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ReviewClinical child and family psychology review2020

A Strategic Plan for Strengthening America's Families: A Brief from the Coalition of Behavioral Science Organizations.

Anthony Biglan, Karen Elfner, S Andrew Garbacz, Kelli Komro, Ronald J Prinz, Mark D Weist, Dawn K Wilson, Amie Zarling

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Review in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Design and Feasibility Trial of Interventions to Reduce Young Adult Alcohol Use with Communities That Care Coalitions.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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  6. Propelling the Global Advancement of School Mental Health.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023
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  10. Research and Training in Culturo-Behavior Science.Behavior and social issues · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Anthony BiglanOregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA. tony@ori.org.
Karen ElfnerDepartment of Child & Family Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
S Andrew GarbaczUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Kelli KomroRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ronald J PrinzDepartment of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Mark D WeistDepartment of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Dawn K WilsonDepartment of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Amie ZarlingHuman Development & Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite significant progress in research on the treatment and prevention of psychological, behavioral, and health problems, the translation of this knowledge into population-wide benefit remains limited. This paper reviews the state of America's children and families, highlighting the influence of stressful contextual and social conditions on child and family well-being and the concentration of disadvantage in numerous neighborhoods and communities throughout the nation. It then briefly reviews the progress that has been made in pinpointing policies that can reduce stressful contextual conditions such as poverty, discrimination, and the marketing of unhealthful foods and substances. It also describes numerous family and school interventions that have proven benefit in preventing psychological and behavioral problems as diverse as tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; depression; antisocial behavior; academic failure; obesity prevention; and early childbearing. We argue that progress in translating existing knowledge into widespread benefit will require a nationwide effort to intervene comprehensively in neighborhoods and communities of concentrated disadvantage. We present a strategic plan for how such an effort could be organized. The first step in this organizing would be the creation of a broad and diverse coalition of organizations concerned with advancing public health and well-being. Such a coalition could increase public support both for the policies needed to focus on these disadvantaged areas and the research needed to incrementally improve our ability to help these areas.

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Adverse Childhood ExperiencesDiet, HealthyFamilyPovertyPublic HealthSocial DiscriminationVulnerable PopulationsBehavioral SciencesBehavioral SymptomsChildHumansUnited StatesChild and adolescent developmentConcentrated disadvantageEmotional and behavioral healthFamily wellbeingMentalPovertyPrevention

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PMID32347415
PMCPMC7186188

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