Core Elements of Developmental Epidemiologically Based Prevention Research
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In the early 1990's, important progress was documented in prevention research on mental and behavioral disorders, with recommendations for a prevention research agenda. One of the earliest implementation efforts was the workshop, "A Scientific Structure for the Emerging Field of Prevention Research," sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and The Johns Hopkins University Prevention Research Center, and held in Baltimore, Maryland, in December of 1994. The purpose of the workshop was to merge three perspectives from the traditionally disparate areas of epidemiology, life course development, and intervention trials technology into an integrated, interdisciplinary effort that would define a scientific structure enabling rapid advancement in prevention science. As a consequence of that workshop, the papers were written that are contained in this and the next special issue on prevention of the American Journal of Community Psychology. This first paper is a description of the salient features of developmental epidemiologically-based prevention research. Beyond the above three perspectives, we discuss the role of developmental and intervention theories; measurement of implementation, mediators, and moderators, including multi-stage sampling and measurement; the central role of multilevel growth modeling; concepts of attributable risk and prevented fraction; proximal/distal modeling and effect sizes; and partnerships between researchers and communities.
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The principles of the science of individuality are consistent with research on the differential effects of interventions, the historical and phenomenological factors that affect individual responses to adversities, and the neurobiological factors involved in individual differences in plasticity and susceptibility to environmental influences.
“The principles of this science are consistent with a range of fields, including research on the differential effects of interventions (Kellam, Koretz, & Mościcki, 1999), the historical and phenomenological factors that affect individual responses to adversities (Spencer, 2007), and the neurobiological factors involved in individual differences in plasticity and susceptibility to environmental”
From Malleability, plasticity, and individuality: How children learn and develop in context<sup>1</sup> (2019) · cites this paper as Kellam, Koretz, & Mościcki, 1999
The evaluation focused on a representative subgroup of children, which minimizes selection bias and strengthens inferences about intervention effects.
“Guided by a developmental epidemiology prevention approach (Kellam et al. 1999), our evaluation focused on a representative subgroup of children, which minimizes selection bias and strengthens inferences about intervention effects (Brown et al. 2007).”
From Intervention to Strengthen Emotional Self-Regulation in Children with Emerging Mental Health Problems: Proximal Impact on School Behavior (2010) · cites this paper as Kellam et al. 1999
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- Authors
- Kellam, S. G., Koretz, D., & Mościcki, E. K.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- National Institute of Mental Health (US)
- ORCID
- Mościcki, Eve K.
- Venue
- American Journal of Community Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-08
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 463-482
- ISSN
- 0091-0562 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2770
- OpenAlex
- W1514483602
- Cited by
- 147
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 1.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Community Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- prevention research, developmental epidemiology, mental and behavioral disorders, life course development, developmental theory, intervention theory, implementation measurement, mediators and moderators, multistage sampling, attributable risk, prevented fraction, effect size, community partnerships
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Child, Psychology, Child, Epidemiologic Methods, Humans, Models, Psychological, Primary Prevention, Psychology, Social
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