top of page
Applying prevention science to policy and practice around the world
Prevention Nuggets
Welcome to "Prevention Nuggets", a space where we deliver key information to prevention professionals around the world. We address topics on prevention science and practice, etiology models, critical theories, ethics, environments for prevention, and many other issues fundamental to evidence-based prevention practice.
We invite you to subscribe to our website and follow us in social media to receive all these "nuggets" of information
If there are any questions you would want our prevention experts to respond or address in our newsletter/blog email us at info@apsintl.org and we will be happy to address your questions.
Search
What Does the Decade of the Child Mean to Prevention Professionals?
This Prevention Nugget explores what the Decade of the Child means for prevention professionals. It examines the gap between what science tells us children need and what systems currently deliver, highlights evidence-based and fidelity-driven approaches, and invites practitioners to reflect on system alignment, workforce capacity, and next steps to strengthen children’s health and wellbeing.
APSI
3 days ago2 min read
The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD Study)
A Significant Study for Understanding the Factors the Affect Brain and Cognitive Development Knowledge regarding brain and cognitive development and the factors that enhance or deter healthy development have grown over the last 30 years. However, there remain questions regarding what healthy brain development looks like. In response to these questions, several Institutes across the National Institutes of Health formed a collaboration to support the Adolescent Brain Cognitive
APSI
Dec 9, 20254 min read
The Prevention Path Forward: What We Have Learned and What Is Next
Part 4 - What Is Next in Prevention: Research, Practice and Action [1] [1] Part 1- How Treatment Shaped the Prevention Landscape; Part...
APSI
Sep 1, 20254 min read
The Prevention Path Forward: What We Have Learned and What Is Next
Part 3 - Rethinking Risk: The Evolution of Harm Reduction [1] [1] Part 1- How Treatment Shaped the Prevention Landscape; Part 2- The...
APSI
Aug 29, 20254 min read
The Prevention Path Forward: What We Have Learned and What Is Next
Part 2 - The Rise of Prevention Science [1] [1] Part 1 - How Treatment Shaped the Prevention Landscape ; Part 3- Rethinking Risk: The...
APSI
Aug 20, 20256 min read
The Prevention Path Forward: What We Have Learned and What Is Next
Part 1 — How Treatment Shaped the Prevention Landscape [1] [1] Part 2- The Rise of Prevention Science; Part 3- Rethinking Risk: The...
APSI
Aug 11, 20256 min read
How to Select an Evidence-Based Prevention Intervention for My Community
In our other Nuggets we focused on defining prevention science and its application to practice. We introduced the work of the United...
APSI
Jun 27, 20257 min read
SUMMARY OF BLUEPRINTS FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT SU* PREVENTION PROGRAMS
*Substance Use Programs There are 7 Model and Model Plus programs and 12 Promising Programs included on the BluePrints website that...
APSI
Jun 25, 20251 min read
How Communications Regarding Marijuana Use Among Adolescents Can Have Unintended Outcomes
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)’s Drug Report’s Friday Fact report (December 6, 2024) ( https://mailchi.mp/bf7c96acbb6d/whats-happeni...
APSI
Jan 17, 20256 min read
How the “Core Competencies” Help to Professionalize the Prevention Workforce
April 2022 our Prevention Nugget, “Building Prevention Systems: Prevention Professionals,” described the importance of having a...
APSI
Jan 8, 20244 min read
Does APSI Training Make A Difference? Some Evidence That It Does! – Pt 3
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we presented evidence that APSI courses and training not only improve the knowledge of the training...
APSI
Sep 12, 20231 min read
Does APSI Training Make A Difference? Some Evidence That It Does! – Pt 2
During the last 3 years, APSI has been engaged in extensive work to revise and update UPC into our new series called Foundations of...
APSI
Sep 4, 20233 min read
Does APSI Training Make A Difference? Some Evidence That It Does! - Part 1
In our extensive development work on the Universal Prevention Curriculum series, APSI and its scientist collaborators were involved in...
APSI
Aug 21, 20233 min read
Normalization of Prevention Principles and Practices to Reduce Substance Use Disorders
Normalization of science-based prevention practices, what do we mean? Over the past 30 years, we have seen some remarkable research...
APSI
Jun 23, 20235 min read
Law Enforcement and Prevention of Problem Behaviors
An Important Connection to Improve the Health and Safety of Our Communities[1] Why is the connection between law enforcement and...
APSI
May 25, 20234 min read
Is Your Community Ready to Support Comprehensive Prevention Programming?—Part 3:
Building a Community-Based Implementation System for Prevention In Parts 1 and 2 of this series we described having a culture of...
APSI
Feb 7, 20235 min read
Is Your Community Ready to Support Comprehensive Prevention Programming?—Part 2
Defining Community and Community Readiness Part 1 in this #PreventionNuggets series addressed the challenging issue of having a culture...
APSI
Jan 12, 20239 min read
Is Your Community Ready to Support Comprehensive Prevention Programming? Pt. 1:Culture of Prevention
As we have seen in our earlier Nuggets(1) building a system of evidence-based prevention programs in a community to meet the needs of...
APSI
Dec 9, 20224 min read
What is in a Name and Other Concerns about Substance Use Language
Since the early 1970’s, the primary Federal agencies that fund substance use prevention and treatment research and services have included...
APSI
Nov 7, 20224 min read
¿Cuáles son los conocimientos, habilidades y competencias clave de los profesionales de la prevención?
Los que trabajamos en prevención abarcamos muchos campos y aportamos nuestro conocimiento, habilidades y competencias mientras abordamos...
APSI
Nov 6, 20223 min read
bottom of page