Youth Prevention and Wellness Blog

Request a Free PPW Program Consultation

Request a Free PPW Program Consultation

We are inviting current and future Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) customers who have questions or wish to discuss how to best implement and evaluate their PPW program(s) to contact us...

Request a Free PPW Program Consultation

We are inviting current and future Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) customers who have questions or wish to discuss how to best implement and evaluate their PPW program(s) to contact us...

Screening & Brief Interventions for Preventing Youth Substance Use

Screening & Brief Interventions for Preventing ...

A new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health (2022) assessed whether screening and brief intervention with referral to treatment (SBIRT) is associated with positive changes in substance use,...

Screening & Brief Interventions for Preventing ...

A new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health (2022) assessed whether screening and brief intervention with referral to treatment (SBIRT) is associated with positive changes in substance use,...

Smoking Cannabis Increases Risk of Youth Suicide

Smoking Cannabis Increases Risk of Youth Suicide

A systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research (2022) evaluated the risk of suicide attempt, suicidal ideation or suicide planning in individuals of 11–21 years of age who...

Smoking Cannabis Increases Risk of Youth Suicide

A systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research (2022) evaluated the risk of suicide attempt, suicidal ideation or suicide planning in individuals of 11–21 years of age who...

New Online PPW Pretest and Posttest Surveys

New Online PPW Pretest and Posttest Surveys

We revised the Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) Online Immediate Pretest and Posttest Surveys which are deigned to be implemented immediately before and after providing your PPW program to collect outcome...

New Online PPW Pretest and Posttest Surveys

We revised the Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) Online Immediate Pretest and Posttest Surveys which are deigned to be implemented immediately before and after providing your PPW program to collect outcome...

Multi-Level Prevention of Youth Substance Use

Multi-Level Prevention of Youth Substance Use

Session Objectives: Explore a sampling of different models, strategies, research and health problems employing multi-level prevention. Review the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and Social-Ecological Model for creating multi-level youth substance...

Multi-Level Prevention of Youth Substance Use

Session Objectives: Explore a sampling of different models, strategies, research and health problems employing multi-level prevention. Review the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and Social-Ecological Model for creating multi-level youth substance...

New Online Youth Health Behavior Survey by Prevention Plus Wellness

New Online Youth Health Behavior Survey by Prev...

The revised Youth Health Behavior Survey includes new measures assessing the mental and physical wellbeing of youth participating in Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs.  We highly recommend all PPW program...

New Online Youth Health Behavior Survey by Prev...

The revised Youth Health Behavior Survey includes new measures assessing the mental and physical wellbeing of youth participating in Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs.  We highly recommend all PPW program...