The outlook is G.R.E.A.T.: What educators say about school-based prevention and the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program

Evaluation Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-245

  Peterson, Dana ^a   Esbensen, Finn Aage ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gang prevention; Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.); Outcome evaluation; School based prevention; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ARIZONA; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEBRASKA; NEW MEXICO; OREGON; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2942635954     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X03262598     Document Type: Article

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