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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Public Policy Law. 2017 Jul 20;24(1):128–143. doi: 10.1037/law0000138

Table 1. Summary of recommendations.

Target Recommendation
Federal policymakers
  • Promote the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based family interventions within federal programs targeting poverty (e.g., Head Start, Women, Infants, and Children).

  • Support research on how dissemination and implementation can be accelerated (e.g., research on barriers in existing systems, streamlining of existing family-based prevention programs) through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and/or the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

State policymakers
  • Implement policies that require dissemination and implementation of evidence-based family interventions, both in healthcare (e.g., Accountable Care Organizations) and in education (K-12).

Researchers/practitioners
  • Work to educate citizens and state and local policymakers regarding the programs and policies that are available to prevent the most common and costly problems of youth.

  • Engage the media to be responsible reporters about the long-term consequences of our actions for children's development.