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Family Strengthening: Promoting Healthy Development During Adolescence

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Introduction

A variety of approaches and labels currently exist with regard to the development and implementation of family-based prevention efforts, and in fact, the focus on families seems to have grown significantly over the years (Bloom, 2000). Some of these initiatives are explicitly discussed as “family strengthening” programs; other descriptors include “family enrichment,” “family life education,” “family skills training,” “family wellness,” and “family support” programs. At least one comprehensive review of these family-based prevention programs has been conducted previously (Gavazzi, 2003), and a more recent publication incorporated this earlier effort by updating the compilation of information about these types of programs and the characteristics of these initiatives (Gavazzi, 2011).

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Kumpfer and Alvarado (1998) provided a slightly more restrictive review of family-based programs that specifically targeted the reduction of adolescent involvement in...

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  1. Human Development & Family Science, The Ohio State University at Mansfield, 1760 University Drive, Mansfield, OH, 44906-1599, USA

    Stephen M. Gavazzi

  2. Department of Child & Family Studies, Kyungpook National University, 1370 SanKyuk-Dong, Book-Gu, Daegu, 702-701, Korea

    Ji-Young Lim

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Gavazzi, S.M., Lim, JY. (2014). Family Strengthening: Promoting Healthy Development During Adolescence. In: Gullotta, T.P., Bloom, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5999-6_185

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