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Endnotes
1 It is important to note that staff of two Intervention projects indicated
that they do not necessarily expect the youth in the project
to leave the gang because such a move could be dangerous in the
neighborhoods where members align with certain gangs for life.
Rather, staff strive to instill more positive values and alternatives to
the gang lifestyle.
2 The questionnaire was administered at baseline and follow-up in
all three Clubs utilizing an intervention approach and in seven
of the nine prevention Clubs who were in their second year of
implementation. The seven prevention Clubs chosen were in
their second year of implementing the program and recruited
and administered questionnaires to a minimum of 23 newly
enrolling youth.
3 Intervention youth are involved in the intervention projects,
which operate separately from the regular Boys & Girls Club.
They were asked specifically about their attendance in the
project, not the Club.
4 The level of significance of each of the findings is marked after
each statement. P-values of + p