Girls study girls Inc.: Engaging girls in evaluation through participatory action research

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 228-237

  Chen, Pei Yao ^a   Weiss, Faedra Lazar ^b   Nicholson, Heather Johnston ^c  

^a TCC Group   (United States)

^b Girls Incorporated   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Girls and young women; Girls as evaluators; Girls only programming; Participatory action research; Program evaluation; Youth development; Youth participatory evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 77955843038     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9328-7     Document Type: Article

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