Current and future challenges in school-based prevention: The researcher perspective

Prevention Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-13

  Greenberg, Mark T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Implementation; Prevention; Schools; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642520510     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PREV.0000013976.84939.55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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