Project

Diffusion of State Risk/Protective-Focused Prevention

Start Dates: 1997

PI(s): J. David Hawkins

Co-PI(s): Richard F. Catalano

Project Director: Michael Arthur

Funding: National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Justice, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Project Description

The Diffusion Project studied the development and effectiveness of state and local prevention systems using epidemiological data on research-based risk and protective factors as the basis for prevention planning and program monitoring. The collaborative effort involved the state alcohol and drug abuse agencies of seven states: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. The study described the processes by which each of the states implemented a prevention planning system based on epidemiological data and examined the diffusion and impact of these systems on community levels of risk and protection, drug use, and crime.