Prevention Programs


Prevention-General

The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) is your source for information about the effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility of evidence-based interventions to promote community health and prevent disease.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov

Mental Health: The Cornerstone of Health
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cornerstone/background.asp

Urban Institute Project Report
Problem Behavior Prevention and School-Based Health Centers: Programs and Prospects

Prevention-Alcohol and other Drugs
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
http://prevention.samhsa.gov/

The Higher Education Center For Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
http://www.edc.org/hec

Join Together
http://www.jointogether.org

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
http://ncadi.samsha.gov

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
http://www.nida.nih.gov

Prevention-Injuries
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ncipchm.htm

Prevention-Smoking
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
http://tobaccofreekids.org

Prevention-Teenage Pregnancy

Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP)
http://www.etr.org/recap

The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://www.teenpregnancy.org

Prevention-Violence
Hamilton Fish Institute
http://www.hamfish.org

Safe and Drug Free Schools
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calltoaction/calltoaction.htm

Center for the Prevention of School Violence
www.ncdjjdp.org/cpsv/

Keep Schools Safe
(an extension of the National Association of Attorneys General)
http://www.keepschoolssafe.org

Partnerships Against Violence Network
http:// www.pavnet.org

PAX
www.paxusa.org

Handgun Control Inc
http://www.bradycampaign.org/
http://www.millionmommarch.org

Join Together
www.jointogether.org

The Student Pledge against Gun Violence
http://www.pledge.org/

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School Mental Health Questionnaire
 
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