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Prevention Research Training Seminar
Psychology 578
Objectives: The purpose of the
seminar is to provide fellows with an opportunity to become familiar with
current issues in the design and conduct of prevention research. The seminar
focuses on increasing fellows' familiarity with the prevention research
activities of the training faculty; expanding critical thinking about current
topics in prevention; and developing fellows' professional and research
skills. In addition, the seminar serves as a resource for fellows to share
their own work and ideas with colleagues.
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Fall 1997
| August 29 |
Introductions
Roger Weissberg, PRTP Director
Organization of the Seminar
Robin Miller, PRTP Co-Director
Prevention-Related Publication
Weissberg, R.P. & Greenberg, M.T. (1997). School and community competence-enhancement
and prevention programs. In W. Damon (Series Ed.) & I.E. Siegel &
K.A. Renninger (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 5. Child Psychology
in Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Prevention-Related Link
The Early Career Preventionists
Network provides information on career and research opportunities, including
conferences, job listings, and grants for graduate students and other beginning
prevention research scientists. |
| September 5 |
Getting Organized for the Annual Group Project
Roger Weissberg |
| September 12 |
Presentations of Masters Theses
George Greene, Bernadette Sanchez, Marisha Slaughter;
PRTP Predoctoral Fellows |
| September 19 |
Presentations of Masters Theses
Michael Fagen, Susan Paik, Darius Tandon;
PRTP Predoctoral Fellows |
| September 26 |
Presentation: Overview of Prevention Research With Children
Roger Weissberg, PRTP Director
Prevention-Related Publication
Weissberg, R.P. & Greenberg, M.T. (1997). School and community competence-enhancement
and prevention programs. In W. Damon (Series Ed.) & I.E. Siegel &
K.A. Renninger (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 5. Child Psychology
in Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons. |
| October 3 |
Presentation: The Theory of Triadic Influence
Brian Flay, Prevention Research Training Program Core Faculty
Director, Health Research and Policy Centers, UIC School of Public Health
Prevention-Related Publications:
Flay, B.R. & Petraiatis, J. (1993). The Theory of triadic influence:
A new theory of health behavior with implications for preventive interventions.
In G.S. Albrecht (Ed.) Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. IV: A reconsideration
of models of health behavior change. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Prevention-Related Link:
The Association of Schools of Public Health
provides information about training and funding for students interested
in public health and prevention. |
| October 6 |
Presentation: Predictors of Health Promotion
Emory Cowen, Rochester University
Prevention-Related Publications
Cowen, E.L. (1980). The wooing of primary prevention. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 8, 258-284.
Cowen, E.L. & Work, W.C. (1988). Resilient children, psychological
wellness, and primary prevention. American Journal of Community Psychology,
16, 591-607. |
| October 10 |
Student Meeting |
| October 17 |
Presentation: An HIV Prevention Program in New York City
Robin Miller, PRTP Co-Director
Prevention-Related Publication
Miller, R.L., Klotz, D. & Eckholdt, H.M. (In press). HIV Prevention
with Male Prostitutes and Patrons of Hustler Bars: Replication of an HIV
Preventive Intervention. |
| October 24 |
Presentation: An Evaluation of the "I Have a Dream" Program
Joe Kahne, UIC College of Education
Prevention-Related Publication
Kahne, J. & Bailey, K. (In Review). The Role of Social Capital in Youth
Development: The Case of "I Have a Dream." Educational Evaluation
and Social Policy Analysis.
Prevention-Related Link
The Harvard University Family Research Project's Evaluation
Exchange is an excellent resource with links to several websites of
interest to evaluators of children's programs. |
| November 7 |
Discussion: Grantsmanship - Grant Writing
Robin Mermelstein, PRTP Core Faculty
Deputy Director, Health Research and Policy Centers
Prevention-Related Publication
Mermelstein, R. & Riesenberg, L. (1992). Changing knowledge and attitudes
about skin cancer risk factors among adolescents. Health Psychology, 11,
371-376. |
| November 14 |
Presentation: Aban Aya Youth Project - Afrocentricity, Parenting, and Violence
Prevention
Michelle Holliday, PRTP Postdoctoral Fellow |
| November 21 |
Group Discussion: Prevention Research Training, Future Seminar Topics |
| December 5 |
Presentation: Longitudinal Data Analysis in Prevention Research
Dick Campbell
Prevention-Related Publication
Campbell, R. T. (1992). Longitudinal Studies. In E.F. Borgatta and M. Borgatta
(Eds). Encyclopedia of Sociology (3), 1146-1158. |
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Spring 1998
| January 12 |
Discussion: Philosophy of Science
Robin Miller, PRTP Co-Director
Prevention-Related Publication
Chronbach, L.J. Social Inquiry by and for Earthlings. In D.W. Fiske &
R.A. Shweder (Eds.), Metatheory in Social Science: Pluralisms and Subjectivities.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. |
| January 26 |
Presentation: Conducting Ethnographic Research
William Ayers, UIC College of Education
Prevention-Related Publication
Tesch, R. (1990). Qualitative Research: Analysis Types and Software Tools.
New York: Falmer Press. |
| February 2 |
Workshop: Analyzing Qualitative Data Using the ATLAS/ti
Software Package
Nadine Peacock, UIC School of Public Health
Prevention-Related Publication
Ayers, W. (1997). A Kind and Just Parent. Boston: Beacon Press. |
| February 9 |
Presentation: Structural Equation Modeling
Kathy Mayhew, PRTP Postdoctoral Fellow
Prevention-Related Publication
Mayhew, K.P. & Lempers, J.D. (In press). The relation between financial
strain, parenting, parent self esteem, and adolescent self esteem. Journal
of Early Adolescence. |
| February 16 |
Discussion: Enlisting Families in Prevention Research
Amy Leventhal, PRTP Postdoctoral Fellow, and staff from Roberta Paikoff's
Project CHAMP
Prevention-Related Publication
Paikoff, R.L. (1995). Early heterosexual debut: Situations of sexual possibility.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 65, 386-401. |
| February 23 |
Workshop: Concept Mapping
Rebecca Campbell, UIC Dept. of Psychology
Prevention-Related Publications
Trochim, M.K. (1989). An Introduction to Concept Mapping for Planning and
Evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12, 1-16.
Campbell, R. (1995). The role of work experience and individual beliefs
in police officers' perceptions of date rape: An integration of quantitative
and qualitative methods. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 249-277. |
| March 2 |
Presentation: School Transitions in Japan
Reizo Koizumi, Fullbright Scholar
Prevention-Related Publication
Koizumi, R. (1995). Children's Expectations and Worries, and Their Adaptation
in the Transition to Junior High School. Japanese Journal of Educational
Psychology, 43, 58-67.
Prevention-Related Link
The School Mental Health Project
website of UCLA's Psychology Department contains information on prevention
related articles, school-based prevention programs and more. |
| March 9 |
Discussion: Ethics in Prevention Research
Robin Miller, PRTP Co-Director
Joe Stokes, PRTP Affiliated Faculty
Prevention-Related Publication
Schwandt, T.A. (1997). The Landscape of Values in Evaluation: Charted Terrain
and Unexplored Territory. New Directions for Evaluation, 76, 25-39. |
| March 23 |
Presentation: Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Donald Hedeker, Health Research and Policy Centers, UIC
Prevention-Related Publication
Hedeker, D. & Mermelstein, R.J. (1996). Section III. Methods for analyzing
longitudinal data on relapse: Application of random-effects regression models
in relapse research. Addiction, 9, 5211-5229.
Prevention-Related Link
The Institute for Survey Research
at the University of Michigan offers courses in HLM during the summer.
Visit Dr. Hedeker's website
to download freeware for conducting various forms of HLM. |
| March 30 |
Business Meeting: Competitive Renewal Application |
| April 6 |
Career Panel, Part I - Independent Consulting, Applied Settings, and Government
Prevention-Related Link
USA Jobs provides access to
information about employment with the federal government. |
| April 20 |
Presentation: Adolescent Peer Relations and Their Association with Emotional
and Physical Symptomatology
Patricia Graczyk, applicant for a PRTP Postdoctoral Position |
| April 27 |
Discussion: Developing and Managing Budgets
Robin Mermelstein, PRTP Core Faculty
Faith Thurmond, UIC Psychology Department |
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