Evaluation of free to grow: Head start partnerships to promote substance-free communities

Evaluation Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-188

  Wolfson, Mark ^a   Champion, Heather ^b   Rogers, Todd ^c   Neiberg, Rebecca H ^a   Barker, Dianne C ^d   Talton, Jennifer W ^a   Ip, Edward H ^a   D'Agostino Jr , Ralph B ^a   Parries, Maria T ^a   Easterling, Doug ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Barker Bi Coastal Health Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

community intervention; community partnerships; evaluation; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; TIME;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955800246     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X11403989     Document Type: Article

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