Evaluating from the outside: Conducting cross-cultural evaluation research on an American Indian reservation

Evaluation Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-357

  Letiecq, Bethany L ^a   Bailey, Sandra J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Cross cultural research; Evaluation; Native American

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MONTANA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 4043055300     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X04265185     Document Type: Article

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