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Improving outcomes for children and families : finding and using international evidence / edited by Anthony N. Maluccio ... [et al.] ; foreword by James K. Whittaker.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Child welfare outcomes (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--Evaluation.
- Child welfare.
- Family services--Evaluation.
- Family services.
- Evaluation research (Social action programs).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. It introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services and provides examples of evaluation from policy and practice.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Evaluating outcomes for children and families : improving the evidence base
- pt. 2. Methods for finding and using evidence
- pt. 3. Evaluating outcomes in the real world : international evidence from community-based practice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-90698-8
- 0-85700-248-1
- OCLC:
- 711747229
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