Historic overview. The emerging science of drug abuse prevention. Social contexts prevention. Effective mass media strategies for drug abuse prevention campaigns. Drug abuse prevention curricula in schools. Dissemination of research-based family interventions for the prevention of substance abuse. Peers and the prevention of adolescent drug use. Mobilizing communities to reduce risk for drug abuse. Community-focused drug abuse prevention. Drug abuse prevention in the workplace. Prevention as social control. Drug test in prevention research. Anti-drug-abuse policies as prevention strategies. Theoretical and empirical foundations of prevention. Forging a relationship between drug abuse epidemiology and drug abuse prevention. Special populations. Gender issues in substance abuse prevention. Preventing substance use among Latin youth. African-American substance use epidemiology and prevention issues. Drug abuse prevention research for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Interactions between biology and social context risks for multiple behavioral and mental disorders. Basic science and drug abuse prevention: neuroscience, learning, and personality perspectives. Cross national comparison of co-morbidities between substance. Drug prevention research for high-risk youth. Research designs for family studies. Research design, measurement, and data analytic issues. Major data analysis issues in drug abuse prevention research. Methodological considerations in prevention research. Prevention program implementation. Family management practices: research design and measurement issue. Power analysis models and methods: a latent variable framework for power estimation and analysis. Drug abuse prevention: a look into the future. Application of computer technology to drug abuse prevention. Putting science into practice.

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