Network Interventions: Do They Work?.

Cohen, Carl I.; Adler, Arlene

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ERIC Number: EJ299254

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Network Interventions: Do They Work?

Cohen, Carl I.; Adler, Arlene

Gerontologist, v24 n1 p16-22 Feb 1984

Describes an experimental program focusing on network approaches to the solution of social work clients' problems. The sample was composed of 156 residents of a Manhattan hotel. Only 16 percent of the problems were successfully resolved through network interventions, although some problems were more amenable to intervention than others. (JAC)

Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Gerontology, Hotels, Inner City, Intervention, Older Adults, Program Effectiveness, Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Social Work

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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