evidence-based practices

Researcher Melanie Barwick and trainer Scott Skinner discuss their year-long collaboration with four youth programs, which centered around finding the best way to implement an evidence-based practice called motivational interviewing. Time: 4:29 | Size: 4.1 MB | Transcript
One of the objectives of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness is to end youth homelessness by 2020. Here at NCFY, we want to help you understand how USICH aims to do that, in collaboration with federal, state and local government, and of course with programs that work directly with homeless young people.
When Marguerita Lightfoot and her colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles set about to study ways to keep runaway and homeless youth from having risky sex and using drugs, they intended to enlist youth in a randomized controlled trial.
Psychologist Melanie Barwick is a co-author of “Training Health and Mental Health Professionals in Motivational Interviewing: A Systematic Review,” published in the September 2012 issue of the Children and Youth Services Review.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Health promotes evidence-based approaches to teen pregnancy prevention.
Family conflict often lies at the heart of a young person's homelessness. So it makes sense that helping youth and their families get along is one of the most important and challenging aspects of preventing and addressing youth homelessness.
This funding opportunity is meant to improve the social and emotional well-being of youth in the child welfare system that have mental and behavioral health needs. Grantees will:
Hawaii is known for its pristine beaches, active volcanoes, fabulous surfing, and—among reproductive health workers—its high teen pregnancy rates. Only nine states have higher teen pregnancy rates than Hawaii. The state’s youth-serving organizations knew they had to do something to reverse the trend of teen pregnancy. They also knew anything they did had to be tailored to the...
The William T. Grant Foundation is requesting proposals for research on how evidence is acquired, interpreted and used in policy and practices that affect youth. Applicants must be employed at a nonprofit institution, either in the U.S. or abroad. Find more information and a link to the request for proposal on the foundation's website
“Understanding Evidence, Part 1: Best Available Research Evidence. A Guide to the Continuum of Evidence of Effectiveness.” National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011.
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