Understanding ecological programming: Evaluating program structure through a comprehensive assessment tool

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 13-28

  Jakes, Susan Scherffius ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community change; Ecological model; Ecological programming; Evaluation; Program development; Social change

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; DEVICE; ECOLOGICAL PROGRAMMING; ECOLOGICAL PROGRAMMING SCALE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2942614832     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v27n02_02     Document Type: Review

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