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Substance abuse prevention in multicultural communities / Jeanette Valentine, Judith A. De Jong, Nancy J. Kennedy, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Substance abuse--United States--Prevention--Case studies.
- Substance abuse.
- Children of minorities--Substance use--United States.
- Children of minorities.
- Minorities--Substance use--United States.
- Minorities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This insightful volume describes a sample of prevention demonstration projects of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). Substance Abuse Prevention in Multicultural Communities illuminates various aspects of prevention theory, practice, and research with a focus on the design, implementation, adaptation, and outcome of specific demonstration programs. Researchers work with prevention professionals to describe, measure, and intensify effects of interventions upon both intermediate problems and the ultimate long-term goal of decreasing substance abuse. Chapters in Substance Abuse Prev
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Implementation and Evaluation of Substance Abuse Prevention Programs in Culturally Diverse Communities: An Introduction""; ""Friendly PEERsuasionSM Against Substance Use: The Girls IncorporatedSM Model and Evaluation""; ""The Nee-kon Project: Designing and Implementing Prevention Strategies for Young Native American Children""; ""Evolution of a Substance Abuse Prevention Program with Inner City African-American Families""
- ""Alcohol and Drug Prevention Among American Indian Families: The Family Circles Program""""Impact of a Family and School Based Prevention Program on Protective Factors for High Risk Youth""; ""Effectiveness of the Logan Square Prevention Project: Interim Results""; ""Dosage-Related Changes in a Culturally-Responsive Prevention Program for Asian American Youth""; ""Strengthening Causal Inference in Adolescent Drug Prevention Studies: Methods and Findings from a Controlled Study of the Urban Youth Connection Program""; ""Prevention Through Empowerment in a Native American Community""
- ""Index""
- Notes:
- "Substance abuse prevention in multicultural communities has been co-published simultaneously as Drugs & society, volume 12, numbers 1/2 1998."--T.p.
- First published 1998 by the Haworth Press, Inc.
- Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-79063-4
- 1-138-00233-X
- 1-315-80980-X
- 1-317-79064-2
- 9781315809809
- OCLC:
- 884017161
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