TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Research, policy, and the federal role in prevention initiatives for children
JO  - American psychologist, The
A1  - Ripple, Carol H.
A1  - Zigler, Edward
SP  - 482
EP  - 490
VL  - 58
IS  - 6-7
N2  - With the ability and the funds to implement programs on a national level, federal policy, is a potentially potent tool in primary prevention. Despite the U.S. government's history of ambivalence toward intervening in child rearing and limited national support for primary prevention, several initiatives have been implemented for children and families with some measure of success. The successes, however, are mitigated by limitations of the initiatives themselves and by the inconclusive nature of much of the evaluation data. This review of 5 federal policy-based initiatives for children and families provides the backdrop for discussing aspects of federal prevention program design, implementation, policy, and research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-066X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.58.6-7.482
ID  - ref1
ER  -