Youth Prevention and Wellness Blog

Call for Prevention Program Evaluation Partners

Call for Prevention Program Evaluation Partners

Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) is looking for individuals who plan to implement a one-session PPW program (i.e., SPORT, SPORT AC, Marijuana, Vaping or Opioid PPW) to high school or middle...

Call for Prevention Program Evaluation Partners

Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) is looking for individuals who plan to implement a one-session PPW program (i.e., SPORT, SPORT AC, Marijuana, Vaping or Opioid PPW) to high school or middle...

Free Updated Online PPW Pretest & Posttest Surveys 5.1

Free Updated Online PPW Pretest & Posttest Surv...

For use during Summer and Fall, 2025, these newly updated online surveys (version 5.1) are free to all Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program implementers to evaluate their program’s effectiveness. They...

Free Updated Online PPW Pretest & Posttest Surv...

For use during Summer and Fall, 2025, these newly updated online surveys (version 5.1) are free to all Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program implementers to evaluate their program’s effectiveness. They...

Lack of Sleep Disrupts Brain Functions in Adolescents

Lack of Sleep Disrupts Brain Functions in Adole...

Your teen’s sleeping habits may affect how their brain functions, according to new research from the University of Georgia. And lack of quality sleep may put kids at risk of developing problem...

Lack of Sleep Disrupts Brain Functions in Adole...

Your teen’s sleeping habits may affect how their brain functions, according to new research from the University of Georgia. And lack of quality sleep may put kids at risk of developing problem...

Youth Depression & Anxiety Increasing

Youth Depression & Anxiety Increasing

The proportion of U.S. children and adolescents with anxiety and depression increased between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine survey analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.   We believe these data...

Youth Depression & Anxiety Increasing

The proportion of U.S. children and adolescents with anxiety and depression increased between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine survey analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.   We believe these data...

Putting the “Positive” in Substance Use Prevention: Webinar Recording & Slides

Putting the “Positive” in Substance Use Prevent...

Session Objectives:  Explore various concepts associated with positive substance use prevention. Examine the advantages of positive versus negative prevention components. Review an evidence-based model for creating and providing positive substance...

Putting the “Positive” in Substance Use Prevent...

Session Objectives:  Explore various concepts associated with positive substance use prevention. Examine the advantages of positive versus negative prevention components. Review an evidence-based model for creating and providing positive substance...

Last Chance to Register for Putting the “Positive” in Substance Use Prevention: Free Webinar

Last Chance to Register for Putting the “Positi...

Session Objectives:  Explore various concepts associated with positive substance use prevention. Examine the advantages of positive versus negative prevention components. Review an evidence-based model for creating and providing positive substance...

Last Chance to Register for Putting the “Positi...

Session Objectives:  Explore various concepts associated with positive substance use prevention. Examine the advantages of positive versus negative prevention components. Review an evidence-based model for creating and providing positive substance...