Selective Prevention Interventions: The Strengthening Families Program
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This chapter discusses research-based interventions for selective (targeted) interventions to prevent the onset of substance abuse in high-risk children. The overview explores the merits of selective prevention programs to reduce the risk of substance abuse in subgroups of high-risk youth or adults. The remainder of this chapter explores the program description, principal components, original National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research results, and later Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) multicultural replications of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP).
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