Social service research and religion: Thoughts about how to measure intervention-based impact

Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessments, and Effectiveness

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 83-104

  Zanis, David A ^a   Cnaan, Ram A ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control clinical trials; Cost effectiveness; Faith based intervention; Social services; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919531716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203726259     Document Type: Chapter

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