Treatment and Prevention Services for Youth

Compiled by Patricia Helgerson, January 2002

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General

More Things that Do Make a Difference for Youth: A Compendium of Evaluations of Youth Programs and Practices. American Youth Policy Forum, 1999. (347.18/Am31/pt.2)

Some Things Do Make a Difference for Youth: A Compendium of Evaluations of Youth Programs and Practices. American Youth Policy Forum, 1997. (347.18/Am31/pt.1)

Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

Headline Watch: Vigilant Parents Reduce Likelihood of Teen Drug Use. Mayo Clinic.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=NE00234

Helping Youth Navigate the Media Age: A New Approach to Drug Prevention. (U.S.) National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. http://www.mediacampaign.org/kidsteens/media_age.pdf

Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide. (U.S.) National Institute on Drug Abuse.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Prevention/Prevopen.html

Strategies for Success: Combating Juvenile DUI. U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, 1999. (380.781/X12)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/juveniledui

Substance Abuse Treatment in State Children's Health Insurance Programs. National Conference of State Legislatures, 2000. (614.252/N211c)

Summary of Outcome Data for Youth Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Programs. Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, 1999. (374.34/W7o)

http://www.drug-freekids.org/TipsForParents/TipsForParents.html - Drug-free Kids ~ Tips for Parents. Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).

http://www.health.org/catalog/catalognew.asp?Topic=10&Page=mc - Publications for Teens. (U.S.) National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. Covers everything from alcohol to violence as a result of substance abuse.

Juvenile Corrections/Court

Beyond the Walls: Improving Conditions of Confinement for Youth in Custody. U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1998. (347.173/X5)

Juvenile Justice and Youth AIDS Program. Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 2001. (Informational Paper #56) (347.173/W7k) http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/lfbinfo.html

System Change Through State Challenge Activities: Approaches and Products. U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2000.  http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjbul2000_03_3/contents.html

Teen Courts: A Focus on Research. U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000. (347.172/X31)

http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/dcj/jcjdetreform.html - Juvenile Community Justice. Annie E. Casey Foundation and Multnomah County [Oregon] Detention Reform Initiative.

http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/jdai/download.htm - Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Pregnancy

Involving Males in Preventing Teen Pregnancy: A Guide for Program Planners. Urban Institute, [1997]. (346.22/Ur1) http://www.urban.org/family/invmales.html

A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also available, annual reports to Congress. http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/teenp/intro.htm

Teen Pregnancy in Wisconsin: Can Prevention Work? Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, Incorporated, 1999. (346.22/W751)  http://www.wpri.org/Reports/Volume12/Vol12no8.pdf

Teen Pregnancy Prevention: A Legislator's Guide. National Conference of State Legislatures, 1999. (346.22/N21e)

The Wisconsin Plan to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy (WPPAP). Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/children/pregnancyplan

http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/locations_services/servicesindex/healthservices/teenpregnancy - Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy Prevention Program. Children's Aid Society.

http://www.teenpregnancy.org - National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

http://www.fhcinc.org/education/tpp.html - Teen Pregnancy Prevention. Family Health Council, Inc.

Tobacco

New CDC Youth Tobacco Survey Shows Need For Tobacco Prevention Programs and Policies Is As Great As Ever. Campaign for Tobacco-Free KidsŪ. http://tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=403

Reducing Tobacco Use Among Youth: Community-Based Approaches, A Guideline for Prevention Practitioners. (U.S.) National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. http://www.health.org/govpubs/PHD745

Report to the General Assembly: Enforcement of Restrictions on Tobacco Use by Youth. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 2000. (178.9/M3a)

Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey 2000. Wisconsin Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2000. (178.9/W7j). Pt.1: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Social Influences. Pt.2: Prevalence of Tobacco Use. http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/health/tobaccoControl

http://www.be-free.org - B-Free From Tobacco. Thomas T. Melvin Youth Tobacco Prevention and Education Program.

http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/tobacco - Tobacco Use Prevention Program. Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco - Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) . . . for Kids, for Teens, for Adults . . . for Everyone. (U.S.) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

http://www.communityhealth.dhhs.state.nc.us/tobacco.htm - Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch, North Carolina Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Section.

Violence

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action. (U.S.) National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, 2000. (347,171/X) http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/bestpractices.htm

J.U.M.P., Join Us Make Peace: 16 Power Plays for Preventing Youth Violence. California Attorney General's Youth Council on Violence Prevention, 1999. (347.171/C1a) 2 parts (part 2 is a CD- ROM).

Prevention of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending. U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000. (347.171/X45)  http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjbul2000_04_1/contents.html

Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence. U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999. (614.82/X21) http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/gun_violence/contents.html

Youth Violence: A Report to the Surgeon General. U.S. Surgeon General, January 2001.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/youvioreport.htm

http://www.safeyouth.org/home.htm - National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center.

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/centers/youthvio - Virginia Youth Violence Project. University of Virginia Curry School of Education.

http://www.usdoj.gov/youthviolence.htm - Youth Violence: Resources for Parents. U.S. Department of Justice.

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