Society for Prevention Research (SPR)

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The Society for Prevention Research is an organization dedicated to advancing scientific investigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and mental health, and academic problems and on the translation of that information to promote health and well-being.

The multi-disciplinary membership of SPR is international and includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and policy makers who value the conduct and dissemination of prevention science worldwide.

Examining School Connectedness and Educational Aspirations as Protective Factors for Alcohol Use among Adolescents in Uruguay

Scientific article

Stephanie Ayers , Flavio F. Marsiglia, Stephen S. Kulis, Elizabeth Kiehne, David Alarcón, Carlos Libisch In Uruguay, alcohol use is pervasive among adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 (past year use: ~ 60%, past month use: ~ 40%)...

The Co-Occurrence of Violence and Substance Use among Mexican Adolescents

Scientific article

Stephanie Ayers , Flavio F. Marsiglia, Stephen S. Kulis, Paul Smokowski, Anaid Gonzalvez The rise and spread of violence in Mexico is an urgent concern given its unsettling, widespread and accelerating impact on communities. Experiencing...

Prevalence of Teen Dating Violence and Its Association to Substance Use in Nicaraguan Early Adolescents

Scientific article

Vi D. Le , Jonathan Pettigrew, Jeff R. Temple Background: Teen dating violence is a significant public health issue with potentially severe mental, physical, and psychosocial health consequences. Much of the literature on dating violence is...

Psychological Distress, Family Functioning and Use of Psychoactive Substances in Administrative Workers of an Institution of Higher Education in Nicaragua

Scientific article

Alinka Patricia Avendaño Balladares Introduction: Professionals in the field of mental health and addictions try to identify situations that cause psychoactive substances use in the population, especially the working population, due to this...

Prevalence and Risk of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption in Basic Education Students in Three Public Schools in El Salvador

Scientific article

Fabio Bautista-Pérez Introduction: In El Salvador, according to studies the most consumed legal drugs are alcohol, tobacco and cannabis that is illegal, which is according to studies conducted in various parts of the world. In the country's...

Influence of Cumulative Contextual Risk on Academic Performance and Substance Abuse

Scientific article

W. Alex Mason , Mary B. Chmelka, Stacy-Ann A. January, Jukka Savolainen Introduction: Children exposed to cumulative contextual risk (CCR) are vulnerable to experiencing adverse outcomes, including academic failure as well as substance use...

The Effectiveness of CHOICE-F on Women Freshman College Students in Reducing Substance Use and Other Risk Behaviors

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Valeriy V. Ryabukha Introduction: The transition to college life is a key risk period for young women. The college years are the time many young people first experiment with alcohol, while others move from experimentation to frequent use...

Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Is the Most Essential Intervention among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) to Achieve Reduction HIV Transmission through Pwid to Others in Myanmar

Scientific article

Rosie Myint , Wah Wah Lwin Background : There is a sustained downward trend in HIV prevalence among the sentinel groups which include People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) reflecting the effectiveness of programme for safer sexual behaviors and...

Correlates of Substance Use in Male Pakistani Adolescents

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Salman Shahzad , Wendy Leigh Kliewer, Muzafar Ali, Nasreen Begum Substance use is a significant problem in Pakistan, particularly among male adolescents, yet there are few studies of the correlates of use in this population. As a first step...

The Role of Health Literacy in Quitting Tobacco in Indonesia

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Nicole Johnson , Sri Handayani, John Parrish-Sprowl Introduction: Within the past few years, Indonesia Ministry of Health and government have begun to push toward more anti-tobacco initiatives by sponsoring mass media campaigns and...

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