The following were presented by our ACE and CDC collegaues at the recent SPR Meeting in San Francisco:
SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH MEETING
May 27-30, 2008
Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA
TUESDAY, MAY 27
8:00-12:00
Preconference Workshop
(Seacliff A)
Presenter: Annie Toro
1:00-5:00
Preconference Workshop
(Seacliff B)
Presenter: Jon Baron, Brian Wilcox
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
10:15-11:35
Individual Paper Presentation
School Health Violence Prevention Policies and Programs 2000-2006: Change for the Better?
(Garden Room A)
Authors: Marci Feldman Hertz, Sherry Everett Jones
10:15-11:45
Organized Paper Symposium
School-Wide Interventions to Promote Social and Character Development: Preliminary Findings from the Social and Character Development Place-Based Randomized Trial
(Seacliff A)
Chair: Tamara Haegerich
Discussant: TBD
· The Impact of Character Interventions on Student Outcomes: Results from Three Years of the Positive Action Program in the Chicago Randomized Trial
Authors: Brian Flay, David DuBois, Peter Ji, Carol Allred
· PATHS to Children’s Social and Character Development: Whose Social Information Processes are Changing?
Authors: Hugh Crean, Emma Forbes-Jones, James Masciale, Deborah Johnson
· Experimental Impacts of the 4Rs Program on Children’s Social-Emotional and Academic Functioning Over Two Years
Authors: Stephanie Jones, Joshua Brown, J. Lawrence Aber
1:15-2:45
Organized Paper Symposium
Developmental-Ecological Studies of Risk and Prevention for Inner-City Youth and Families: Findings from the IJR Families and Community Research Group
(Seacliff C)
Chair: Patrick Tolan
· The Influence of Adult Social Networks on Fathering and Aggression in Offspring
Authors: Michael Schoeny, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Patrick Tolan, David Henry
· Long-Term Effects of A Developmental-Ecological Intervention on Antisocial Behavior of Inner-City Children
Authors: Patrick Tolan, David Henry
· Norms for Prosocial Problem-solving: Main and moderator effects
Authors: David Henry, Patrick Tolan, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Michael Schoeny
4:00-4:20
Individual Paper Presentation
Acculturation, Youth Violence, and Suicidal Behavior: A Review of the Empirical Literature
(Garden Room A)
Authors: Paul Smokowski, Corinne Ferdon, Nancy Stroupe
4:00-5:30
Organized Paper Symposium
Supporting the Role of Young Fathers in Families: From Prediction to Prevention
(Seacliff C)
Chair: Paul Florsheim
· Father Visit Participation in the Nurse Family Partnership
Author: John Holmberg
· Predicting Early Fatherhood and Father Involvement among Inner-City Men
Authors: Deborah Gorman-Smith, Michael Schoeny, Elizabeth Grisa, Franklin Gray, Patrick Tolan, David Henry
· The Young Parenthood Program: A Couples-Based Preventive Intervention for Adolescent Mothers and their Partners
Authors: Paul Florsheim, Sarah Heavin, Jason Burrow Sanchez, Laura McArthur, Kathleen McElligott
5:30-7:30
(Pacific D-H)
Individual Posters
· Contexts of Teen Dating in Hawaii: Implications for Violence Prevention
Authors: Susana Helm, Tara Hiramatsu
· Adolescent Alcohol Use in a Multicultural Population
Authors: Stephanie Nishimura, Deborah
Goebert, Earl Hishinuma
THURSDAY, MAY 29
7:30-8:15
Federal Agency Funding Opportunities
The Federal Grants Process: You Have Questions, We Have Answers
(Grand Ballroom B)
Authors: Thomas Simon (CDC), NIH representatives
10:15-11:45
Organized Paper Symposium
Intervention Fidelity and Traditional Practice for School-Based Prevention Programs: The Social and Character Development Randomized Trial
(Pacific BC)
Chair: Greta Massetti
Discussant: Celene Domitrovich
· Use of Behavior Management Strategies by Teachers: Fidelity and Implementation of the ABC Program
Authors: Greta Massetti, William Pelham, Daniel Waschbusch
· Assessing Social and Character Development Practices in the Multi-Program Evaluation
Authors: Tamara Haegerich, John Burghardt, Karen Needels, Peter Schochet
· Alternative Measures of Implementation in an Experimental Study of Elementary School Social Skills Instruction
Authors: Gary Gottfredson, Joseph Nese, Allison Nebbergall, Fortune Shaw
1:15-2:45
Organized Paper Symposium
The Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation
(Garden Room A)
Chair: Richard Puddy
Discussant: Janet Saul
· Building Capacity to Promote Evidence-Based Programs and Policies
Authors: Richard Puddy, Sandra Alexander, Lori Friedman
· National Initiative to Promote a Culture of Evidence
Author: Sandra Alexander
· What Being Evidence-Based Looks Like on the Ground
Author: Lori Friedman
1:15-2:45
Organized Paper Symposium
Progress and Pitfalls in the Development of Preventive Interventions for Low-Income Urban Children and Adolescents
(Bayview A)
Chair: Kathryn Grant
· The Utility Of Universal Preventive Interventions For Urban And Low Income Children And Adolescents
Authors: Sharon Lambert, Keith Herman, Nicholas Iolango
· Proximal Effects of the SAFE Children Booster Preventive Intervention
Authors: Patrick Tolan, Deborah Gorman-Smith, David Henry, Michael Schoeny
· Preventing Depression on Low-Income Urban Youth
Author: Esteban Cardemil
3:00-4:30
Organized Paper Symposium
Violence Prevention Through Housing Relocation Initiatives
(Grand Ballroom A)
Chair: Jacqueline Cohen
· Impact of Housing Relocation Initiatives on Community Violence Levels
Authors: Jacqueline Cohen, Wilpen Gorr
· Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage on the Shape of the Age-Crime Curve
Authors: Anthony Fabio, Tu (Charlotte) Li-Chuan, Jacqueline Cohen
· The Effect of Housing Affordability on Public Housing Relocation
Authors: Angela Williams Foster, Joyce D’Antonio, Michael Johnson
3:00-4:30
Invited Session
The Public Health Approach to the Prevention of HIV/AIDS, Violence, and Smoking: Surveillance, Program Evaluation, and Dissemination Activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(Seacliff B)
Chair: Rodney Hammond
Authors: Amy Lansky, Janet Saul, Tamara Haegerich, Ann Forsythe
5:30-7:30
(Pacific D-H)
Individual Posters
· Risk and Protective Factors of Micronesian Youth in Hawai’i: An Exploratory Study
Authors: Scott Okamoto, Mari Ushiroda, Davis Rehuher, Tui Lauilefue, Opheilia Ongalibang
· Discrepancy of Youth and Parent Endorsement of Individualism/Collectivism and Delinquency
Authors: Thao Le, Idean Ettekal
· Addressing Youth Violence Prevention Through a High School Ethnic Studies Course: A Study by the Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center (APIYVPC)
Authors: Jeanelle Sugimoto, Earl Hishinuma
FRIDAY, MAY 30
8:30-10:00
Organized Paper Symposium
Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Dating Violence from a Developmental-Ecological Perspective (Grand Ballroom A)
Chair: Tamara Haegerich
Discussant: Deborah Capaldi
· Patterns of Relationships and Pathways to Risk for Dating Violence Among African-American and Latino Late Adolescent Youth
Authors: Samantha Woo, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Patrick Tolan, David Henry
· Dating Violence and Media Preferences Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth
Authors: Leighton Vila, Earl Hishinuma, Janice Chang
· Problem situations Associated with Dating and Romantic Relationships Among Urban African-American Youth in Middle and High School
Authors: Terri Sullivan, Sarah Helms, Elizabeth Erwin, Saba Masho, Geri Lotze
1:00-2:30
Organized Paper Symposium
Methodological Approaches of the National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention (Seacliff D)
Chairs: Jane Onoye, Robert Cohen, Gregory Mark
Discussant: Linda Anne Valle
· Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Explore Contextual Factors Influencing Aggression and Effective Nonviolent Behavior in Urban Adolescents
Authors: Albert Farrell, Elizabeth Erwin, Wendy Kliewer, Terri Sullivan, Amie Bettencourt, Sally Mays, Kevin Allison
· Developing and Testing Population-Based Interventions and Models for Prevention: Lessons Learned from School-Based Aggression Prevention
Authors: Philip Leaf, Christine Koth, Catherine Bradshaw
· Formative Evaluation of Community-Based Participatory Research and Community Mobilization Across the Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention: A Discussion of Methods
Author: Nancy Stroupe
For more information visit www.preventionresearch.org. For a copy of the preliminary call for papers for the 2009 SPR Meeting click here.
