PAXIS Institute

The five most costly children’s conditions, 2011: estimates for us civilian noninstitutionalized children, ages 0–17

This Statistical Brief presents data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey...

Mosaic Down’s syndrome prevalence in a complete population study

From 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 we performed a retrospective observational study on...

A framework for intentional cultural change

We present a framework for a pragmatic science of cultural evolution. It is now possible...

The next big thing in child and adolescent psychiatry: Interventions to prevent and intervene early in psychiatric illnesses

The last two decades have marked tremendous progress in our ability to prevent and intervene...

Evolving the future: Toward a science of intentional change

Humans possess great capacity for behavioral and cultural change, but our ability to manage change...

The short-term impact of two classroom-based preventive interventions on aggressive and shy behaviors and poor achievement

Two classroom-based preventive interventions were carried out on an epidemiologically defined, varied population of children...

The course and malleability of aggressive behavior from early first grade into middle school: Results of a developmental epidemiology-based preventive trial

The course and malleability of aggressive behavior from beginning elementary school through transition into middle...

The impact of an elementary school-based violence prevention program on visits to the school nurse

Introduction: In Tucson, Arizona, an elementary school-based violence prevention program (PeaceBuilders) was implemented during the...

Targeting early antecedents to prevent tobacco smoking: Findings from an epidemiologically based randomized field trial

OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether interventions aimed at aggressive/disruptive classroom behavior and poor academic achievement...

Proximal impact of two first-grade preventive interventions on the early risk behaviors for later substance abuse, depression, and antisocial behavior

We assessed the immediate effects of two universal, first-grade preventive interventions on the proximal targets...