Subjective outcome evaluation findings: Factors related to the perceived effectiveness of the Tier 2 Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 250-260

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a,b   Ma, Cecilia M S ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Adventure based counseling; Positive youth development program; Subjective outcome evaluation; Volunteer training and services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE ADOLESCENT TRAINING THROUGH HOLISTIC SOCIAL PROGRAMMES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL WORK; SUBJECTIVE OUTCOME EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HONG KONG; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

MACRON;

EID: 77749314955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.19     Document Type: Article

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