Changing Social Networks Among Homeless Individuals: A Prospective Evaluation of a Job- and Life-Skills Training Program

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 799-808

  Gray, Heather M ^a   Shaffer, Paige M ^b,c   Nelson, Sarah E ^a   Shaffer, Howard J ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Synthesis Health Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Job skills; Life skills; Rehabilitation; Social networks; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSON; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920842565     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-014-9817-5     Document Type: Article

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