Abstract
This article analyzes preventive/promotive strategies whereby minority persons (with special reference to black Americans) can build on their collective strengths and prevent predictable problems.
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The article was adapted from a longer paper presented at an interdisciplinary conference on primary prevention in health and human services, Prevention: Strategies for Healthful Living, Charleston, West Virginia, October 21, 1981. The author would like to acknowledge several colleagues who shared their ideas on some of these topics: Arnold Barnes, Lynn Bloom, David Forbes, Grace Harris, David Saunders, and Fred Smith. They are, of course, absolved from any blame for the form this article has finally taken.
Dr. Bloom is affiliated with the School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Requests for reprints may be addressed to him at 302 Mill Neck Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185.
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Bloom, M. Prevention/promotion with minorities. J Primary Prevent 3, 224–234 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01325405
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