Dennis Embry

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Since college days, I’ve tackled big problems using the smallest practical tools that can be spread easily throughout society. My earliest project involved Sesame Street and others for a behavioral intervention to prevent a leading cause of death of young children—being struck by a car. In national trials in New Zealand, more than 50% of families used these simple tools. I applied this same thinking to help thousands of military families during the Gulf War. In the 1990s, I launched the largest youth violence prevention study in the US (PeaceBuilders), getting noticed in People Magazine. Today, I work on spreading evidence-based kernels and behavioral vaccines like the PAX Good Behavio

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Dennis Embry

Rapid results for usa jobs and child family wellbeing

Biglan et al the critical role of nurturing environments for promoting human well being 257

Nurturing the genius of genes the new frontier of education, therapy, and understanding of the brain

Harvard University Brief on Causes and Cures of Bullying and Harassment

Brief on the Science Behind Civility and the Mayors' Accord

Peace builders research-combo

Weapons of Mass Disruption, oxford press 2006

Behavioral Vaccines and Evidence Based Kernels: Non-Pharmaceutical Approaches

Evidence-based kernels for community change and prevention

Good Behavior Game Review

Embry & Biglan "Evidence Based Kernels" Review paper 2008