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Zili Sloboda, APSI President, Serves as Peer Reviewer for
National Academies Prevention Report
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We are pleased to share that Zili Sloboda, President of Applied Prevention Science International (APSI), was selected as a peer reviewer for the new report Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders, released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2025. This influential publication offers a comprehensive framework to strengthen prevention systems across the United States, emphasizing workforce development, sustainable funding, and the use of data and evidence to guide implementation.
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Zili’s participation in the review process reflects her deep expertise in prevention science and her longstanding leadership in the field. Her contribution helped ensure the report’s scientific rigor and practical relevance. APSI celebrates this recognition of her role and reaffirms its commitment to advancing effective, research-informed strategies that promote mental, emotional, and behavioral well-being at all levels of society.
You can read the full report at here
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Zili Sloboda
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"Prevention science has identified the most effective strategies for helping children, youth and adults make positive connections and engagement with their families, schools, workplace and community. We are working to bring these evidence-based prevention interventions and policies to communities both in the US and across the world. "
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“Which prevention programs and policies are truly worthy of being considered “evidence-based”? I’ve been thinking about the answer to this challenging question for decades. The difference between what can – and what should not – be called “evidence-based” is often critical, if we are to avoid wasting the limited available resources we can expend on prevention. But that difference is often difficult to discern, and as evidence accumulates over time the status of a given program and policy may well change. Sifting through the evidence on a continuing basis, and making recommendations as to what should and should not be implemented, is the job of the entire community involved in the application of prevention science.”
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Chris Ringwalt, DrPH