The role of informal social support in needs assessment: Proposal and application of a model to assess immigrants' needs in the South of Spain

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 284-298

  Hernandez Plaza S ^a   Pozo, C ^a   Alonso Morillejo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Formal support system; Immigration; Informal social support; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944270376     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.782     Document Type: Article

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