@article{a61caf715c7543fe90ea790987e12175,
title = "Prevention science and collaborative community action research: Combining the best from both perspectives",
abstract = "Prevention Science (PS) and Collaborative Community Action Research (CCAR) represent two different models for developing and assessing community- based preventive interventions. This paper identifies common features of PS and CCAR, highlights ways in which the PS and CCAR frameworks differ, and suggests that integrating the productive and appropriate application these research approaches will advance significantly future competence-enhancement and prevention research and practice.",
author = "Weissberg, {Roger P.} and Greenberg, {Mark T.}",
note = "Funding Information: Roger W eissberg acknowledges the NIMH{\textquoteright} s Prevention Research Branch and Office on AIDS for their support and funding of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Prevention Research Training Program in Urban Children{\textquoteright} s Mental Health and AIDS Prevention (1-T32-MH19933) directed by Roger Weissberg. He also appreciates the support of his research by the Irving B. Harris Foundation,the Surdna Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the US Department of Education through a grant to the Mid-Atlantic Laboratory for Student Success at the Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education.",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1080/09638239817860",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
pages = "479--492",
journal = "Journal of Mental Health",
issn = "0963-8237",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "5",
}
