Conceptualizing outcomes with street-living young adults: Grounded theory approach to evaluating the social enterprise intervention

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-237

  Ferguson, Kristin M ^a   Islam, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Focus group; Grounded theory; Homeless youth; Outcomes; Qualitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949086862     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325008089631     Document Type: Article

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