Developing a Media- and School-Based Program for Substance Abuse Prevention among Hispanic Youth: A Case Study of Mirame!/Look at Me!

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 603-612

  Ramirez, Amelie G ^a   Gallion, Kipling J ^b   Espinoza, Renato ^c   McAlister, Alfred ^d   Chalela, Patricia ^e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HealthCom Sciences   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Research Institute of the Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander FOSCAL   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TELEVISION;

EID: 0031252901     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400507     Document Type: Article

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