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Risk Factors—Individual
Anti-social behavior and alienation/Delinquent beliefs/General delinquency involvement/Drug dealing
Chronic medical and/or physical condition
Cognitive and neurological deficits/Low intelligence quotient/Hyperactivity
Early onset of aggression and/or violence
Early sexual involvement
Favorable attitudes toward drug use/Early onset of AOD use/Alcohol and/or drug use
Gun possession/Illegal gun ownership and/or carrying
Lack of guilt and empathy
Life stressors
Mental disorder/Mental health problem/Conduct disorder
Poor refusal skills
Teen parenthood
Victimization and exposure to violence
Risk Factors—Family
Broken home
Child victimization and maltreatment
Family history of the problem behavior/Parent criminality
Family management problems/Poor parental supervision and/or monitoring
Family transitions
Family violence
Having a young mother
Low parent education level/Illiteracy
Maternal depression
Parental use of physical punishment/Harsh and/or erratic discipline practices
Pattern of high family conflict
Poor family attachment/Bonding
Sibling antisocial behavior
Risk Factors—School
Dropping out of school
Frequent school transitions
Identified as learning disabled
Inadequate school climate/Poorly organized and functioning schools/Negative labeling by teachers
Low academic achievement
Low academic aspirations
Low parent college expectations for child
Negative attitude toward school/Low bonding/Low school attachment/Commitment to school
School suspensions
Truancy/Frequent absences
Risk Factors—Community
Availability of alcohol and other drugs
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Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS)
Ages 13-19
Be a Star
Ages 5-12
CASASTART
Ages 8-13
Child–Parent Center
Ages 3-9
Club HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out)
Ages 10-12
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol
Ages 18-24
Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking
Ages 12-54
Creating Lasting Family Connections
Ages 9-17
DARE To Be You
Ages 2-5
East Texas Experiential Learning Center
Ages 12-13
Families in Action
Ages 11-14
Family Matters
Ages 12-14
Gang Resistance Is Paramount
Ages 7-16
Great Body Shop
Ages 4-14
HeadOn
Ages 11-13
Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education
Ages 5-18
Midwestern Prevention Project
Ages 10-12
Native American Prevention Project Against AIDS and Substance Abuse
Ages 12-18
Oakland Beat Health Program
Ages 5-35
Operation Ceasefire
Ages 15-24
Parenting Wisely
Ages 6-18
Parent–Child Assistance Program
Ages 0-3
Philadelphia Youth Violence Reduction
Ages 14-19
Positive Action
Ages 5-18
Preventive Alcohol Education Program
Ages 12-17
Project ALERT
Ages 11-14
Project Northland—Class Action
Ages 14-18
Project Toward No Drug Abuse
Ages 14-19
Project Toward No Tobacco Use
Ages 10-14
SISTERS
Ages 0-50
Saving Lives
Ages 5-35
Say It Straight
Ages 8-18
Skills, Opportunities, and Recognition (SOAR)
Ages 5-14
Spit Tobacco Intervention for High School Athletes
Ages 14-18
Stopping Teenage Addiction to Tobacco
Ages 11-17
Strengthening the Bonds of Chicano Youth and Families
Ages 9-16
Teams–Games–Tournaments Alcohol Prevention
Ages 13-17
Teenage Health Teaching Modules
Ages 11-18
Too Good for Drugs
Ages 5-18
Tri-Agency Resource Gang Enforcement Team
Ages 15-24
Urban Women Against Substance Abuse
Ages 9-15
Woodrock Youth Development Program
Ages 6-14
Wraparound Milwaukee
Ages 13-17
keepin’ it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)
Ages 10-17
Availability of firearms
Community crime/High crime neighborhood
Community instability
Economic deprivation/Poverty/Residence in a disadvantaged neighborhood
Feeling unsafe in the neighborhood
Low community attachment
Neighborhood youth in trouble
Social and physical disorder/Disorganized neighborhood
Risk Factors—Peer
Association with delinquent and/or aggressive peers
Gang involvement/Gang membership
Peer alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drug use
Peer rejection