This issue includes a diverse array of articles on parenting and obesity prevention, the cost benefits of financial incentives for participation in parenting programs, diabetes and disability prevention, communication practices between college students and their physicians, and youth mentoring. Although each contributes greatly to prevention science, this editorial will focus on the two youth mentoring articles, which I believe cover important areas for mentoring research: cultural competence of mentoring programs and effects of mentoring for mentors.
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