What Works, for Whom, and How?
ResearchPosted on rand.org 1999Published in: Substance Abuse Prevention: A Multicultural Perspective / Edited by Snehendu B. Kar (Amityville, NY: Baywood, 1999), Chapter 4, p. 101-129
Drug prevention programs need to be sensitive to developmental changes in a childs vulnerability, targeting family and school bonds during elementary school or earlier, more proximal influences such as peer pressure and normative beliefs during the shift to adolescence. In this chapter the author notes the areas where understanding of risk factors for certain groups is particularly lacking.
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