Projects in the Prevention Research Center

Research/Project Resources Site

Current Projects

The Prevention Research Center is involved in research, evaluation, and technical support projects at a variety of developmental levels. Information about the Center's current research projects is organized in two ways: by topic area and by program development phase.

Topic Areas

Community/Technical Support/Evaluation
PA Communities That Care (CTC) Statewide Evaluation (PCCD)
Harrisburg Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Evaluation
Technical Assistance to Research-based Delinquency and Violence Prevention Projects (PCCD)
Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP) (W. K. Kellogg Foundation)
Center for Prevention and Early Intervention/Johns Hopkins University—School-based Effectiveness Research
INSPIRE
Early Childhood Projects
Head Start REDI (NIH)
Preschool PATHS
Family Life Project/Children in Poverty

     PATHS to Success Project

 
Middle Childhood Projects
FAST TRACK Multi-site Prevention Demonstration Project (NIH)
Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS) Curriculum
Early Intervention to Prevent Skin Cancer (American Cancer Society)
 
Youth Projects
HealthWise/South Africa (NIH)
PROSPER (NIH)
Centre County MH/MR Tobacco (Centre County MH/MR)
Early Intervention to Prevent Student Binge Drinking in Student Athletes/Project GOALS (NIH/NIAAA)
Campuses Selling Alcohol: Profit or Problem? (NIH/NIAAA)
Appearance-focused Intervention to Prevent Skin Cancer (American Cancer Society)
Developmental/Social & Psychological Models of Binge Drinking (NIH/NIAAA)
University of San Diego Freshman Parent-Teen Research Initiative (NIH/NIAAA)
University Life Study (NIH)
Parents/Family Projects
Promotion of Coparenting at the Transition to Parenthood (NIH)
Family Life Project/Children in Poverty (NIH)
Early Intervention to Prevent Student Binge Drinking in Student Athletes/Project GOALS (NIAAA/NIH)
Appearance-focused Intervention to Prevent Skin Cancer (American Cancer Society)
University of San Diego Freshman Parent-Teen Research Initiative (NIH/NIAAA)
Partner Assistance in Learning and Performing Skin Self-Examination (NCI/NIH)
Parent-based Intervention to Prevent Student Drinking (NIAAA/NIH)
Early Intervention to Prevent Skin Cancer (American Cancer Society)
Outreach and Training
Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) Program
This topic area also includes projects found under the Community/Technical Support/Evaluation topic area.
Innovations in Methodology

Program Development Phases

[ Etiology /Formative (Phase 1) / Efficacy (Phase 2) /Effectiveness (Phase 3) /Impact/Dissemination (Phase 4) ]
review Definitions

Projects by Topic Area

Comm./Eval./ Tech. Supp.
Early Childhood
Middle Childhood
Youth
Parents/ Family

Harrisburg

Harrisburg Center for Healthy Child Development

For more information on Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute projects, please visit its web site

Completed Projects

Review a list of Completed Projects conducted at the Prevention Research Center.