Background Much is not known about the efficacy of interventions to prevent poor mental
health outcomes in young people by targeting either the general population (universal …

Lifestyle risk behaviors often co-occur and are prevalent among adolescents. Parent-based
interventions addressing risk behaviors concurrently have the potential to improve youth and …

Abstract Background Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH)
are a significant impediment to achieving virological control. HIV non-suppression in PLWH …

With changes to drug-related policies and increased availability of many drugs, we currently
face a public health crisis related to substance use and associated health consequences …

The goal of this Special Issue is to introduce prevention scientists to an emerging form of
healthcare, called precision medicine. This approach integrates investigation of the …

Importance In 2017, an estimated 7.9% of persons aged 12 to 17 years reported illicit drug
use in the past month, and an estimated 50% of adolescents in the US had used an illicit …

Family-based behavioral interventions are efficacious and effective in preventing drug use
and sexual risk behaviors; unfortunately, they have not been evaluated and disseminated in …

Importance Illicit and nonmedical (use in ways other than instructed) drug use is common in
adolescents and young adults and increases the risk of harmful outcomes such as injuries …

Abstract Background The Latinx population is the largest and fastest-growing segment of the
US While the vast majority of Latinx children are US-born, over half are growing up in a …

Abstract Background Immigrant Latinas (who are foreign-born but now reside in the USA)
are at greater risk for developing postpartum depression than the general perinatal …