Focus groups with school staff to explore asset-building innovativeness

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-145

  Mahoney, Colleen A ^a   Lafferty, Carolyn K ^a   Nutter, Sandra K ^b  

^a Mahoney Consulting Group   (United States)

^b Mahoney Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental assets; Evaluation; Focus groups

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; STAFF; TEACHER; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COUNSELING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACULTY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OHIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENTS;

EID: 0038650955     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.2.5     Document Type: Article

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