Utility of logic models to plan quality of life outcome evaluations

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-61

  Isaacs, Barry ^a   Clark, Cinda ^a   Correia, Susana ^a   Flannery, John ^a  

^a Research and Evaluation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation capacity building; Intellectual disabilities; Logic models; Program evaluation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949168381     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2008.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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