Translating Longitudinal, Developmental Research With Rural African American Families Into Prevention Programs for Rural African American Youth

The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brody, Gene H ^a   Kogan, Steven M ^a   Grange, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African American; Alcohol use; Intervention programs; Poverty; Prevention; Protective caregiving; Rural environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874745325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199769100.013.0031     Document Type: Chapter

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