for this. I will also
comment on each report. Reports should include the following:
1. Type of intervention. See Mrazek
and Haggerty, chapter 1.
2. Publication type. Is it in a
peer-reviewed journal?
3. Evaluation method. Randomized
group assignment?
4. Follow-up length, methods and
results.
5. Were goals or purposes of the
intervention described and were they tested?
6. Sample composition. How formed?
Drop-up rates? Ethnic diversity?
7. Measurement. Use of multi-trait,
multi-measure methods? Were results of all measures used reported? Calculate
effect sizes, if not reported.
8. What were the essential elements
of the program?
9. I will give you a key reference,
but you should look for related reports on the program/project in question. Use
PsycInfo and PubMed.
The topics listed below and the
dates are tentative. We will take whatever time we need to explore an area.
This may mean omitting some topics or abbreviating them.
Week 1, ends 1/17 A distance learning meeting is scheduled for1/11/01 at 10:00am
at the University Center. Room to be announced. This will be an orientation
meeting. We will review how we will
proceed and the course requirements. We will discuss some basic issues involved
in creating prevention programs. I will describe how the Houston Parent-Child
Development Center was developed and the major results.
Your assignment for this week is to
select a daily newspaper and find all articles on prevention or risk for five
days. Report and comment on these.
Week 2, ends 1/24 “Coming to terms with the terms of risk.”
Kraemer, H. C., Kazdin, A. E.,
Offord, D. R., Kessler, R. C., Jensen, P. S. & Kupfer, D. J. (1997). Coming
to terms with the terms of risk. Achives of General Psychiatry, 54,
337-343.
Week 3, ends 1/31 What do we mean by “prevention?”
See
Mrazek and Haggerty above and read chapter 2 for definitions that are accepted
generally.
Week 4, ends 2/7 Prevention
of school failure.
In 1969 Arthur Jensen wrote in the Harvard
Educational Review that "Early compensatory education has been tried
and it has failed." Was he right? Could he make that statement today? All do search for evidence that Head Start
improves school performance and report on your findings.
Review
Gomby, D. S., Larner, M. B.,
Stevenson, C. S., Lewitt, E. B., & Behrman, R. E. (1995). Long-term
outcomes of early childhood programs: analysis and recommendatins. Future of
Children, 5, 6-24. (See www.futureofchildren.org).
Nelson, G., Westhues, A., &
McLeod, J. (in press). A meta-analysis of longitudinal research on preschool
intervention programs for children. Prevention and Treatment. (I will
send the paper.) Also see other papers in the same journal issue.
Chicago Longitudinal Study
Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A.,
Robertson, D. L., & Mann, F. A. (2001). Long-term effects of an early childhood
intervention on educational achievement and juvenile arrest: A 15-year
follow-up of low-income children in public schools. JAMA, 285,
2339-2346.
Reynolds, A. J., & Temple, J. A.
(1998). Extended early childhood intervention and school achievement: age 13
findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study. Child Development, 69,
231-246.
Brookline Early Education Project
Bronson, M. B., Pierson, D. E.,
& Tivnan. T. (1984). The effects of early ecducation on children's
competence in elementary school. Evaluation Review, 8, 615-629.
Carolina
Abcedarian Project
Campbell, F. A., & Ramey, C. T. (1994). Effects of early intervention
on intellectual and academic achievement: a follow-up study of children from
low-income families. Child Development, 65, 684-698.
Campbell, F. A., & Ramey, C. T. (1995). Cognitive and school outcomes
for high-risk African-American students at middle adolescence: Positive effects
of early intervention. American Educational Research Journal, 32,
743-772.
Ramey, C. T., & Campbell, F. A.
(1987). The Carolina Abcedarian Project: An educational experiment concerning
human malleability. In J. A. Gallagher & C. T. Ramey ( Eds.) The
malleability of children (pp. 127-139). Baltimore: Brookes.
Spitz, H. H. (1992). Does the
Carolina Abcedarian Early Intervention Project prevent sociocultural
retardation? Intelligence, 16, 225-237.
Perry
Preschool and High Scope Projects
Farnsworth, M., Scweinhart, L. J.,
& Berrueta-Clement, J. R. (1985). Preschool intervention , school success
and delinquency in a high-risk sample of youth. American Educational
Research Journal, 22, 445-464.
Weikert, D. P., & Schweinhart,
L. J. (1992). High/Scope Perry Preschool Program outcomes. In J. McCord &
R. E. Tremblay (Eds.) Preventing antisocial behavior: Interventions from
birth through adolescence (pp. 67-86). New York: Guilford.
Houston Parent-Child Development
Center
Johnson, D. L., & Walker, T.
(1991). A follow-up evaluation of the
Houston Parent-Child Development Center: school performance. Journal of
Early Intervention, 15, 226-236.
Yale
Abelson, W. D., Zigler, E., &
DeBlasi, C. L. (1974). Effects of a four-year Follow Through program on
economically disadvantaged children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 66,
756-771.
Vermont Intervention Program
Achenbach, T. M., Phares, V.,
Howell, C. T., Rauh, V. A., & Newcombe, B. (1990). Seven-year outcome of
the Vermont Intervention Program for low-birthweight infants. Child
Development, 61, 1672-1681.
Week 5, ends 2/114 Prevention of child
behavior problems
Conduct
Problems Prevention Research Group
Conduct Problems Prevention Research
Group (1999). Initial impact of the Fast Track Prevention Trial for Conduct
Problems: I. The high-risk sample. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 67, 631-647.
Conduct Problems Prevention Research
Group (1999). Initial impact of the Fast Track Prevention Trial for Conduct
Problems: II. Classroom effects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 67, 648-657.
Strayhorn
Strayhorn, J. M., & Weidman, C. S. (1989). Reduction of attention
deficit and internalizing symptoms in preschoolers through parent-child
interaction training. Journal of the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 28, 888-896.
Strayhorn, J. M., & Weidman, C. S. (1991). Follow-up one year after
parent-child interaction training: effects on behavior of preschool children. Journal
of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 30, 138-143
Johns
Hopkins Group
Kellam, S. G., Rebook, G. W.,
Ialongo, N., & Mayer, L. S. (1994).
The course and malleability of aggressive behavior from early first
grade into middle school: Results from a developmental epidemiologically-based
preventive trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 35,
259-281.
Dolan, L. J., Kellam, S. G., Brown,
C. H., Wethamer-Larsson, L. et al. (1993). The short-term impactr of two
classroom-based preventive interventions on aggression and shy behaviors and
poor achievement. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 14, 317-.
Olds
Olds, D. O. et al. (1998). Long-term
effects of nurse home visitation on children's criminal and antisocial
behavior: 15-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 280,
1238-1244.
Montreal
Prevention Experiment
Tremblay, R. E., Masse, L. C., Pagani,
L., & Vitaro, F. ( ). From
childhood physical aggression to adolescent malajustment: the Montreal
prevention experiment. In R. DeV. Peters. R. J. McMahon, & R.
Joseph (Eds.) Preventing childhood disorders.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
Houston Parent-Child Prevention
Center
Johnson, D.L., & Breckenridge, J.N. (1982). The
Houston Parent-Child Development Center and primary prevention of behavior
problems in young children. American Journal of Community Psychology,
10, 305-316.
Johnson, D.L., & Walker, T. (1987). The primary
prevention of behavior problems in Mexican-American children. American Journal of Community
Psychology, 15, 375-385.
Oregon
Reid, J. B., Eddy, J. M., Fetrow, R.
A., & Stoolmiller, M. (1999). Description and immediate impacts of a
preventive intervention for conduct problems. American Journal of Community
Psychology, 27, 483-517.
Virginia
Farrell, A. D., & Meyer, A. L.
(1997). The effectiveness of a school-based curriculum for reducing violence
among urban sixth-grade students. American Journal of Public Health, 87,
979-984.
Week 6, ends 2/21 Prevention of depression and anxiety
Johns
Hopkins
Ialongo, N. S., Werthamer, L., &
Kellam, S. G. (1999). Proximal impact of two first-grade preventive
interventions on the early risk behaviors for later substance abuse, depression
and antisocial behavior. American Journal of Community Psychology, 27,
599-641.
Beardslee
Beardslee, W. R., Wright, E.,
Rothberg, P. C., Salt, P., &
Versage, E. (1996). Response of families
to two preventive strategies: long-term differences in behavior and attitude
change. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
35, 774-782.
Beardslee, W. R., Salt, P., Versage,
E. M., Gladstone, T. R. G., Wright, E. J., Rothberg, P. C. (1997). Sustained
change in parents receiving preventive interventions for families with
depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, 510-515.
Selligman
Jaycox, L. H., Reivich, K. J.,
Gillham, J., & Selignman, M. E. (1994). Prevention of depressive symptoms
in school children. Behavior Research and Therapy, 32, 801-816.
Selligman, M. E., Schulman, P., DeRubeis, R. J., & Hollon,
S. D. (1999). The prevention of depresion and anxiety. Prevention &
Treatment, 2. [This is an APA on-line publication:
journals.apa.org/prevention. Go to Selligman and click on "More."]
Australia
Cullen, K. J. (1976). A six-year
controlled trial of a prevention of children's behavior disorders. Journal
of Pediatrics, 88, 662-666.
Cullen, K. J., & Cullen, A. M.
(1996). Long-term follow-up of the Busselton six-year controlled trial of
prevention of children's behavior disorders. Journal of Pediatrics, 129,
136-139.
Anxiety
Donovan, C. L., & Spence, S. H.
(2000). Prevention of childhood anxiety disorders. Clinical Psychology
Review, 20, 509-531.
Dadds, M., R. et al. (1997).
Prevention and early intervention for anxiety disorders: a controlled trial. Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 627-635.
Dadds, M. R., et al. (1999). Early
intervention and prevention of anxiety disorders in children: results at 2-year
follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 145-150.
Week 7, ends 2/28 Prevention of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
** Falloon, I. R. H. (1992). Early
intervention for first episodes of schizophrenia: a preliminary exploration. Psychiatry,
55, 4-15.
** Chapter 6, pp. 141-153 in Mrazek and
Haggerty.
McGlashan, T. H., & Johannessen,
J. O. (1996). Early detection and intervention with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia
Bulletin, 22, 197-200. [see also
other articles in the same issue.]
Birchwood, M. (1992). Early
intervention in schizophrenia: theoretical background and clinical strategies. British
Journal of Psychiatry, 31, 257-278.
Bipolar
No references found.
Week
8 Spring Break
Week 9, ends 3/14 Prevention of smoking and
substance abuse
Reviews
** Tobler, N. S., Roona, M. R., Ochshorn,
P., Marshall, P. G., Steke, A. V., & Stackpole, K. M. (2000). School-based
adolescent drug prevention programs: 1998 meta-analysis. Journal of Primary
Prevention, 20, 275-335.
** Dusenbury, L. (2000). Family-based
drug abuse prevention programs: a review. Journal of Primary Prevention, 20,
337-352
** Bruvold, W. H. (1993). A
meta-analysis of adolescent smoking prevention programs. American Journal of
Public Health, 83, 872-878.
Rooney, B. L., & Murray, D. M.
(1996). A meta-analysis of smoking prevention programs after adjustment for
errors in the unity of analysis. Health Education Quarterly, 23,
1148-1164.
Miller, S. K., & Slap, G. B.
(1989). Adolescent smoking: a review of prevalence and prevention. Adolescent
Medicine, 10, 129-135.
Botvin, G. J., & Botvin, E. M.
(1992). Adolescent tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse: prevention strategies,
empirical findings, and assessment issues. Developmental and Behavioral
Pediatrics, 13, 290-301.
Multi-Purpose Programs
Hansen, W. B., & Graham, J. W.
(1991). Preventing alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use among adolescents.
Peer pressure resistance training versus establishing conservative norms. Preventive
Medicine, 20, 414-430.
Smoking Programs
Telch, M. J., et al. (1982).
Long-term follow-up of a pilot project on smoking prevention with adolescents. Journal
of Behavioral Medicine, 5, 1-7.
Murray, D. M., et al. (1988). Four-
and five-year follow-up results from four seventh-grade smoking prevention
strategies. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 11, 395-405.
Bauman, K. E. et al. (1991). The
influence of three mass media campaigns on variables related to adolescent
cigarette smoking: Results of a field experiment. American Journal of Public
Health, 81, 597-604.
Flynn, B. S., et al. (1994). Mass
media and school interventions for cigarette smoking prevention: effects 2
years after completion. American Journal of Public Health, 84, 1148-
1150.
Kellam, S. G., & Anthony, J. C.
(1998). Targeting early antecedents to prevent tobacco smoking: findings from
an epidemiologically-based randomized field trial. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 1490-1495.
Tulane
Greenberg, R. A., Strecher, V. J.,
Bauman, K. E., Boat, B et al. (1994). Evaluation of a home-based intervention
program to reduce infant passive smoking and lower respiratory illness.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 273-290.
Alcohol Programs
Project
Northland
Perry, C. L., et al. (1996). Project
Northland: Outcome of a community-wide alcohol use prevention program during
early adolescence. American Journal of Public Health, 83, 956-965.
Williams, C. L., Perry, C. L. et al.
(1995). A home-based prevention program for sixth-grade alcohol use: Results
from Project Northland. Journal of Primary Prevention, 16, 125-147.
Holder
Holder, H. D. et al. (2000). Effect
of community-based interventions of high risk drinking and alcohol-related
injuries. JAMA, 284, 2341-2347.
Drug Programs
Project
Alert
Ellickson, P. L., & Bell, R. M.
(1990). Drug prevention in junior high: a multi-site longitudinal test. Science,
247, 1299-1305.
Ellickson, P. L., Bell, R. M., & McGuigan, K. (1993).
Preventing adolescent drug use: long-term results of a junior high program. American
Journal of Public Health, 83, 856-861.
Midwestern
Prevention Project
Pentz, M. A. et al. (1989). A
multi-community trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse: effects
on drug abuse prevalence. JAMA, 261, 3259-3266.
MacKinnon, D. P. et al. (1991).
Mediating mechanisms in a school-based drug prevention program: First-year
effects of the Midwestern Prevention Project. Health Psychology, 10,
164-172.
DARE
** Lynam, D. R. et al. (1999). Project DARE: No effects at
10-year follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67,
590-593.
Week 10, ends 3/21 Prevention of adolescent
pregnancy
** Nitz, K. (1999). Adolescent pregnancy
prevention: a review of interventions and programs. Clinical Psychology
Review, 19, 457-471.
Franklin, C., Grant, D., Corcoran,
J, Miller, P., & Bultman, L. (1997). Effectiveness of prevention programs
for adolescent pregnancy: a meta-analysis. Journal of Marriage and the
Family, 59, 551-567.
Allen, J. P., Philliber, S.,
Herrling, S., Kuperminc, G. P. (1997). Preventing teen pregnancy and academic
failure: Experimental evaluation of a developmentally-based approach. Child
Development, 68, 729-742.
Mitchell-DiCenso, A., et al. (1997).
Evaluation of an eductional program to prevent adolescent pregnancy. Health
Education and Behavior, 24, 300-312.
Kirby, D., Korpi, M., Adivi,
C., & Weissman, J. (1997). An
impact evaluation of Project SNAPP: An AIDS and pregnancy prevention middle
school program. AIDS Education and Prevention, 9, 44-61.
Tezzi, L., et al., (1997). Pregnancy
prevention among urban adolescents younger than 15: results of the "In
Your Face" program. Family Planning Perspective, 29, 173-176.
Warrick, L., Christianson, J. B.,
Walruff, J., & Coo`k, P. C. (1993). Educational outcomes in teenage
pregnancy and parent programs: results from a demonstration. Family Planning
Perspectives, 25, 148-155.
Week 11, ends 3/28 Prevention of HIV/AIDS
Question for the week: Has any
prevention program been able to demonstrate that the incidence of HIV/AIDS has
declined? Let me know if you find that it has.
Kelly, J. A., et al. (1997).
Randomised, controlled, community-level HIV-prevention intervention for
sexual-risk behaviour among homosexual men in US cities. Lancet, 350, 1500-1505.
Ortiz-Torres, B., Serrano-Garcia,
I., & Torres-Burgos, N. (2000). Subverting culture: promoting HIV/AIDS
prevention among Puerto Rican and Dominican women. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 28, 859-881.
Monterroso, E. R., et al. (2000).
Prevention of HIV infection in street-recruited injection drug users. Journal
of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 25, 163-170.
Landry, D. J., Singh, S., &
Darroch, J. E. (2000). Sexuality education in fifth and sixth grades in U. S.
public schools, 1999. Family Planning Perspective, 32, 212-219.
Week 12, ends 4/4 Prevention
of child abuse and family violence.
** Davis, M. K., & Gidyez, C. A. (2000). Child abuse
prevention programs: a meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology,
29, 257-265.
** Yeater, E. A., & O'Donohue, W. O.
(1999). Sexual assault prevention programs: current issues, future directions,
and the potential efficacy of interventions with women. Clinical Psychology
Review, 19, 739-771.
Elmira/Memphis
Olds, D. O. et al. (1986).
Preventing child abuse and neglect: a randomized trial of nurse home visiting. Pediatrics,
78, 65-78.
Olds, D. O. et al. (1997). Long-term
effects of home visitation on maternal life course and child abuse and neglect.
Fifteen-year follow-up of a randomized trial. JAMA, 278, 637-743.
Britner, P. A., & Repucci, N. D.
(1997). Prevention of child maltreatment: Evaluation of a parent education
program for teen mothers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 6,
165-175.
Barth, R. P. (1991). An experimental
evaluation of in-home child abuse prevention services. Child Abuse and
Neglect, 15, 363-375.
Showers, J. (1992). "Don't
shake the baby": the effectiveness of a prevention program. Child Abuse
and Neglect, 16, 11-18.
Week 13, ends 4/11 Key elements in successful prevention programs.
** Wandersman, A., Morrissey, E.,
Davino, K., Seybolt, D., Crusto, C., Nation, M., Goodman, R., & Imm, P.
(1998). Comprehensive quality
programming and accountability: eight essential strategies for
implementing successful prevention programs. Journal of Primary Prevention,
19, 3-30.
Week 14, ends 4/18 Unexpected outcomes
Adverse effects or failure to
prevent undesirable behaviors.
** McCord, J. (1978). A thirty-year
follow-up of treatment effects. American Psychologist, 33, 284-289.
Week 15, ends 4/25 Prevention policy and dissemination.
** NMHAC report on prevention.