Promoting intervention fidelity: Conceptual issues, methods, and preliminary results from the EARLY ALLIANCE prevention trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 38-47

  Dumas, Jean E ^a   Lynch, Anne M ^a   Laughlin, James E ^b   Smith, Emilie Phillips ^c   Prinz, Ronald J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Conduct disorder; Guideline adherence; Information services; Primary prevention; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECORDS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035219290     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(00)00272-5     Document Type: Article

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