2016

Frank G. Magourilos, MPS, SCPS, PS, ICPS

Prevention Works Consulting

6/13/2016

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES

COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCES COMPENDIUM

1S T EDITION

Explore Evidence Based Best Practices:

In promoting community health, community development, and for prevention interventions.

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EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES (BEST PRACTICES)

COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCES Explore Evidence Based Best Practices for promoting community health, community

development, and for prevention interventions.

IMPORTANT: If for some reason any of the links below do not work, highlight and copy

the green title of each source, then paste on a Web search window to find the resources you

are looking for.

CAMPBELL COLLABORATI ON (C2)

HTTP: / /WWW.CAMPBELLC OLLABORATION.ORG/ The Campbell Collaboration disseminates systematic reviews of existing interventions. Its topics

include crime, social welfare, and education.

CANADIAN BEST PRACTI CES PORTAL NIDA

HTTP: / /CBPP-PCPE.PHAC -ASPC.GC.CA/ This portal provides you with resources and solutions to plan programs for promoting health and

preventing diseases in your community. The site consolidates multiple sources of credible

information in one place.

CENTER FOR THE APPLI CATION OF PREVENTION

TECHNOLOGIES (CAPT)

HTTP: / /WWW.SAMHSA.GO V/CAPT/ CAPT is a national training and technical assistance system committed to strengthening

prevention systems and the nation’s behavioral health workforce.

COCHRANE COLLABORATI ON

HTTP: / /WWW.COCHRANE. ORG/ The Cochrane Collaboration reviews standards for healthcare interventions and appropriate

treatments. The healthcare evidence is also available in Spanish. Cochrane is a site that offers

training and other services.

COMMUNITY GUIDE (U.S . CENTERS FOR DISEAS E CONTROL

AND PREVENTION)

HTTP: / /THECOMMUNITYG UIDE.ORG/INDEX.HTML This guide provides evidence based recommendations of what is known about effectiveness,

economic efficiency, and feasibility of interventions to prevent disease and promote health in a

variety of public health concerns including substance abuse, violence, and nutrition.

COMMUNITY PROBLEM -SOLVING

HTTP: / /WEB.MIT.EDU/C PSPROJECT/HOME.HTML

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A list of links to sites from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that include best

practices.

CHRONIC DISEASE PREV ENTION AND HEALTH PR OMOTION

(CDC)

HTTP: / /WWW.CDC.GOV/C HRONICDISEASE/RESOUR CES/GUIDEL

INES.HTM Adolescent and School Health Tools Links to tools to support adolescent health, such as the Health Education Curriculum Analysis

Tool, the Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool, and the School Health Index: A Self-

Assessment and Planning Guide.

The Community Guide Evidence-based recommendations for programs and policies to promote population health.

Topics include: Alcohol, Cancer, Diabetes, Mental Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Oral Health,

Physical Activity, Pregnancy, Tobacco, and Worksite.

Division of Community Health Resources The website includes CDC resources to help you plan, implement and evaluate community

health interventions and programs to address chronic disease and health disparities issues.

Division of Community Health Action Guides Best practices for transforming communities by increasing physical activity in schools,

developing walking trails, and more.

Healthy Food Service Guidelines CDC has developed several resources for providing healthier food and beverage options in

workplaces or other community settings, such as hospitals, parks, and recreation areas.

Moving Into Action: Promoting Heart-Healthy and Stroke-Free

Communities(http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/moving_into_action.htm) Suggests how certain sectors of society—policy makers, employers, and health care leaders—

can support the prevention and control of heart disease and stroke.

A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and

Stroke(http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/action_plan/index.htm) A comprehensive public health strategy to improve cardiovascular health through the prevention,

detection, and treatment of risk factors; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and

strokes; and prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events.

Oral Health Guidelines and

Recommendations(http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/guidelines.htm) The website provides readers with guidelines for implementing oral health prevention programs

and information on fluoridation, infection control, and oral cancer.

Recommendations to Improve Preconception Health and Health

Care(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5506a1.htm?s_cid=rr5506a1_e) This report provides recommendations to improve both preconception health and care. The goal

of these recommendations is to improve the health of women and couples, before conception of a

first or subsequent pregnancy.

State and Community Resources for Tobacco Prevention and

Control(http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/stateandcommunity/index.

htm#policy) The State and Community Resources for Tobacco Prevention and Control website provides links

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to a number of resources such as Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs

and Cessation Program Guidelines.

A COMPENDIUM OF PROV EN COMMUNITY -BASED PREVENTION

PROGRAMS

HTTP: / /HEALTHYAMERIC ANS.ORG/REPORT/110 / This report from the Trust for America's Health highlights 79 evidence-based disease and injury

prevention programs that have saved lives and improved health.

DATABASE OF INTERVEN TIONS

HTTP: / /WWW.CDC.GOV/C HINAV/DATABASE/ The CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator (CHI Navigator) Database of

Interventions is a tool that helps you identify interventions that work in four action areas—

socioeconomic factors, physical environment, health behaviors, and clinical care. It provides

leaders and stakeholders with options to consider when making decisions about how to invest in

their community and address its health needs.

EVIDENCE FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE INFORMA TION AND

COORDINATING CENTER (EPPI -CENTRE)

HTTP: / /EPPI . IOE.AC.U K/CMS/ The EPPI-Centre provides review of evidence-based policy and practice related to social

interventions. The site engages researchers in discussion of how to make research more relevant

and how to use findings in many areas including education and health promotion.

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 STRUCTURED EVIDENCE QUERIES

HTTPS: / /PHPARTNERS.O RG/HP2020 / INDEX.HTML This site makes information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2020

objectives easier to find. The National Library of Medicine has worked together to develop

search strategies for selected Healthy People 2020 subject areas. These one-click strategies

search PubMed, a database of the National Library of Medicine that provides access to over 11

million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to

many sites providing full text articles and other related sources.

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INSTI TUTE'S PROMISING PRA CTICES

DATABASE

HTTP: / /WWW.HEALTHYNA SHVILLE.ORG/INDEX.PH P? CONTROL

LER=INDEX&MODULE=PRO MISEPRACTICE&ACTION= INDEX Available through several healthy communities websites (in this case, Healthy Nashville), this

database informs professionals and community members about documented approaches to

improving community health and quality of life.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVE RSITY BEST PRACTICE BRIEFS

HTTP: / /OUTREACH.MSU. EDU/BPBRIEFS/ARCHIVE .ASP

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This archive gives access to over 30 short but informative articles on best practices in various

areas.

MODEL PRACTICE DATAB ASE FROM NATIONAL AS SOCIATION

OF COUNTRY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS (NACCHO)

HTTP: / /ARCHIVED.NACC HO.ORG/TOPICS/MODELP RACTICES/DA

TABASE/ INDEX.CFM A guide to model / promising practices that is searchable by state, type, year, or keyword.

NATIONAL GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION CENTER F OR BEST

PRACTICES

HTTP: / /WWW.NGA.ORG/C MS/CENTER The NGA Center for Best Practices helps policy staff develop and implement innovative

solutions to challenges facing their states. It provides comprehensive information about best

practices in emerging issues including: education, health, homeland security and technology,

environment, energy, and workforce programs.

NATIONAL PREVENTION S TRATEGY

HTTP: / /WWW.SURGEONGE NERAL.GOV/PRIORITIES /PREVENTIO

N/STRATEGY/INDEX.HTM L The National Prevention Strategy, released June 16, 2011, aims to guide our nation in the most

effective and achievable means for improving health and well-being. The Strategy prioritizes

prevention by integrating recommendations and actions across multiple settings to improve

health and save lives.

NEW TACTICS IN HUMAN RIGHTS DATABASE

HTTPS: / /WWW.NEWTACTI CS.ORG/TACTICS A searchable tactics database of over 200 examples from advocates and their organizations

around the world who have successfully used tactics to address the wide range of human rights

and development issues facing their communities. In addition to the main database, this site also

offers Tactical Notebooks, in-depth case studies from 49 practitioners that provide a step-by-step

guide of how they implemented a significant change, and New Tactics in Human Rights: A

Resource for Practitioners, a book features 100 brief, inspirational stories from around the world

(all available to download for free from the website), categorized by a) intervention tactics; b)

prevention tactics; c) restorative tactics; and d) promotional tactics (building human rights

cultures and institutions).

NIDA: NATIONAL INSTI TUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

HTTPS: / /WWW.DRUGABUS E.GOV/SITES/DEFAULT/ FILES/PREVE

NTINGDRUGUSE_2_1.PDF Prevention Principles:

These principles are intended to help parents, educators, and community leaders think about,

plan for, and deliver research-based drug abuse prevention programs at the community level. The

references following each principle are representative of current research.

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NREPP: NATIONAL REGI STRY OF EVIDENCE -BASED PROGRAMS

AND PRACTICES

HTTP: / /WWW.NREPP.SAM HSA.GOV/01_LANDING.A SPX#START -

CONTENT NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and

substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and

organizations implement programs and practices in their communities.

PROGRAM ARCHIVES (SO CIOMETRICS)

HTTP: / /WWW.SOCIO.COM / Programs Archives profiles outstanding prevention programs in key health areas (sexuality,

health and adolescence, HIV/AIDS, youth substance abuse and prevention).It aims to facilitate

the implementation of proven and cost effective initiatives.

RESOURCE CENTER: EFF ECTIVE PRACTICES

HTTP: / /WWW.NATIONALS ERVICE.GOV/RESOURCES This database offers Effective Practices, or “good ideas, successful strategies, and studied

findings to help programs thrive”, for the categories of Service Activities, Volunteer, Member

and Staff Management, and Program, Financial and Grant Management. They are searchable by

Topic, Group, or Special Collections.

SYSTEMS THINKING; LO OKING AT THE BIG PIC TURE

HTTP: / /WWW.THINKING. NET/SYSTEMS_THINKING /SYSTEMS_T

HINKING.HTML Systems thinking is a perspective that helps us see and understand the big picture in new ways.

TOP TIER EVIDENCE - COALITION FOR EVIDEN CE-BASED

POLICY

HTTP: / /TOPTIEREVIDEN CE.ORG/ This validated resource helps you find research-proven social programs.

WHAT WORKS FOR CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMEN T: TOOLS

FOR IMPROVING SERVIC ES TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH (CHILD

TRENDS)

HTTP: / /WWW.CHILDTREN DS.ORG/SIGNUP-THANK-YOU Child Trend’s “What Works” guide provides interactive tables which illustrate what works and

what does not work in improving outcomes for children and adolescents.

WHAT WORKS FOR HEALT H - COUNTY HEALTH RANKIN GS

AND ROADMAPS

HTTP: / /WWW.COUNTYHEA LTHRANKINGS.ORG/POLICI ES

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Developed by experts at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, What Works

for Health is an online tool that you can use to find effective policies and programs to improve

the many factors that affect your health. Because evidence matters when it comes to developing

and implementing solutions to problems that affect communities, each of the programs included

in What Works for Health is given an evidence rating. The highest-rated programs and policies

have been shown to work. What Works for Health is easy to use – just choose a health factor of

interest (i.e. tobacco use, employment, access to health care, environmental quality, etc.) and

browse through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that

address the particular health factor of interest.

WHAT WORKS WISCONSIN : EFFECTIVE PREVENTI ON AND

INTERVENTION PROGRAM S

HTTP: / /WHATWORKSFORH EALTH.WISC.EDU/ What Works Wisconsin is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Human

Ecology and the University of Wisconsin-Extension’s Family Living Program; Initiated in 2004,

the What Works project focuses on distilling the latest scientific knowledge on effective policies,

practices, and programs, including “evidence-based programs,” for youth and their families,

schools, and communities. It provides practitioners and policymakers with the tools to develop

effective programs and evaluate and improve existing programming based on state-of-the-art

knowledge of what makes programs effective.

CATEGORICAL WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR

BEST PRACTICES BY ISSUE

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

(AMCHP). http://www.amchp.org/programsandtopics/BestPractices/InnovationStation/Pages/In

novation-Station.aspx AMCHP’s “Innovation Station” is a searchable database of emerging,

promising, and best practices in Maternal and Child Health from across the nation.

Why It Matters (National Campaign to Prevent Teen

Pregnancy). http://thenationalcampaign.org/why-it-matters/teen-pregnancy The Campaign

translates research on teen-pregnancy prevention into user-friendly materials.

What Works for Health – Resources on Sexual

Activity. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-approach/health-factors/sexual-activity

Browse through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that

address sexual activity – part of the What Works for Health database.

CANCER

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Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T (National Cancer

Institute). http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/ The research-tested intervention programs

present knowledge related to the prevention and treatment of cancer in a user-friendly database.

CHILD AND YOUTH DEVE LOPMENT

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

(AMCHP). http://www.amchp.org/programsandtopics/BestPractices/InnovationStation/Pa

ges/Innovation-Station.aspx AMCHP’s “Innovation Station” is a searchable database of

emerging, promising, and best practices in Maternal and Child Health from across the nation.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Model Programs Guide.

http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/ The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Model

Programs Guide (MPG) is designed to assist practitioners and communities in implementing

evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that can make a difference in the lives of

children and communities. The MPG database of over 200 evidence-based programs covers the

entire continuum of youth services from prevention through sanctions to reentry.

Pathways Mapping Initiative (Harvard University and the Annie E. Casey

Foundation). http://www.cssp.org/admin/users/sign_in The Pathways Mapping Initiative

provides a map of indicators for school readiness and family economic success that contribute to

child and youth outcomes.

Period of Purple Crying (Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention

Program). http://www.dontshake.org/sbs.php?topNavID=4&subNavID=32 The Period of

PURPLE Crying program is the name given to the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome’s

evidence-based prevention program, which includes a full color 11-page booklet and a 10-minute

DVD intended to be given to parents of new infants. The Period of PURPLE Crying program

helps parents and caregivers understand the frustrating features of crying in normal infants that

can lead to shaking or abuse. The program provides the opportunity for parents to learn about the

crying characteristics from over 25 years of research on normal infant crying conducted by

Ronald G. Barr, MDCM, and other scientists worldwide.

Promising Practice Network on Children, Youth, and

Families. http://www.promisingpractices.net/ The Promising Practices Network site highlights

programs and practices and research evidence about what works in improving outcomes for

children and youth.

What Works for Health – Resources on Family and Social

Support. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/policies/family-based-social-support-

physical-activity Browse through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or

system changes that address family and social support programs – part of the What Works for

Health database.

CHRONIC DISEASE

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Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease

Prevention. http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ The primary goals of the Canadian Best Practices

Portal are to develop and disseminate best practices information for chronic disease prevention

and control interventions, provide decision makers with a comprehensive and standardized

resource about best practices for chronic disease prevention and control, and to create awareness

of the overall Canadian Best Practices System through communication and marketing activities

targeted to key audiences (decision makers in practice, decision makers in policy development,

decision makers in research).

Healthy People 2020 Evidence-Based Recommendations for Physical

Activity. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/ebr.aspx?topicid=33

Released in 2008, the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAG) is the first-ever

publication of national guidelines for physical activity. The Physical Activity objectives for

Healthy People 2020 reflect the strong state of the science supporting the health benefits of

regular physical activity among youth and adults. Regular physical activity includes participation

in moderate and vigorous physical activities and muscle-strengthening activities.

Preventing Chronic Disease. http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/about_the_journal/index.htm Preventing

Chronic Disease is a peer-reviewed electronic journal focusing on the link between applied

prevention research and pubic health practice in preventing chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes,

cardiovascular diseases).

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMEN T

Healthy People 2020 Evidence-Based Recommendations for Community-Based

Interventions. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/ebr.aspx?topicid=11

This database provides evidence-based community interventions from the Guide to Community

Preventive Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Health status and

related health behaviors are determined by influences at multiple levels: personal,

organizational/institutional, environmental, and policy. Because significant and dynamic

interrelationships exist among these different levels of health determinants, educational and

community-based programs are most likely to succeed in improving health and wellness when

they address influences at all levels and in a variety of environments/settings.

Knowledge Plex. http://www.knowledgeplex.org/ The Knowledge Plex database consists of

relevant research, case studies, best practices, and other material in the fields of affordable

housing and community development.

MOST (UNESCO) Clearinghouse of Best Practices. http://www.unesco.org/most/bphome.htm

Best practices in urban and community development.

What Works for Health – Resources on Community

Safety. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps/what-works-for-health

http://whatworksforhealth.wisc.edu/ Browse through the evidence ratings for particular

programs, policies, or system changes that address improving community safety – part of the

What Works for Health database.

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What Works for Health – Resources on Improving the Built Environment of Your

Community. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/blog/built-environment-and-summer-fun

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/information/built_environment.htm Browse through the evidence

ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that address improving the built

environment of a community – part of the What Works for Health database.

What Works for Health – Resources on Environmental

Quality. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/policies/healthy-home-environment-assessments

Browse through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that

address improving environmental quality – part of the What Works for Health database.

World Bank Report - Land Policies for Growth and Poverty

Reduction. http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/34919/landpoliciesexecsummary.pdf

Best practices for land use administration and policy.

EDUCATION

What Works Clearinghouse (U.S. Department of Education). http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

Provides scientific evidence of what works in educational programs, practices, products, and

policies through easily accessible databases and reports.

What Works for Health – Resources on Education. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-

approach/health-factors/education Browse through the evidence ratings for particular programs,

policies, or system changes that address education – part of the What Works for Health database.

HEALTH CARE

AHRQ Healthcare Innovations Exchange. https://innovations.ahrq.gov/ Innovations and tools

to improve quality and reduce disparities.

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Putting Prevention Into

Practice. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/index.html PPIP clinical

intervention materials are based on research-tested interventions for improving the delivery of

services in primary health care settings.

RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center. https://www.rti.org/practice-area/health The RTI-

UNC EPC provides summations of scientific evidence for a variety of healthcare topics. It is one

of thirteen EPCs sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services Agency for

Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

What Works for Health – Resources on Quality of

Care. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-approach/health-factors/quality-care Browse

through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that address

improving quality of health care – part of the What Works for Health database.

HEALTH IMPROVEMENT

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NREPP: SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and

Practices. http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/01_landing.aspx The National Registry of Evidence-based

Programs and Practices (NREPP) is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and

treatment of mental and substance use disorders, including violence prevention. The purpose of

this registry is to assist the public in identifying approaches to preventing and treating mental

and/or substance use disorders that have been scientifically tested and that can be readily

disseminated to the field.

What Works for Health – Resources on Diet and

Exercise. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-approach/health-factors/diet-and-exercise

Browse through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that

address improving overall health, focusing on healthy eating and physical activity – part of the

What Works for Health database.

HEALTH PROMOTION

Intervention MICA (Missouri Department of Health and Senior

Services). http://health.mo.gov/data/interventionmica/ Intervention MICA is an evidence-based

intervention planning system to support community stakeholders and public health

practitioners. It provides tools for needs assessment, priority-setting, intervention design,

implementation, and evaluation.

HIV/AIDS

Compendium of HIV Prevention Interventions with Evidence of Effectiveness (U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention). http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/prevention_research_compendium.pdf A set of

effective science-based HIV/AIDS interventions created in response to requests from prevention

service providers and others.

Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions project (DEBI) (U.S. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention). https://effectiveinterventions.cdc.gov/ A national-level strategy

bringing “science-based, community-and group-level HIV prevention interventions to

community-based service providers and state and local health departments.”

Healthy People 2020 Evidence-Based Recommendations for HIV

Prevention. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/hiv/ebrs This database

provides clinical recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

What Works for Health – Resources on Sexual

Activity. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-approach/health-factors/sexual-activity

Browse through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that

address sexual activity, including interventions to prevent the spread of HIV and other STDs –

part of the What Works for Health database.

MATERNAL AND CHILD H EALTH

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

(AMCHP). http://www.amchp.org/programsandtopics/BestPractices/InnovationStation/Pages/In

novation-Station.aspx AMCHP’s “Innovation Station” is a searchable database of emerging,

promising, and best practices in Maternal and Child Health from across the nation.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Healthy People 2020 Evidence-Based Recommendations for Substance Abuse

Prevention. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/substance-abuse/ebrs

The following clinical recommendations come from the US Preventive Services Task Force

(USPSTF). This database provides approaches for reducing alcohol abuse, and offers a separate

section on preventing tobacco use.

Preventing Underage Drinking: Using Getting to Outcomes with the SAMHSA Strategic

Prevention Framework to Achieve

Results. file:///C:/Users/preve/Downloads/RAND_TR403%20(1).pdf For in-depth information

on some Evidence-Based Environmental Strategies to prevent underage drinking, see p. 29-37 of

this manual: Preventing Underage Drinking: Using Getting to Outcomes with the SAMHSA

Strategic Prevention Framework to Achieve Results. Imm P, Chinman M, Wandersman A,

Rosenbloom D, Guckenburg S, Leis R. (2007). Preventing Underage Drinking: Using Getting to

Outcomes with the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework to Achieve Results, RAND, TR-

403-SAMHSA. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and

Practices. http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/01_landing.aspx The National Registry of Evidence-

based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is a searchable database of interventions for the

prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this

resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their

communities.

What Works for Health – Resources on Alcohol and Drug

Use. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-approach/health-factors/alcohol-drug-use Browse

through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that address

preventing alcohol abuse – part of the What Works for Health database.

What Works for Health – Resources on Tobacco

Use. http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-approach/health-factors/tobacco-use Browse

through the evidence ratings for particular programs, policies, or system changes that address

preventing tobacco use – part of the What Works for Health database.

VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Blueprints for Violence Prevention. http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/ These Web

pages provide information and resources from Blueprints for Violence Prevention, a project of

the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado, which

identifies truly outstanding violence and drug prevention programs that meet a high scientific

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standard of effectiveness. In doing so, Blueprints serves as a resource for governments,

foundations, businesses, and other organizations trying to make informed judgments about their

investments in violence and drug prevention programs.

Crime Solutions: All Programs and Practices. http://www.crimesolutions.gov/programs.aspx

The Office of Justice Programs' CrimeSolutions.gov shares what works in criminal justice,

juvenile justice, and crime victim services. The site provides easily understandable research on

the effectiveness of various programs and practices.

Healthy People 2020 Evidence-Based Recommendations for Injury and Violence

Prevention. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/injury-and-violence-

prevention/ebrs This database provides evidence-based community interventions from the Guide

to Community Preventive Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Period of Purple Crying (Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention

Program). http://www.dontshake.org/sbs.php?topNavID=4&subNavID=32 The Period of

PURPLE Crying program is the name given to the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome’s

evidence-based prevention program, which includes a full color 11-page booklet and a 10-minute

DVD intended to be given to parents of new infants. The Period of PURPLE Crying program

helps parents and caregivers understand the frustrating features of crying in normal infants that

can lead to shaking or abuse. The program provides the opportunity for parents to learn about the

crying characteristics from over 25 years of research on normal infant crying conducted by

Ronald G. Barr, MDCM, and other scientists worldwide.

Violence Prevention. http://www.preventviolence.info/ The purpose of this website is to provide

a violence prevention resource for policy makers, practitioners and others working to tackle and

prevent violence. The website includes an Evidence Base (abstracts of systematically reviewed

literature providing evidence of measures that can work to prevent violence), Resources (key

publications and resources on violence and prevention), and other tools.

YOUTH VIOLENCE

Crime Solutions: All Programs and Practices. http://www.crimesolutions.gov/programs.aspx

The Office of Justice Programs' CrimeSolutions.gov shares what works in criminal justice,

juvenile justice, and crime victim services. The site provides easily understandable research on

the effectiveness of various programs and practices.

Measuring Violence Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Among Youths: A

Compendium of Assessment Tools: Second

Edition. http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/YV_Compendium.pdf This compendium

provides researchers and prevention specialists with a set of tools to assess violence-related

beliefs, behaviors, and influences, as well as to evaluate programs to prevent youth violence.

Many of the measures included in the first edition of the compendium focused on individual

violence-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. These types of measures are included in this

edition as well and may be particularly useful for evaluating a school-based curriculum or a

community-based program designed to reduce violence among youths

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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Model Programs

Guide. http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/ The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s

Model Programs Guide (MPG) is designed to assist practitioners and communities in

implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that can make a difference

in the lives of children and communities. The MPG database of over 200 evidence-based

programs covers the entire continuum of youth services from prevention through sanctions to

reentry.

Paving the Way for Project Safe Neighborhoods: SACSI In 10 U.S.

Cities. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/216298.pdf This report presents the main findings of

a national assessment of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI). The

targeted crimes included homicide, firearms violence and violations, rape, sexual assault, violent

crime among 15- to 24-year-olds, and violent crime among youth under 18 years. The study

found that the SACSI approach, when implemented effectively, is associated with reductions in

targeted violent crimes.

World Report on Violence and Health: Chapter 2: Youth

Violence. http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/en/ This report

chapter, which focuses on youth violence, is from the World Report on Violence and Health.

This report provides a review of the problem of violence on a global scale – what it is, whom it

affects, and what can be done about it. The goals of the report are to raise awareness about the

problem of violence globally and to make the case that violence is preventable and that public

health has a crucial role to play in addressing its causes and consequences.

Figure 1. National Prevention Strategy