scholarly journals Implementation of the Communities That Care prevention system by coalitions in the Community Youth Development Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Arthur ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Eric C. Brown ◽  
John S. Briney ◽  
Sabrina Oesterle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Communities That Care ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
Community Youth Development

Findings From the Community Youth Development Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail A. Fagan ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Richard F. Catalano ◽  
David P. Farrington
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
State Level ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
Community Youth Development ◽  
And Control

This chapter describes a randomized controlled trial of the CTC system to show that it is possible to use this type of rigorous methodology to evaluate a community-based prevention system. This project, the Community Youth Development Study (CYDS), involved 24 communities in seven U.S. states. The methods used to recruit communities and state-level partners to the trial, as well as the measures used to collect data from community key leaders, service providers, coalition leaders, and youth in CTC and control communities, are described. The chapter also summarizes the study’s findings, including desired changes in community-level processes, youth-reported risk and protective factors, and youth-reported behavioral health problems. Estimates of CTC’s cost benefits are provided.

Effects of Communities That Care on Prevention Services Systems: Findings From the Community Youth Development Study at 1.5 Years

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric C. Brown ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Michael W. Arthur ◽  
John S. Briney ◽  
Robert D. Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Prevention Services ◽  
Communities That Care ◽  
Community Youth Development

scholarly journals Testing Communities That Care: The Rationale, Design and Behavioral Baseline Equivalence of the Community Youth Development Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Richard F. Catalano ◽  
Michael W. Arthur ◽  
Elizabeth Egan ◽  
Eric C. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Communities That Care ◽  
Community Youth Development

Communities that Care

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail A. Fagan ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
David P. Farrington ◽  
Richard F. Catalano
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Positive Interactions ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Youth Behavior ◽  
Communities That Care ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
Effective Community

Evidence-based, prevention-oriented, and community-driven approaches are advocated to improve public health and reduce youth behavior problems, but there are few effective models for doing so. This book advances knowledge about this topic by describing the conditions and actions necessary for effective community-based prevention. The chapters review the ways in which communities can promote readiness to engage in prevention among local stakeholders; build and maintain diverse, well-functioning prevention coalitions; conduct local needs and resource assessments; collectively decide on prevention priorities; select evidence-based interventions that are a good fit with prioritized community needs, resources, and context; and implement evidence-based interventions (EBIs) with fidelity and sustain them over time. The Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system is described in detail to illustrate effective community-based prevention. CTC is a coalition-based prevention system shown to promote healthy youth development and reduce youth behavior problems community wide. It does so by assisting communities to: (1) increase awareness of and support for EBIs; (2) encourage positive interactions between community residents and youth; (3) conduct local needs assessments and collectively decide on priorities to target with EBIs; (4) implement EBIs that are matched to prioritized needs; and (5) ensure that EBIs are coordinated across community organizations, implemented with fidelity, widely disseminated, and evaluated. The book describes the development and evaluation of the CTC system, including how its developers used community-based participatory research to ensure that CTC could be feasibly implemented and employed rigorous research methods to assess the degree to which use of the system reduced adolescent behavior problems.

Implementing Effective Community-Based Prevention Programs in the Community Youth Development Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail A. Fagan ◽  
Koren Hanson ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Michael W. Arthur
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Effective Community ◽  
Community Youth Development

scholarly journals Effects of Exposure to the Communities That Care Prevention System on Youth Problem Behaviors in a Community-Randomized Trial: Employing an Inverse Probability Weighting Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac C. Rhew ◽  
Sabrina Oesterle ◽  
Donna Coffman ◽  
J. David Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Inverse Probability ◽  
Communities That Care ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
Youth Problem Behaviors

Earlier intention-to-treat (ITT) findings from a community-randomized trial demonstrated effects of the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system on reducing problem behaviors among youth. In ITT analyses, youth were analyzed according to their original study community’s randomized condition even if they moved away from the community over the course of follow-up and received little to no exposure to intervention activities. Using inverse probability weights (IPWs), this study estimated effects of CTC in the same randomized trial among youth who remained in their original study communities throughout follow-up. Data were from the Community Youth Development Study, a community-randomized trial of 24 small towns in the United States. A cohort of 4,407 youth was followed from fifth grade (prior to CTC implementation) to eighth grade. IPWs for one’s own moving status were calculated using fifth- and sixth-grade covariates. Results from inverse probability weighted multilevel models indicated larger effects for youth who remained in their study community for the first 2 years of CTC intervention implementation compared to ITT estimates. These effects included reduced likelihood of alcohol use, binge drinking, smokeless tobacco use, and delinquent behavior. These findings strengthen support for CTC as an efficacious system for preventing youth problem behaviors.

scholarly journals Design and Analysis of the Community Youth Development Study Longitudinal Cohort Sample

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric C. Brown ◽  
John W. Graham ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Michael W. Arthur ◽  
Megan M. Baldwin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort ◽  
Community Youth Development

Community Youth Development Service-Learning: Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Monte Verde ◽  
Marie Watkins ◽  
Donovan Enriquez ◽  
Shalym Nater ◽  
John C. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Community Youth Development ◽  
Development Service
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