A meta-analysis of published school social work practice studies: 1980-2007

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 667-677

  Franklin, Cynthia ^a   Kim, Johnny S ^b   Tripodi, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Outcome research; School social work; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350489278     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731508330224     Document Type: Article

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