Adolescent Substance Use Prevention

The book titled Adolescent Substance Use Prevention: Evidence-Based Approach in Social Work focuses on the contemporary issues related to Adolescent use of substances, its prevention by using appropriate Social Work intervention methods. This book will be of benefit to a wide range of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working in disciplines such as psychology, education, social work, health education, juvenile justice, and community organization and development. It covers an array of school-, family-, and community-based interventions for different populations and provides helpful references for those who want to further their understanding of different topics. It will provide an insight into the theoretical models that drive substance prevention efforts. It offers an extensive review of the logistical, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination challenges faced and overcome by prevention scientists. The book explains the scientific reasoning that program developers have consistently applied to their programs beginning from the point of initial conceptualization through subsequent implementations, evaluations, and revisions as necessary and how a wide array of evaluation tools can be used to document that a program is evidence based. About the Authors Dr. K. Sathyamurthi, PhD., is currently working as the Head of the Department, Department of Social Work, MSSW. Dr. K Sathyamurthi is having 26 years of teaching, research and training expertise in the field of Social Work. He has produced 12 PhD and 14 MPhil research scholars in the Social Work field and two of his research scholar's work was awarded with patent by the Government of India. Dr. R. Sathish Kumar, PhD., is currently working as the Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore. He is having 14 years of teaching, research and training experience in the field of Medical and Psychiatric Social Work.