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Prevention efforts with adolescents are not a new endeavor and actually have a long history within the scientific literature. In this chapter a historical perspective on adolescent prevention programs is provided; the parallel between medical prevention efforts and behavioral health prevention efforts is discussed; the literature on prevention programs aimed at reducing sexual risk, substance use, obesity, suicide, and severe behavioral problems is reviewed; and the fiscal aspects of prevention programs are discussed.
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Benuto, L.T. (2013). Disease Prevention in Adolescence. In: O'Donohue, W., Benuto, L., Woodward Tolle, L. (eds) Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6633-8_7
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