Empowering Communities to Prevent Adolescent Substance Abuse
By Tracy W. Harachi, Ph.D., Charles D. Ayers, Ph.D., J. David Hawkins, Ph.D., Richard F. Catalano, Ph.D., & Judy Cushing
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 5, Number 2, 1998, Pages 1-4
This article reviews the TOGETHER! Communities for Drug Free Youth program. Prominent researchers at the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington, Tracy W. Harachi, Ph.D., Charles D. Ayers, Ph.D., J. David Hawkins, Ph.D., and Richard F. Catalano, Ph.D., along with Judy Cushing, Executive Director of The Oregon Partnership, discuss the premises of the Communities That Care prevention strategy then give a case example of how this program worked for one community in Oregon.
The TOGETHER! project has demonstrated that multiple communities can be mobilized using the Communities That Care strategy and the Oregon Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs has since institutionalized this program.
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This article can be found in the issue:
Community-based Prevention Models
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 5, Number 2, 1998
How does a community prevent "at-risk youth" problems? The Spring 1998 issue of The Prevention Researcher focuses on Community-based Prevention Models.
This issue also featured these articles:
- Community Readiness: A Tool for Effective Community-Based Prevention, Pages 5-7
- Empowering Communities to Prevent Adolescent Substance Abuse, Pages 1-4
- Project Northland: Outcomes of a Community-Wide Adolescent Alcohol Use Prevention Trial, Pages 8-12
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