Improving the Juvenile Justice System’s Capacity to Deliver Evidence-Based Interventions Addressing Adolescent Substance Use and HIV Risk Behaviors
Author: Redonna K. Chandler.; Tisha R.A. Wiley.
Source: Volume 17, Number 02, July/August 2013 , pp.19-20(2)
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Abstract:
Virtually all youth in the juvenile justice system could benefit from prevention or treatment interventions for substance abuse. Unfortunately, implementation of evidence-based practices within juvenile justice settings is variable, incomplete, and non-systematic. Their implementation is further stymied by inadequate strategies for measuring and addressing organizational, environmental, and system-level factors that affect the uptake of evidence-based strategies. The authors highlight the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Juvenile Justice Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) research program which will help determine optimal practices and implementation measures for dealing with such issues.Keywords: Evidence based practices; EBP; substance abuse
Affiliations:
1: National Institute on Drug Abuse; 2: National Institute on Drug Abuse.