The Integration of Research and Practice in the Prevention of Youth Problem Behaviors.

Describes the integration of research-based practices into youth problem behavior prevention, examining the developing integration of science and prevention practice regarding: increasing use of epidemiological evidence about youth problem behaviors to guide prevention; a system for monitoring the incidence, prevalence, and context of youth problems; increasing sophistication in identifying preventive interventions worthy of dissemination; and increased advocacy for empirically evaluated interventions and scientific methods. (Contains references.) (SM)