Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community最新文献

{"title":"Promoting well-being for young people in high-burden communities: Promising preliminary outcomes from a pilot study of a culturally-responsive positive psychology intervention.","authors":"He Len Chung, Summer Monasterial, Rebecca Klein, Sean McFadden, Tara Richardson","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2568127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2568127","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Young people living in urban, high-burden communities are at particular risk to experience adversity that affects well-being, including exposure to community violence and barriers to accessing health-focused resources. To address these concerns, the current paper describes the development and evaluation of a pilot, 6-week positive psychology intervention (PPI) with fifteen Black, Hispanic, and Asian youth leaders attending an afterschool program in a high-burden NJ community. Results indicated positive changes in psychological well-being and health-focused practices at one program site (<i>n</i> = 8) and declines in health practices at the other (<i>n</i> = 7). Results also indicated initial site differences in youths' interests and beliefs about well-being, which may have contributed to the different outcomes. Our findings highlight the potential of culturally-responsive PPIs and to promote positive mental health for minoritized youth in high-burden communities. They also urge researchers and practitioners to consider potential adverse effects of interventions, especially when programs are implemented in a universal way.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145214118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social network access and growth: Building relational resilience for street crew-involved men through a community-based intervention.","authors":"Ava Kamdem, Brooke Burrows, Gabriel A Feldman, Jarrell E Daniels, Jason Bostic, Geraldine Downey","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2561282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2561282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gun violence disproportionately affects New York City's poorest neighborhoods, with gang-related incidents comprising approximately half of the shootings in these communities. Traditional law enforcement approaches have shown limited effectiveness, prompting development of community violence interventions (CVIs) that target high-risk individuals through holistic programming. Project Restore (PR), a 12-month CVI serving 30 men from two rival street crews, achieved notable success with all participants completing the program without new arrests for violent acts and the community experiencing a 28% greater than expected reduction in shooting incidents. This study examines how PR influenced participants' social networks to better understand potential mechanisms underlying these violence reduction outcomes. Using mixed methods, Study 1 employed qualitative content analysis of post-intervention interviews with 25 of the 30 PR participants to examine relationship changes across three Social Brain Hypothesis levels: Support Clique (family), Sympathy Group (peers, mentors), and Active Network (professional connections). Study 2 conducted social network analysis with a purposely selected subset of six participants-three influential crew leaders from each of the two rival groups who engaged in cross-gang collaboration focused on community peacebuilding-examining social network changes pre- and post-intervention. Results demonstrated substantial network expansion and transformation that may help explain PR's previously documented violence reduction success. Study 1's broader sample revealed improved family relationships, enhanced peer communication skills, and expanded community engagement across all participants. The six influential leaders in Study 2 reported an 11.7-fold increase in social connections, with marked growth in mentor relationships and professional connections. Most notably, the six leaders from previously disconnected rival crews became interconnected, indicating successful cross-crew collaboration. These social network transformations may help account for PR's violence reduction success by facilitating prosocial norm diffusion within resistant social structures. Unlike traditional approaches that sever social ties, PR demonstrates how existing gang networks can be leveraged to promote positive change through systematic social network strengthening.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145214161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Empowering African Grandmothers as Social Change Agents: Optimizing a Cultural Resource.","authors":"Judi Aubel","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2564847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2564847","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In non-western hierarchically structured cultures, older women, or <i>grandmothers,</i> play a central role especially in the care and socialization of women and girls. In the Global South, programs supporting girls' rights and development consistently ignore the grandmother resource. In Senegal, the assets-based, grandmother-inclusive, Girls' Holistic Development (GHD) program addresses major issues regarding girls' education, child marriage, teen pregnancy and female genital mutilation. GHD empowers grandmother to support girls. A meta-synthesis of 14 earlier studies on GHD identified the impact of grandmother-inclusion on grandmothers themselves. Thematic analysis revealed positive changes in: community recognition of grandmothers' role with girls; grandmothers' knowledge on GHD; grandmothers' increased influence in family decision-making; and grandmothers' empowerment to promote community-wide change in social norms affecting adolescent girls. Based on the research data, a pathway was constructed linking grandmother-inclusion and empowerment to collective action by grandmothers to change social norms affecting girls. Empirical results of the GHD program supports the conclusion that grandmother-inclusion, can build their collective agency to actively promote change supporting girls. These results suggest that programs supporting girls' development should adopt grandmother-inclusive strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145187182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using public spaces for male community mental health support.","authors":"Gary Shepherd, Holly Murphy, Jack Woodhams, Sam Watling","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2558388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2558388","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental health services have traditionally found men a difficult group to reach. Many men are reluctant to seek help when their mental health declines, often feeling stigmatized and responsible for their symptoms. Most men view conventional mental health support as feminized and unhelpful, preferring the company of other men to help support their mental wellbeing. This research used focus group methods to explore the experiences of 24 men who attended four different nonclinical community based mental health support services held in public spaces. The spaces described in the study were a public house, a football stadium, a sports center and village hall. Our findings demonstrate the importance of offering a range of male community spaces with welcoming environments where men can encounter positive masculine role models. These types of environments encourage men to challenge their own attitudes and behaviors around help seeking and mental wellbeing. We suggested the following areas for policy development; referral pathways; male friendly mental health spaces; and multi-tiered group support and digital peer support platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145066057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Construct of Awe in Community Psychology: Toward a More Comprehensive Assessment for Applications to Vulnerable Populations.","authors":"Tia N Turner, Roger N Reeb, Kathryn E Hurley, Marissa Brown, Cara Clark, Anna R Kopsick, Tameria H Rigsby","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2554439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2554439","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article contributes to the literature by (a) providing evidence of benefits of awe-inspiring interventions for a vulnerable population (i.e., residents of a homeless shelter), (b) reporting the development and validation of two new psychometric instruments that fill a significant void in the assessment of awe, and (c) providing recommendations for future research examining the use of these new instruments in assessing awe in vulnerable populations. Awe refers to peak experiences of sublime wonderment, accompanied by awe-related reactions including a sense of vastness, self-transcendence, interconnectivity with others or the world, enhanced prosociality, perceptual accommodation, altered time perception, and a characteristic pattern of neurophysiological reactivity. In the first section, we cite evidence that awe experiences are associated with both physical and mental health, as well as theoretical models on the mechanisms by which awe experiences enhance health. Then, we briefly review research on the benefits of awe-related interventions, emphasizing that there is a dearth of research focused on vulnerable populations. Subsequently, we present research (quantitative and qualitative) demonstrating the benefits of awe-related interventions for homeless shelter residents, which were implemented within the context of a long-term participatory community action research project. In the second section, we review research and theory regarding the specific elements of the awe construct. We show that, despite a growing body of research on awe, there is no adequate (comprehensive) psychometric instrument to assess trait (or dispositional) awe. Then, we present a series of studies (quantitative and qualitative) focused on developing and validating the <i>Trait Inventory of Awe</i> and an accompanying instrument (<i>Inventory of Self-Efficacy for Awe</i>). Toward the end of the manuscript, we discuss various ways to use the newly-validated psychometric instruments (including short versions) for assessing awe in vulnerable populations, including assessment of interventions designed to inspire awe.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145001628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Primal world beliefs support substance use disorder recovery: Impact on recovery capital and spirituality.","authors":"Justin S Bell, Jeremy D W Clifton, Shadman Saquib, Joseph R Ferrari, Nyssa L Snow-Hill, Leonard A Jason","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2552087","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2552087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While research has shown self-beliefs influence recovery from substance use disorder, beliefs about the external world may also be important when considering <i>recovery capital</i>, or the sum of resources an individual can draw upon to sustain their recovery. Rooted in key concepts of positive psychology and community psychology, recovery capital offers an asset-based framework for understanding recovery as a process of growth to achieve flourishing. This study investigates the role of primal world beliefs, a taxonomy of fundamental beliefs about the world, as they relate to recovery capital in individuals recovering from substance use disorder. Primal world beliefs, also originating in the positive psychological tradition, offer a way to examine how beliefs about the world shape access to recovery-supportive resources. Utilizing a sample of Oxford House, Inc. employees (Baseline <i>n</i> = 132), this 6-month study assessed whether <i>Safe</i>, <i>Enticing</i>, and <i>Alive</i> primal world beliefs influence recovery capital. The findings reveal that <i>Safe</i> and <i>Enticing</i> world beliefs are associated with higher recovery capital, with <i>Enticing</i> world belief showing a stronger association. Additionally, the <i>Alive</i> world belief was found to moderate the relationship between spirituality and recovery capital. These results suggest that primal world beliefs shape perceptions of available recovery resources, with the <i>Enticing</i> belief emerging as a critical factor. This study contributes to the understanding of recovery by highlighting the role of beliefs about the world in accumulating resources essential for recovery, offering potential avenues for understanding the mechanisms underlying community-based substance use disorder interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating diabetes self-management education and support services delivered alone and in combination with produce packages at a Texas Food Bank.","authors":"Daniel P Hatfield, Dayna S Alexander, Mary-Esther Gourdin, Georgiana Bradshaw, Oluwayomi Fabayo, Kimberly D Farris, Betsy Rodriguez, Julie Bromberg","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2552086","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2552086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Food banks can successfully deliver diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services, which improve glycemic control and reduce adverse outcomes among people with diabetes (PWD). However, consequences of providing produce packages with DSMES in food banks are unknown. This study assessed pre-to-post intervention changes in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), food security, and other outcomes among PWD (type 1 or 2) in two 8-week interventions delivered by a Texas food bank, one providing DSMES services alone (Diabetes Hands On [DHO], <i>n</i> = 31) and one providing DSMES services plus fruit/vegetable packages (Diabetes Hands On Plus [DHO+], <i>n</i> = 48). At pre- and post-intervention, HbA1c and body mass index (BMI) were directly measured, and surveys assessed food security, diabetes distress, diabetes self-efficacy, diabetes knowledge, medication-taking, perceived social support, fruit and vegetable intake, and diabetes-specific food security. Post-intervention questionnaires gauged program satisfaction. Participants in both DHO and DHO+ showed significant improvements in HbA1c, BMI, diabetes distress, diabetes self-efficacy, diabetes knowledge, vegetable intake, and some measures of diabetes-specific food security (<i>p</i> < .05 for each outcome). Average decreases in HbA1c were greater among DHO (-0.6%) versus DHO+ participants (-0.2%). Food security improved significantly in DHO participants only (pre: 32% very low; post: 10%, <i>p</i> = .001), as did medication-taking (<i>p</i> = .03). Fruit intake increased significantly in DHO+ participants only (<i>p</i> = .04). When asked to assess DHO/DHO+ overall, over 95% of both programs' participants provided \"excellent\" ratings. This study suggests that this food bank's DSMES services, with or without produce, may have been effective for improving HbA1c and other clinical, behavioral, and psychosocial outcomes among PWD. Benefits of providing produce alongside DSMES remain unclear. Further research may be needed to explore factors such as dose, duration, and household-level use. Studies in other geographies and non-food-bank settings may increase understanding of the generalizability of findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trait mindfulness as a strategy to mitigate substance use among American Indian/Alaska Native adults.","authors":"Cassidy M Armstrong, Reagan Cole, Misty Hawkins, RaeAnn Anderson, Ashley B Cole","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2552433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2552433","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Peoples have endured centuries of colonization, resulting in lasting mental health effects (<i>historical trauma</i>). Historical trauma has been linked to PTSD symptoms (e.g., grief, anger, hypervigilance) and resulting health inequities. Clinical psychology, particularly the subfield of positive psychology that centers communities, can help address maladaptive historical trauma coping (e.g., substance misuse) for AI/AN Peoples. Mindfulness is a promising intervention strategy that may mitigate the impacts of historical trauma responses among AI/AN Peoples to prevent substance misuse. The present study investigated relations between historical trauma thought frequency (HLS), historical trauma response (HLASS), trait mindfulness (total FFMQ score), and lifetime substance use among AI/AN adults. Participants self-identified as AI/AN, were ≥18 years old, and endorsed lifetime alcohol or drug use (<i>n</i> = 162) were recruited from a large, Midwestern university and surrounding community. Participants completed an online survey that assessed trait mindfulness, substance use, HLS, and HLASS. Pearson bivariate correlations and moderation analyses were conducted. On average, participants reported thinking of historical losses daily. Higher HLS scores were significantly associated with greater substance use and greater HLASS scores (<i>p</i>s<.01). FFMQ moderated the relation between HLS and substance use (<i>p</i> = .026), such that HLS and substance use were positively associated at low FFMQ levels but non-significant at high FFMQ levels. Findings suggest that AI/AN adults with high trait mindfulness may be less likely to engage in substance use despite the presence of historical trauma thoughts. As such, mindfulness-based interventions may represent promising approaches to reduce substance use associated with historical trauma among AI/AN Peoples. Future clinical and community-based participatory research studies can build on this work to culturally adapt mindfulness-based interventions to reduce substance use related to coping with historical trauma thoughts among AI/AN Peoples.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sports-based youth development staff & youth mental health: Holistic, contextualized, and flexible social support.","authors":"Melanie Tran, Sungha Kang, Tara G Mehta","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2544402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2544402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Traditional treatment models are insufficient to meet youth mental health needs, particularly in marginalized communities. A public health approach that includes mental health promotion can broaden impact. Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) programs leverage sport to teach life skills and promote positive youth development (PYD) in socially vulnerable communities. More rigorous research is needed to understand how SBYD staff support youth within specific socio-ecological contexts to promote PYD. This qualitative study examined how SBYD staff supported predominantly Black/Latine youth in low child opportunity neighborhoods. Direct service staff (<i>N</i><b> </b>=<b> </b>7) participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analyses yielded three themes: Staff provided support that was (1) holistic (e.g., emotional, instrumental, and informational support), (2) contextually-responsive (e.g., informed by similar lived experiences, collaborated across settings), and 3) flexible. Findings illustrate that SBYD staff are integral to the social safety net and can play a critical role in strengthening mental health for vulnerable youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Qualitative experiences with a suicide prevention intervention: voices from advocates and youth experiencing homelessness.","authors":"Laura J Chavez, Brittany Brakenhoff, Leslie Jones, Alicia Bunger, Kelly Kelleher, Natasha Slesnick","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2544394","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10852352.2025.2544394","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide is a leading cause of death among youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) and prevention interventions are needed for nontraditional settings. This study presents the adaptation of Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CTSP) within a supportive housing randomized trial for YEH (18 to 24 years). CTSP was delivered by trained youth advocates in community settings. Both youth (<i>n</i> = 11) and advocates (<i>n</i> = 5) were interviewed and shared perspectives on acceptability and feasibility. Advocates felt CTSP was easy to implement and could be integrated into advocacy sessions. Despite initial discomfort discussing suicide, YEH were open to CTSP, and advocates felt they understood and utilized the content. Advocates noted the importance of ensuring that youth's basic needs were met first, the need for building rapport, and the challenges of limited time with YEH. Interventions to address suicide among YEH that are flexible and ensure youth feel cared about could be more acceptable and increase engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12482997/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}