Handbook of Program Development for Health Behavior Research and Practice

Dr. Steve Sussman is a professor of preventive medicine and psychology at the University of Southern California. Dr. Sussman conducts research in the prediction, prevention, and cessation of tobacco and other drug abuse and in the utility of empirical program development methods. He is first author on the book Developing School-Based Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Programs (1995), based on his previous research in that arena. He is also the editor of Handbook of Program Development for Health Behavior Research and Practice (2001), a leading text in this arena, and he is the lead author on the upcoming text The Social Psychology of Drug Abuse (with Susan L. Ames; September, 2001).He was the principal investigator of Project Towards No Tobacco Use (Project TNT). Project TNT is a tobacco use prevention and cessation project among young teens, which is being disseminated nationally by the Centers for Disease Control as a "Program That Works" and by the Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention as a model program. It is also recognized as a model program by the Department of Education of the State of California, Sociometrics Inc, and by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Recently this project also became recognized as an exemplary program by the U.S. Department of Education.His other projects include Project EX, a successful adolescent tobacco-use cessation program which was tested through use of a large, true field experimental design, and Project Towards No Drug Abuse (Project TND), which is a drug abuse prevention project for older teens, particularly for those at risk for drug abuse. Project TND is now considered a model program by the Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention, Health Canada, Sociometrics Inc, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He has published over 160 articles, chapters, or books in the arena of drug use and abuse.

"Steve Sussman and his collaborators have done a magnificent job of putting this book together. It is clearly going to be an important resource for health education researchers for years to come. There are many social science and biomedical researchers who have not been trained in the methods of health education research who will benefit from the wisdom and know-how contained in this volume. There are also many students in schools of public health, nursing, education and communication whose career goal for research or practice in health education and promotion will be assisted greatly."

• PART ONE: RATIONALE FOR A HANDBOOK OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTRationale for Program Development Methods - Steve Sussman and Thomas Ashby WillsCase Study 1 - John K WordenImplementing Program Development in a State or Local Health Department: A Smoking Prevention Media Campaign ExampleIdentifying and Overcoming Barriers to Emirically Based Health Behavior Program Planning - Rick PetosaPART TWO: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEORY AND ACTIVITY POOLINGPraxis in Health Behavior Program Development - Steve Sussman and Alan N SussmanCase Study 2 - Alan W Stacey and Susan L AmesImplict Cogition Theory in Drug Use and Driving-Under-the-Influence InterventionsChoosing Assessment Studies to Clarify Theory-Based Program Ideas - Valerie Johnson and Robert J PandinaPooling Information about Prior Interventions - Carol N D′OnfrioA New Program Planning ToolCase Study 3 - Starr Niego and James PetersonThe Program Archive on Sexuality, Health and Adolescence (PASHA): A Study of Activity WarehousingPART THREE: PERCEIVED EFFICACY METHODSVerbal Methods in Perceived Efficacy Work - Guadalype X Ayala and John P ElderCase Study 4 - Steve Sussman, Kara Lichtman and Clyde W DentUse of Focus Groups for Adolescent Tobacoo Use CessationNon-Verbal Methods of Perceived Efficacy - Elahe Nezami , Gerald C Davison and Beth R HoffmanCase Study 5 - Clyde W Dent, Kara Lichtman and Steve SussmanUse of a Theme Study for Adolesecent Tobacco Use CessationPART FOUR: IMMEDIATE IMPACT METHODS AND PROGRAM CONSTRUCTIONComponent Studies - Thomas R Simon, Kris Bosworth and Jennifer B UngerCase Study 6 - Kara Lichtman et alProject EX Component StudySequencing Issues in Health Behavior Program Development - William B Hansen and David G AltmanPilot Studies - Michael Linskey and Steve SussmanCase Study 7 - Louise Ann Rohrbach et alDevelopment and Pilot Testing of Project SMARTPART FIVE: TRYING IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES MEASURES TO LONGER-TERM OUTCOMES AND CONCLUSIONSUsing Meta-Analyses to Improve the Design of Interventions - Stewart I Donaldson et alMediator and Moderator Analysis in Program Development - Stewart I DonaldsonNeeds for the Future of Program Development - Steve Sussman, Rick Petosa and Howard Leventhal