The rationale of the ‘prevention’ approach is to anticipate and mitigate the likelihood of negative outcomes.

This report argues that in Australia, like in other rich countries, the design and implementation of prevention programs has tended to be ‘top-down’, focused on cost-effectiveness and economic return, with little consultation with target groups (including children) and little debate on the values framework within which prevention programs operate. It discusses both technical and theoretical critiques of prevention approaches and argues that new inclusive or participatory models need to be developed along the existing science-driven models to overcome them.

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