Core Competencies or Prevention Researchers Report
The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) is pleased to announce the release of this report, entitled Core Competencies for Prevention Researchers. The goal of this report is to help define prevention science; to identify the assumptions, principles, and key domains that fall within this definition; and to describe specific competencies that characterize each domain.
The report highlights the fundamental roles of epidemiology and etiology of risk, promotive, and protective factors for health, behavior, and societal problems; it highlights advancements and innovations in basic and applied research, including the evaluation of preventive interventions; it addresses both the development and adaptation of these interventions; and it recognizes the growing importance of their dissemination and implementation with our focal populations.
The report was informed through extensive interviews with prevention researchers, focus group discussions with prevention practitioners, interactive roundtable conversations with prevention research conference attendees in the U.S. and internationally, and reviews of prevention course syllabi and peer-reviewed literature.