Sustainability of prevention.
This paper outlines the guidelines for sustaining prevention and makes suggestions for getting from the field's current status to greater levels of permanence for prevention. The paper begins by reviewing the status of prevention, then focuses on major considerations for achieving sustainability, including two processes of institutionalization, comprehensive programming and professionalism.
Swisher
J D
JD
Penn State University, USA. jds@psu.edu
Clayton
R
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States