Taking the youth perspective: Assessment of program characteristics that promote positive development in homeless and at-risk youth

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1365-1372

  Heinze, Hillary J ^a   Jozefowicz, Debra M Hernandez ^b   Toro, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless youth services; Positive youth development; Service delivery; Youth homelessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955716415     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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