Sustaining a school-based prevention program: Results from the Aban Aya Sustainability Project

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-23

  Fagen, Michael C ^a   Flay, Brian R ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parent involvement; School based programs; Sex education; Substance use; Sustainability; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 59049107140     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106291376     Document Type: Article

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