Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 239-247 , September 2007

Impact of a Positive Youth Development Program in Urban After-School Settings on the Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use

  • Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Ph.D., Division of Prevention & Community Research and The Consultation Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 389 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511.
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  • Richard Feinn, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Jeffrey J. Vanderploeg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Matthew J. Chinman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Rand Corporation & West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Santa Monica, California
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  • Jane Shepard, Psy.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Tamika Brabham, M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Maegan Genovese, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Christian Connell, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Received 18 October 2006 ,Accepted 1 February 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00104-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.02.016

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 239-247 , September 2007