Resources
Publications
CTC has shown to be effective in reducing alcohol use, substance use, antisocial and violent behaviour, improving academic performance, and strengthening protective factors. In addition to these improvements to adolescent health and behaviour outcomes, large US trials of Communities That Care have demonstrated that CTC communities are more likely to adopt and implement evidence based programs compared to control communities.
The below publications provide more detail about the US trials and evidence of the effectiveness of Communities That Care.
2022
Communities That Care Prospectus
2020
Evaluation of community coalition training effects on youth hospital-admitted injury incidence in Victoria, Australia: 2001–2017.
Injury Prevention. 26(5), 463-470.
2019
Community intervention to prevent adolescent health behavior problems: Evaluation of Communities That Care in Australia.
Health Psychology. 38(6), 536-544.
An Australian adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program: Parent and child mental health outcomes from a pilot study.
Australian Psychologist. 54(4), 261-271
2014
Effects of the Communities That Care system on cross-sectional profiles of adolescent substance use and delinquency.
American Journal of Preventative Medicine. 47(2), 188-197.
Youth problem behaviors 8 years after implementing the Communities That Care prevention system: A community-randomized trial
JAMA Pediatrics. 168(2), 122-129.
Variation in the sustained effects of the Communities That Care prevention system on adolescent smoking, delinquency, and violence
Prevention Science. 15, 138-145.
2012
Cost benefit analysis of Communities That Care outcomes at eighth grade
Prevention Science. 13, 150-161.
Sustained decreases in risk exposure and youth problem behaviors after installation of the Communities That Care prevention system in a randomized trial
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 166(2), 141-148
2010
Effects of the Communities That Care model in Pennsylvania on change in adolescent risk and problem behaviors
Prevention Science. 11, 163-171.
2009
Results of a type 2 translational research trial to prevent adolescent drug use and delinquency: A test of Communities That Care
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 163(9), 789-798.
2008
Installing the Communities That Care prevention system: implementation progress and fidelity in a randomized controlled trial
Journal of Community Psychology. 31(3), 316-332.
Bridging science to practice: achieving prevention program implementation fidelity in the Community Youth Development Study
American Journal of Community Psychology. 41, 235-249.
2007
Communities That Care - Review of implementation in three Australian communities (2007)
2018
Student survey trends in reported alcohol use and influencing factors in Australia
Drug and Alcohol Review
A clustered randomised trial examining the effect of social marketing and community mobilisation on the age of uptake and levels of alcohol consumption by Australian adolescents: Study protocol
BMJ Open. 3(1), 1-8
2018
Student survey trends in reported alcohol use and influencing factors in Australia
Drug and Alcohol Review
2015
Longitudinal effects of school drug policies on student marijuana use in Washington State, US and Victoria, Australia
American Journal of Public Health. 105(5), 994-1000.
2014
Associations between alcohol outlet densities and adolescent alcohol consumption: a study in Australian Students
Addictive Behaviors. 39(1), 282–288
A longitudinal study of the association of adolescent polydrug use, alcohol use, and high school non-completion
Addiction. 110(4), 627-35.
2013
Reduction of adolescent alcohol use through family-school intervention: a randomized trial
Journal of Adolescent Health. 53(6), 778-784
The impact of school alcohol policy on student drinking
Health Education Research. 28(4), 651-662.
A clustered randomised trial examining the effect of social marketing and community mobilisation on the age of uptake and levels of alcohol consumption by Australian adolescents: Study protocol
BMJ Open. 3(1), 1-8