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Brian R. Flay
Researcher at Oregon State University
Publications - 326
Citations - 27206
Brian R. Flay is an academic researcher from Oregon State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Health promotion. The author has an hindex of 89, co-authored 325 publications receiving 26390 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian R. Flay include Wesleyan University & University of Waikato.
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Standards of Evidence: Criteria for Efficacy, Effectiveness and Dissemination
Brian R. Flay,Anthony Biglan,Robert F. Boruch,Felipe González Castro,Denise C. Gottfredson,Sheppard G. Kellam,Eve K. Mościcki,Steven P. Schinke,Jeffrey C. Valentine,Peter Ji +9 more
TL;DR: These Standards will inform efforts in the field to find prevention Programs and policies that are of proven efficacy, effectiveness, or readiness for adoption and will guide prevention scientists as they seek to discover, research, and bring to the field new prevention programs and policies.
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Reviewing Theories of Adolescent Substance Use: Organizing Pieces in the Puzzle
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present 14 multivariate theories of experimental substance use (e.g., alcohol and marijuana use) among adolescents, including those theories that emphasize substance-specific cognitions, social learning processes, commitment to conventional values and attachment to families, and intrapersonal processes.
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Why children start smoking cigarettes: predictors of onset.
TL;DR: Though the 27 studies are far from perfect, it is believed that they confirm the importance of many well-accepted predictors and raise some questions about others, and encourages more investigations of the potentially different predictors of transitions to experimental or regular cigarette smoking.
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Efficacy and Effectiveness Trials (and Other Phases of Research) in the Development of Health Promotion Programs
TL;DR: The concepts of efficacy and effectiveness are examined from the viewpoints of the traditions and philosophies of health-care research and social program evaluation, and eight phases of research are suggested for the development of health promotion programs.