Ethnography in evaluation: Uncovering hidden costs and benefits in child mental health

Human Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-326

  Henry, Doug ^a   Bales, Rodney ^a   Graves, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Cost benefit analysis; Evaluation anthropology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 44849092166     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.66.3.8709123563123572     Document Type: Article

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