Youth Prevention and Wellness Blog

Resources Supporting Healthy Youth Lifestyles

Resources Supporting Healthy Youth Lifestyles

Introduction: Successful prevention requires addressing co-occurring health risks of youth and young adults, including substance use, chronic disease and mental illness risk behaviors.  The most efficient strategy to do this...

Resources Supporting Healthy Youth Lifestyles

Introduction: Successful prevention requires addressing co-occurring health risks of youth and young adults, including substance use, chronic disease and mental illness risk behaviors.  The most efficient strategy to do this...

PPW Program Evaluation Services

PPW Program Evaluation Services

Every organization needs to know how well their prevention program works and every prevention professional wants to determine what type of positive impact they are having on their participants. That's...

PPW Program Evaluation Services

Every organization needs to know how well their prevention program works and every prevention professional wants to determine what type of positive impact they are having on their participants. That's...

Exercise is Medicine for Youth in Alcohol/Drug Treatment

Exercise is Medicine for Youth in Alcohol/Drug ...

A study published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise (2021) examined associations between exercise enjoyment and recovery outcomes for youth undergoing residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Youth who, on...

Exercise is Medicine for Youth in Alcohol/Drug ...

A study published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise (2021) examined associations between exercise enjoyment and recovery outcomes for youth undergoing residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Youth who, on...

Adolescent Alcohol Use Reductions & Academic Benefits

Adolescent Alcohol Use Reductions & Academic Be...

A study published in Addictive Behaviors (2021) examined to what extent reduction or complete cessation of alcohol consumption affects school performance among 37,223 grade 9–12 students attending 89 secondary schools...

Adolescent Alcohol Use Reductions & Academic Be...

A study published in Addictive Behaviors (2021) examined to what extent reduction or complete cessation of alcohol consumption affects school performance among 37,223 grade 9–12 students attending 89 secondary schools...

Talk it Out with Friends to Improve Health Habits

Talk it Out with Friends to Improve Health Habits

This article is from our friend and research collaborator Dr. Jessie King at the University of Utah who discusses the practical application of the InShape Prevention Plus Wellness program and...

Talk it Out with Friends to Improve Health Habits

This article is from our friend and research collaborator Dr. Jessie King at the University of Utah who discusses the practical application of the InShape Prevention Plus Wellness program and...

New Research Shows the InShape Prevention Plus Wellness Program Improves Multiple Health Behaviors of Young Adults

New Research Shows the InShape Prevention Plus ...

 SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL, March 25, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A new study published in Preventive Medicine Reports (2022) tested the single-session InShape Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program for improving multiple health behaviors among...

New Research Shows the InShape Prevention Plus ...

 SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL, March 25, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A new study published in Preventive Medicine Reports (2022) tested the single-session InShape Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program for improving multiple health behaviors among...