Mobilizing Communities to Implement Evidence-Based Practices in Youth Violence Prevention: The State of the Art

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 31-42

  Backer, Thomas E ^a   Guerra, Nancy G ^b  

^a Human Interaction Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; Evidence based practices; Implementation; Youth violence prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960451802     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9409-7     Document Type: Article

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