The effects of Positive Youth Development interventions on substance use, violence and inequalities: systematic review of theories of change, processes and outcomes

• Main Authors: Chris Bonell (Author), Kelly Dickson (Author), Kate Hinds (Author), GJ Melendez-Torres (Author), Claire Stansfield (Author), Adam Fletcher (Author), James Thomas (Author), Katrina Lester (Author), Elizabeth Oliver (Author), Simon Murphy (Author), Rona Campbell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Positive Youth Development (PYD) delivered outside school aims to enable young people to develop positive assets such as relationships and confidence, rather than to merely address risk. Existing reviews of PYD effects on substance use or violence are old and unsystematic. Objectives: To...