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Apr
7
12:00 PM12:00
Policy Implementation, Evidence-based practice, Equity, Preventive Intervention, Minoritized Youth

CDIAS PSMG: Pamela Buckley and Velma McBride Murry

Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions – Are they Inclusive of Diverse Populations and Do they Build a More Equitable Future for ALL Youth, Families and Communities?

Pamela Buckley, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder

Velma McBride Murry, PhD
Vanderbilt University

ABSTRACT:
Historically marginalized groups face health and social disparities, highlighting the need for equitable preventive interventions. This presentation synthesizes findings from two systematic reviews on representation, cultural tailoring, and subgroup analyses in prevention research. The first review (Buckley et al., 2023) examined 885 preventive programs for youth with evaluations published from 2010-2021 and found incomplete reporting: 77% of studies reported race (with samples predominantly White and Black/African American), 64% reported ethnicity (in which roughly one-third of participants were Hispanic/Latino), and 31% of studies collapsed across race or categorized race with ethnicity. Fewer than one-third of studies (29%) reported participants’ income status; among those that did, most participants came from low-income backgrounds. Of the 73% of studies that reported geographic location, 31% included participants from rural areas. The second review (Buckley et al., 2025) analyzed 292 rigorous experimental evaluations of youth preventive programs published between 2010–2023 and identified few culturally tailored interventions (31%) and limited subgroup testing—25% by race, 15% by ethnicity, and even fewer by economic disadvantage, gender, sexual orientation, geographic location, or nativity. When tested, effects often favored racial and ethnic minoritized groups, and subgroup reporting increased over time. However, concerns about selective reporting emerged, as very few studies preregistered their subgroup analyses. Advancing equity in prevention science will require improved reporting, prospectively registered subgroup testing, and greater investment in culturally grounded interventions. The presentation concludes with a proposed research project addressing these needs.

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May
10
12:00 PM12:00
Racial Representation, Ethnic Representation, Preventive Intervention, Blueprints Registry, Community Engagement, Implementation Methods

PSMG: Systemic Racism and Prevention Science: Enhancing Social Justice to Achieve Health Equity Series - Pamela Buckley and Velma Murry McBride

Examining the Representation of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in Preventive Intervention Research

Pamela Buckley, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder

Velma McBride Murry, PhD
Vanderbilt University

ABSTRACT:
There are major gaps in research on racial/ethnic minoritized groups that impede effectiveness of preventive interventions, including insufficient attention to protective processes that prevent and avert risk, discounting input and guidance from community stakeholders of diverse communities, and overlooking crucial information about how to effectively transition interventions from white to racial/ethnic minority populations. Despite inclusion of racial ethnic minoritized populations, interventions validated with largely white samples are often recommended for all populations, which then heightens external validity concerns about widely disseminated treatments that are tested for one group but exported, perhaps uncritically, to others. Empirical evidence documenting the prevalence of racial/ethnic minoritized groups represented in preventive intervention research studies, however, is largely unknown. This project uses data from the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development database (herein referred to as Blueprints), which provides an online clearinghouse of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) that prevent or reduce the likelihood of antisocial and violent behavior and promote a healthy course of youth development. Using data collected by Blueprints, which is the longest standing clearinghouse among up to 20 within the United States alone, we examined the representation of ethnic minority groups in preventive intervention research. Specifically, we reviewed and evaluated the nature, size, and scope of extant research across an 11-year period involving representation of racial and ethnic minority groups in preventive intervention research, thus serving as a vehicle for decision-making regarding the generalizability of EBIs. This presentation provides an overview of preliminary findings, presents recommendations for reporting race and ethnicity in prevention interventions studies, and concludes with a discussion aimed at identifying specific areas where additional research would be beneficial or even gaps in services where new intervention development is needed.

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