Conducting a Community Forum to Address Youth Substance Abuse

Community forums are about participatory democracy at a local level. They involve gathering citizens of a community together to discuss issues, make choices on how to deal with them, and develop common ground to resolve those issues. This 4-page fact sheet provides suggestions for leading and condu...

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Main Authors: Emily Rickerson, Muthusami Kumaran, Kate Fogarty
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Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2011-08-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/127026
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