Communities That Care: Action for Drug Abuse Prevention (Joint Publication of the Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral S) [Paperback]

J. David Hawkins (Author), Richard F. Catalano Jr. (Author)

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Publication Date: August 19, 1992 | ISBN-10: 1555424716 | ISBN-13: 978-1555424718 | Edition: 1st

Shows how to create a comprehensive, community-wide prevention program to effectively confront the serious drug and alcohol problems threatening our youth. Shows how to employ community mobilization, educational strategies, volunteerism, and mass media to achieve significant reductions in adolescent drug use.

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Shows educators, parents, and other concerned adults how they can work together to create a comprehensive, community-wide prevention program that effectively confronts the serious drug and alcohol problems threatening our youth. It draws on other community-wide prevention efforts in the United States and Europe to show how to employ community mobilization, educational strategies, voluntarism, and mass media to achieve significant reductions in adolescent drug use.

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Shows educators, parents, and other concerned adults how they can work together to create a comprehensive, community-wide prevention program that effectively confronts the serious drug and alcohol problems threatening our youth. It draws on other community-wide prevention efforts in the United States and Europe to show how to employ community mobilization, educational strategies, voluntarism, and mass media to achieve significant reductions in adolescent drug use.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (August 19, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555424716
• ISBN-13: 978-1555424718
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,510,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Building Strong Communities, April 2, 2000

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This review is from: Communities That Care: Action for Drug Abuse Prevention (Joint Publication of the Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral S) (Paperback)

This book offers a thoughtful and thorough analysis of drug abuse among youth, plaguing communities today. Accompanying the problem identification are strategies for community diagnosis, intervention and funding. This step by step guide outlines through figures and exhibits the approaches that may lead to successful social development in communities. Model goals and objectives, timeframes and evaluation tools are especially useful. Materials are timely and real-world, ready for us to put them to use.