Table 1.

Brief description of PROSPER universal preventive interventions

Family Intervention for 6th Graders
Intervention	Description	Implementation Adherence Rate	Key Citations
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10–14 (SFP 10–14)	7-session program that focuses on enhancing parenting skills (e.g., nurturance, limit setting, and communication), as well as youth substance refusal and other prosocial skills	>90%	Molgaard et al. 1997; Spoth et al. 2011
School Interventions for 7th Graders
Life Skills Training (LST)	15-lesson universal preventive intervention designed to promote skills, such as peer resistance and self-management, and strategies for avoiding the use of substances	89%	Botvin et al. 1996; 2000
Project ALERT	11-session social influence-focused intervention intended to change students’ beliefs about substance use norms, help students identify and resist pro-substance use pressures from peers and the media, and strengthen their refusal self-efficacy	89%	Rosenstock et al. 1988
All Stars	13-session intervention intended to influence students’ perceptions about substance use and violence, increase accuracy of their beliefs about peer norms, have students make a personal commitment to avoid negative behaviors, and increase their bonding to school	91%	Hansen, 1996