Soledad Sambrano

Biographic Data

ID6087047
NAMESoledad Sambrano
GIVEN NAMESSoledad
FAMILY NAMESambrano
SIGNATURESAMBRANO S
AFFILIATIONSSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
H-INDEX2

  • Family Protection and Prevention of Alcohol Use Among Hispanic Youth at High Risk

    Open AccessElizabeth Sale, Soledad Sambrano et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2005Cited by: 2References: 10

    Research regarding prevention strategies for Hispanic youth stress the importance of family interventions because of the particular importance of family as a protective factor within the Hispanic community. Starting in 1995, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention conducted the National Cross-Site Evaluation of High Risk Youth Programs, a 5-year drug and alcohol prevention study with a sample of approximately 10,500 youth, including nearly 3,00…

  • Characteristics of Effective Substance Abuse Prevention Programs for High-Risk Youth

    Open AccessJ Fred Springer, Elizabeth Sale et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Primary Prevention2004

  • Effectiveness of Culturally Specific Approaches to Substance Abuse Prevention: Findings from CSAP's National Cross-Site Evaluation of High Risk Youth Programs

    J Fred Springer, Elizabeth Sale et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnic & Cultural…2004Cited by: 3References: 3

    This study assesses the degree to which culturally specific interventions enhance substance abuse prevention effectiveness for targeted cultural groups. A large and diverse (African American, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian) sample of 10,500 youth across 48 programs was obtained. Youth participating in culturally specific programming showed greater program satisfaction and felt programs were more personally meaningful than youth in non-cultu…

  • Prevention Programming for African American Youth: A Review of Strategies in CSAP’s National Cross-Site Evaluation of High-Risk Youth Programs

    Open AccessSandra S Chipungu, John R Hermann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology2000

    The purpose of this paper is to add to the knowledge base on prevention programming by explicating the characteristics of 12 programs (out of 47) serving African American youth funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). Findings show that African American youth exhibit lower use rates than most other ethnic and racial groups, but by the time they reach ages 16 to 18, use is prevalent. Data on correlations of risk and protective f…

  • Benefits of community‐based demonstration efforts: Knowledge gained in substance abuse prevention

    Open AccessMichael J Stoil, Gary Hill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2000

    Prospective studies document that preventive interventions can reduce the prevalence of substance abuse and antisocial behavior. In contrast, the justification for community-based demonstrations in substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion assumes that communities have decided to invest in prevention and now wish to learn from the experience of others on how the value of this investment can be maximized. The expectation has been that…

  • Benefits of community-based demonstration efforts: Knowledge gained in substance abuse prevention

    Open AccessMichael J Stoil, Gary Hill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2000References: 9

    Prospective studies document that preventive interventions can reduce the prevalence of substance abuse and antisocial behavior. In contrast, the justification for community-based demonstrations in substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion assumes that communities have decided to invest in prevention and now wish to learn from the experience of others on how the value of this investment can be maximized. The expectation has been that…

  • Informing the next generation of prevention programs: CSAP's cross-site evaluation of the 1994–95 high-risk youth grantees

    Open AccessSoledad Sambrano, J Fred Springer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1997References: 6

    With more than 400 projects funded since its initiation, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) High-Risk Youth Demonstration Program (HRY) is a prime example of federally sponsored demonstrations for generating and disseminating policy and program lessons in the area of substance abuse prevention. The HRY demonstration has provided strong support for both local and cross-site …

  • Emerging findings from high‐risk youth prevention programs

    Open AccessSoledad Sambrano, Mary A Jansen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1997

    Substance abuse by our nation's youth continues to be a major national concern.Recent statistics from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) reveal that progress in combating substance use among youth ages 12 to 17 during the 1980s has stalled or reversed during the 1990s (Department of Health and Human Services, July 1994).Negative attitudes toward drug use have declined among adolescents and actual drug use (tobacco and marijuana) …

  • Emerging findings from high-risk youth prevention programs

    Open AccessSoledad Sambrano, Mary A Jansen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1997