Promoting Program Success and Fulfilling Accountability Requirements in a Statewide Community-Based Initiative: Challenges, Progress, and Lessons Learned

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 37-52

  Flaspohler, Paul ^a   Wandersman, Abraham ^a   Keener, Dana ^a   Maxwell, Kathryn North ^a   Ace, April ^a   Andrews, Arlene ^a   Holmes, Baron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b S Carolina Budget and Control Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Empowerment; Program evaluation; School readiness

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0348141793     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v26n02_04     Document Type: Review

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