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Prevention is a multidisciplinary science that draws upon basic and applied research from at least 15 major disciplines: education, psychology, medicine, nursing, public health, sociology, political science, business, communications, law, criminal justice, social work, health education, engineering, and economics. In addition, some of the specialty areas of these disciplines that have made important contributions to prevention are early childhood education, community psychology, community nursing, pediatrics, epidemiology, social marketing, policy analysis, and community organization and development.
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Durlak, J.A. (1997). Basic Concepts in Prevention. In: Successful Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0065-4_1
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