Treatment fidelity in social work intervention research: A review of published studies

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 674-681

  Naleppa, Matthias J ^a   Cagle, John G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; literature review; methodological article; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958198263     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509352088     Document Type: Review

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