Evaluation of an employment program for people with mental illness using the supported employment fidelity scale

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 300-306

  Cocks, Errol ^a   Boaden, Ross ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Individual placement and support; Mental illness; Open employment; Program evaluation; Supported employment fidelity scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 70350408686     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2008.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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