What motivates participation and dropout among low-income urban families of color in a prevention intervention?

Family Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 246-254

  Gross, Deborah ^a   Julion, Wrenetha ^a   Fogg, Louis ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attrition; Low income families; Minority; Parent training; Participation; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035598358     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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