Strategic use of a community database for planning and practice

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 57-72

  Chow, Julian ^a,b   Coulton, Claudia ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community database; Community needs assessment; Community planning; Community practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344847088     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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