How do implementation efforts relate to program adherence? Examining the role of organizational, implementer, and program factors

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 744-760

  Dariotis, Jacinda K ^a   Bumbarger, Brian K ^b   Duncan, Larissa G ^c   Greenberg, Mark T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 48349118538     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20255     Document Type: Article

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