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What does Effectiveness Mean? A qualitative assessment of two child protection systems

Interviews conducted with child protective services administrators and workers show that they are unaware of empirical evidence to support effectiveness and are unable to determine how to measure effectiveness. This article suggests collecting quality data and partnering with systems, such as healthcare, that have the infrastructure already in place for collection of this data.

Author(s): 
Karen Albright, Laura Schwab Reese, Richard D. Krugman
Year of Publication: 
2019
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Resource Type: 
Journal article - abstract only
Language: 
English