Table 2A.

Summary of Preventive Interventions Classified As Most Promising Targeting Adolescents in Three Different Age-Groups

Children Less Than 10 Years of Age
Intervention	Type	Domain	Sample/Ethnicity/Setting	Main Results	Sources
Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers	Universal	Family, school	6 schools, 651 students grades 1 through 5 Primarily White College town	Grade 1 intervention: effects on child physical aggression Grade 5 intervention: effects on patterned alcohol use across grades 6 through 8	Eddy et al. 2000, 2003 www.oslc.org
Raising Healthy Children	Universal	Family, school	10 schools, 989 students grades 1 through 7 Primarily White Suburban	Reductions in teacher reports of disruptive and aggressive behavior in grade 2; no effects by parent reports in grade 2 Reduction in growth of alcohol use No reduction in alcohol initiation rates	Brown et al. 2005; Catalano et al. 2003 depts.washington.edu/sdrg
Seattle Social Development Project	Universal	Family, school	18 schools, 810 students grades 1 through 5 Multiethnic Urban	Grade 2: effects on school-age aggression (White boys only) Grade 5: effects on alcohol initiation At age 18: reductions in heavy drinking	Hawkins et al. 1991, 1992 depts.washington.edu/sdrg/page4.html#ssDP
Nurse–Family Partnership Program	Selective	Family	300 pregnant women White Rural	Mothers: reduced behavioral problems attributable to alcohol and other drug use Children: fewer days of alcohol consumption at age 15	Olds et al. 1998 www.nursefamilypartnership.org
Preventive Treatment Program (Montreal)	Selective	Multicomponent	166 children grades 1 through 2 with early behavioral problems French–Canadian Urban	At age 15: significant effects on drinking to the point of being drunk	Tremblay et al. 1996 www.gripinfo.ca/Grip/Public

NOTE: For more information on these results, see Spoth et al. 2008.