Youth Prevention and Wellness Blog

Happiness, Healthy Behaviors & Mental Health
Eating healthy and engaging in physical activity positively influences happiness, according to a new study published in Nutrients (2022). This study used data from the second cycle of the Abu...
Happiness, Healthy Behaviors & Mental Health
Eating healthy and engaging in physical activity positively influences happiness, according to a new study published in Nutrients (2022). This study used data from the second cycle of the Abu...

Coming Soon to Prevention Plus Wellness
SPORT Health Behaviors: An updating of the original 6-session SPORT 2 Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program including revised content and program slides with versions for high school, middle school and...
Coming Soon to Prevention Plus Wellness
SPORT Health Behaviors: An updating of the original 6-session SPORT 2 Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program including revised content and program slides with versions for high school, middle school and...

Parent Prevention & Wellness Resources
Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) has created a new webpage highlighting evidence-based resources for parents and caregivers to help prevent and intervene with their youth or young adults using alcohol and...
Parent Prevention & Wellness Resources
Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) has created a new webpage highlighting evidence-based resources for parents and caregivers to help prevent and intervene with their youth or young adults using alcohol and...

Lifestyle Factors & Psychological Wellbeing
Lifestyle factors such as never smoking in men and former smoking in women, higher physical activity in women, high social activity and more frequent intake of vegetables and fruit in...
Lifestyle Factors & Psychological Wellbeing
Lifestyle factors such as never smoking in men and former smoking in women, higher physical activity in women, high social activity and more frequent intake of vegetables and fruit in...

Prevention Targets for Adolescent Mental Health
Social connectedness and healthy behaviors, such as sleep and physical activity, are buffering factors against the deleterious effects of the pandemic on adolescents' mental health, according to a new study...
Prevention Targets for Adolescent Mental Health
Social connectedness and healthy behaviors, such as sleep and physical activity, are buffering factors against the deleterious effects of the pandemic on adolescents' mental health, according to a new study...

Lifestyle Behaviors & Suicide Among Adolescents
A study published in Frontiers in Public Health (2021) examined the prevalence of lifestyle behaviors and suicide-related behaviors and the association between them using a nationally representative sample of adolescents...
Lifestyle Behaviors & Suicide Among Adolescents
A study published in Frontiers in Public Health (2021) examined the prevalence of lifestyle behaviors and suicide-related behaviors and the association between them using a nationally representative sample of adolescents...