The influence of "no child left behind" legislation on drug prevention in U.S. schools

Evaluation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 446-463

  Cho, Hyunsan ^a   Hallfors, Denise Dion ^a   Iritani, Bonita J ^a   Hartman, Shane ^a  

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

Author keywords

Evidence based curricula; Policy evaluation; Safe and drug free school funding; Substance abuse and violence prevention

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349309147     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X09335050     Document Type: Article

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