Youth Prevention and Wellness Blog

NEW SPORT Health Behaviors Program 2025

NEW SPORT Health Behaviors Program 2025

The SPORT Health Behaviors Program has been updated with new materials and content for 2025. SPORT HB is a 6-session easy to use positive youth development program for prevention and...

NEW SPORT Health Behaviors Program 2025

The SPORT Health Behaviors Program has been updated with new materials and content for 2025. SPORT HB is a 6-session easy to use positive youth development program for prevention and...

Last Chance to Register Brief Evidence-Based Drug Use Prevention for Classrooms & One-on-One: Free Webinar

Last Chance to Register Brief Evidence-Based Dr...

Session Objectives: Identify various Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) practice models for youth substance use/misuse preventing and intervention. Explore evidence supporting SBIs & challenges for implementing SBIs to prevent youth...

Last Chance to Register Brief Evidence-Based Dr...

Session Objectives: Identify various Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) practice models for youth substance use/misuse preventing and intervention. Explore evidence supporting SBIs & challenges for implementing SBIs to prevent youth...

US Youth Increasingly Unhealthy Past 17 Years

US Youth Increasingly Unhealthy Past 17 Years

A new published study answered the question: How has US children’s health—ie, mortality, chronic conditions, obesity, functional status, and symptoms—changed from 2007 to 2023? Trends from 2007 to 2023 have...

US Youth Increasingly Unhealthy Past 17 Years

A new published study answered the question: How has US children’s health—ie, mortality, chronic conditions, obesity, functional status, and symptoms—changed from 2007 to 2023? Trends from 2007 to 2023 have...

Online Behaviors Most Harmful to Kids’ Mental Health

Online Behaviors Most Harmful to Kids’ Mental H...

Children who post publicly on social media even occasionally are more likely than their peers to report feeling depressed and anxious and get too little sleep, according to the results...

Online Behaviors Most Harmful to Kids’ Mental H...

Children who post publicly on social media even occasionally are more likely than their peers to report feeling depressed and anxious and get too little sleep, according to the results...

NEW 2025 Opioid PPW Program for Adolescents

NEW 2025 Opioid PPW Program for Adolescents

The Opioid Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program has been updated with new materials and content for 2025.  Opioid PPW is a quick and easy to use positive youth development program...

NEW 2025 Opioid PPW Program for Adolescents

The Opioid Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program has been updated with new materials and content for 2025.  Opioid PPW is a quick and easy to use positive youth development program...

NEW 2025 InShape Prevention Plus Wellness Program

NEW 2025 InShape Prevention Plus Wellness Program

InShape (Alcohol/Drug) Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) has been updated with new content and materials for 2025. InShape PPW is a quick and easy to use brief intervention for prevention and...

NEW 2025 InShape Prevention Plus Wellness Program

InShape (Alcohol/Drug) Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) has been updated with new content and materials for 2025. InShape PPW is a quick and easy to use brief intervention for prevention and...