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April 2007, Vol 97, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 594-599
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.096347

ON THE OTHER HAND

Changing Service Systems for High-Risk Youth Using State-Level Strategies

Evelyn R. Frankford, MSW

Evelyn R. Frankford is with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services–Schools Initiative with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints may be sent to Director, EOHHS–Schools Initiative, c/o Department of Social Services, 24 Farnsworth St, Boston, MA 02210 (e-mail: efrankford@verizon.net).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
HIGH-RISK YOUTH ARE vulnerable to multiple and intersecting problems, including emotional and behavioral disorders, substance abuse, violent and risk-taking behaviors, and poor connection to and performance in school. High-risk youth are more likely to live in vulnerable families and in communities that are inadequately supportive, contain high rates of conflict, and expose youth to high-risk activities.1

Despite the considerable efforts of those who serve youth through the many governmental and voluntary programs, these programs and services are not meeting the challenge of effective intervention to address and ameliorate the problems associated with high-risk youth and their broader social environments. One . . . [Full Text]


   PREVENTION AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
 

   ELEMENTS OF NEW STRATEGIES
 

   VENUES FOR SERVICE DELIVERY
 
Building up the Prevention Focus in Schools
Incorporating Prevention Interventions in Primary Health Settings

   MOVING STATES BEYOND CATEGORICAL FUNDING
 





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