Are youth mentoring programs good value-for-money? An evaluation of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne program

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moodie, Marjory L ^a   Fisher, Jane ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TEACHER; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTORS; PARENTING; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 60349101285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-41     Document Type: Article

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