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Developing Effective Prevention Services for the Real World: A Prevention Service Development Model

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American Journal of Community Psychology

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A Prevention Service Development Model (PSDM) is presented as an approach to develop prevention programs that are both effective and that are readily adopted for implementation in community settings. The model is an integration of concepts and methods from two fields, prevention research and marketing research as applied to new service development. Questions that are posed at each stage of the PSDM are described. Studies from the development of two preventive interventions are presented to illustrate research at several of the stages of the model.

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    Irwin Sandler, Amy Ostrom, Mary Jo Bitner, Tim S. Ayers, Sharlene Wolchik & Vicki-Smith Daniels

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Sandler, I., Ostrom, A., Bitner, M.J. et al. Developing Effective Prevention Services for the Real World: A Prevention Service Development Model. Am J Community Psychol 35, 127–142 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-005-3389-z

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