A multi-site evaluation of Parents Raising Safe Kids Violence Prevention Program

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1960-1967

  Weymouth, Lindsay Adelman ^a   Howe, Tasha R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk parents; Child abuse; Evidence based practices; Parent training; Program evaluation; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052159694     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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