Defining Prevention Science

Prevention Science: An Epidemiological Approach Individual Physical, Cognitive, and Emotional Vulnerability across the Life Course: Benchmarks and Developmental Challenges.- Pre-natal and Infancy.- Childhood and the Entry into Adolescence: A Pivotal Period in Health-Related Behaviors and Prevention.- Adolescent and Early Adulthood.- Stressors and Vulnerabilities in Middle and Old Age: Opportunities for Prevention.- Environmental Influences.- Family.- School Influences on Child and Youth Development.- Peer Networks.- Risk and Resilience Processes in Single Mother Families: An Interactionist Perspective.- Environmental Influences: the workplace and mental health: models, vulnerability factors and interventions.- An Integrated Prevention Science Model - A Conceptual Foundation for Prevention Research.-Design of Preventive Interventions.- Implementation Science and the Effective Delivery of Evidence-Based Prevention.- Factors Impacting Implementation: Training and Cultural Adaptation.- Measuring Fidelity.- Research Design.- Translating the Intervention Approach into an Appropriate Research Design -The Next Generation Designs for Effectiveness and Implementation Research.- The Epidemiologic Case-Crossover and Case-Control Approaches in Prevention Research.- The Use of Simulation Models in Public Health with Applications to Substance Abuse and Obesity Problems.- Meta-analysis in Prevention Science.- Mixed Methods Research Design for Prevention Science Methods, Critiques, and Recommendations.- Analytic Methods.- Latent Class Analysis in Prevention Science.- Discrete-time Survival Analysis in Prevention Science.- Using Mediation and Moderation Analyses to Enhance Prevention Research.- Analytic Methods: Advances in Missing Data Models and Fidelity Issues of Implementing these Methods in Prevention Science.- Cost Analysis and Policy.- Economic Analysis and Policy Studies: Special Challenges in the Prevention Sciences.- Strengthening prevention science to ensureeffectiveness