Great minds don't always think alike: The challenges of conducting substance abuse prevention research in public schools

Journal of Drug Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Renes, Susan L ^a,c   Ringwalt, Chris ^b   Clark, Heddy Kovach ^b   Hanley, Sean ^b  

^a Olympic Educational Service District #114   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

HUMANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547927076     PISSN: 00472379     EISSN: 15414159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/T467-T0K6-8140-8635     Document Type: Review

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