Beyond the "Village" Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents

@article{Benson1998BeyondT,
  title={Beyond the "Village" Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents},
  author={Peter L. Benson and Nancy Leffert and Peter C. Scales and Dale A. Blyth},
  journal={Applied Developmental Science},
  year={1998},
  volume={16},
  pages={3-23}
}
The role of community in child and adolescent development is emerging as a significant area of theoretical inquiry, research, and application. This article describes the development and utilization of a comprehensive community change effort designed to increase the attention of all community members toward strengthening core developmental processes for children and adolescents. It describes the development of 2 theoretical constructs, that of developmental assets and of asset-building… 
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