American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

Jeffrey Jenson, PhD

Active | Inducted in 2011

Bio

Jeffrey M. Jenson, PhD is the Philip and Eleanor Winn Endowed Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver. His research focuses on the application of a public health approach to preventing child and adolescent health and behavior problems and on the evaluation of preventive interventions aimed at promoting healthy youth development. Dr. Jenson has published nine books and numerous articles and chapters on topics of child and adolescent development and prevention science. His books include Promoting the behavioral health of children and adolescents: Evidence-based strategies in schools, families, and communities and Social policy for children and families: A risk and resilience perspective, a recipient of the Best Edited Book Award from the Society for Research on Adolescence. Dr. Jenson is the former chair of the Coalition for the Promotion of Behavioral Health and a co-author of Unleashing the Power of Prevention, a comprehensive framework published by the National Academy of Medicine that helps communities and states implement tested and effective preventive interventions for behavioral health problems. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Career Achievement Award and the Aaron Rosen Award from the Society for Social Work and Research, and the Distinguished Scholar and University Lecturer awards from the University of Denver. Dr. Jenson is a former editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and the Society for Social Work and Research.

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