Ounce of Prevention

Sally M. Hage is Professor of Psychology at Springfield College, USA. She is an accomplished scholar in the fields of prevention and counseling psychology and has a range of clinical experiences with culturally diverse youth, college students, and adults. She is an APA fellow, co-author of Best Practices in Prevention (2013), and founding editor of The Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion (JPHP).

'This exceptional volume confirms the dictum that there cannot be psychological wellness without social fairness. By embracing a preventive approach to psychosocial problems, the authors aim to build capacity in individuals, schools, communities, and organizations – not just to strengthen people and settings, but also to address the injustices that are often the root cause of the problems many of us face. The data-driven, science-based, and practice-oriented approach used in this book will prove invaluable to students and practitioners of prevention alike. This is a most timely volume, chock-full of guidelines, resources, and up-to-date research. I am eager to use this book in my research, practice, and teaching.' Isaac Prilleltensky, University of Miami

• 1. The practice of prevention: introduction and overview Sally M. Hage and Mary Iellamo; 2. Best practices for the evaluation of prevention programs Maureen E. Kenny and Lisa De La Rue; 3. What works in prevention practice Keith C. Herman and Wendy Reinke; 4. Culturally relevant prevention interventions for African American children and adolescents Stephanie Coard; 5. Preventative services and programming for marginalized children and youth: city connects Mary Walsh; 6. Systemic interventions to promote well-being in ethnic minority students attending k-12 schools Elizabeth Vera, Chelsea Yanuaria and Claire Furtado; 7. Building race-centered trauma responsive schools: one path toward justice in education Christopher T. H. Liang; 8. Ecological and developmental approaches to reducing substance use and related harms among emerging adults Ellen L. Vaughan, Evelyn Claire Williams, Micheal Garza and Lauren E. Adams; 9. Building action from awareness movements Colin Bass; 10. Best practices in building comprehensive strategies to prevent sexual violence for college-age students Patricia Cook-Craig; 11. The college connection: a window of opportunity Genevieve E. Chandler and Jim Helling; 12. Empowering mothers and promoting resilience in children exposed to intimate partner violence Sandra A. Graham-Bermann; 13. Interventions to promote culturally sensitive health care within black communities Carolyn M. Tucker; 14. PIER: a clinical/epidemiologic system for prevention of the psychoses William. McFarlane, Donna Downing, Rebecca Jaynes, Alexander Kopelowicz, Yat Ming Jude Leung, Sarah Lynch, Lisa Sloat, Barbara Stuart and Barbara C. Walsh; 15. Retirement transition as a preventive transition target Robert K. Conyne; 16. Future directions in the practice of prevention: the road Ahead Sally M. Hage and Sean DeMartino; 17. Resources for the practice of prevention.