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The Healthy Families America Initiative

Integrating Research, Theory and Practice

Herausgeber: Galano, Joseph

Beschreibung

The Healthy Families America® Initiative: Integrating Research, Theory and Practice examines the home visitation program aimed at preventing child abuse. This detailed study of the HFA is a guide for future prevention efforts covering the history, challenges, benefits, and best practices in the field.

Autor

Joseph Galano, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the College of William and Mary and a core faculty member in the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Galano has worked at the local, state, and national levels to prevent child abuse and neglect. Since 1995, he has worked with Prevent Child Abuse Virginia to develop Virginia's statewide child abuse prevention initiative, Healthy Families Virginia. He was a member of the steering committee that developed the Blue Ribbon Plan to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect in Virginia and currently serves on Healthy Families Virginia's Advisory Council. Since 1992 he has been a member of the Healthy Families America (HFA) Research Practice Network and is a member of the HFA State Leaders Network. In recognition of his career accomplishments, the American Psychological Association honored him with the 1996 Distinguished Contribution to Practice in Community Psychology award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780789036810
• ISBN-10: 0789036819
• Artikelnr.: 23542339