The rape prevention and education (RPE) theory model of community change: Connecting individual and social change

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-312

  Cox, Pamela J ^a   Lang, Karen S ^a   Townsend, Stephanie M ^b   Campbell, Rebecca ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*

Author keywords

Mpower program; Primary prevention; Rape prevention and education program; Sexual violence; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954839473     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2010.492494     Document Type: Article

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