Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Around the Jungle Gym: A Social Exchange and Networks Approach to Engaging Afterschool Programs in Implementing Evidence-Based Practices

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 491-502

  Smith, Emilie Phillips ^a   Wise, Eileen ^a   Rosen, Howard ^b   Rosen, Alison ^b   Childs, Sharon ^a   McManus, Margaret ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hempfield Behavioral Health   (United States)

^c Cheltenham School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterschool; Implementation; Out of school time; Partnerships and coalitions; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NARRATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84899866597     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-014-9656-0     Document Type: Article

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