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Preventive Intervention Research

Pathways for Extending Knowledge of Child/Adolescent Health and Pathology

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This chapter examines the public health rationale and scientific prerequisites and benefits of designing, implementing, and evaluating preventive interventions targeted to children and adolescents. It is argued herein that the continued scientific emergence of such interventions can make significant pragmatic and theoretical contributions to the physical and emotional health of the nation’s children and adolescents.

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Lorion, R.P., Myers, T.G., Bartels, C., Dennis, A. (1994). Preventive Intervention Research. In: Ollendick, T.H., Prinz, R.J. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9041-2_4

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