Frontline worker perceptions of the empowerment process in community-based agencies

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-170

  Everett, Joyce E ^a   Homstead, Kerry ^a   Drisko, James ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based agencies; Empowerment process; Family resource centers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250694183     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.2.161     Document Type: Article

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