Barriers to primary prevention efforts in the Schools: Are we the biggest obstacle to the transfer of knowledge?

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-90

  Johnson, Deborah B ^a   Malone, Pamela J ^a   Dirk Hightower, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to implementation; Mental health; Prevention; Primary prevention; School psychology; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031503546     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-1849(05)80013-7     Document Type: Article

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