| Self-Help Support Groups for Older Women: Rebuilding Elder Networks Through Personal Empowerment Contributor(s): Kaye, Lenard W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560324619 ISBN-13: 9781560324614 Publisher: Taylor & Francis OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Gerontology - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 362.6 |
| LCCN: 97006368 |
| Physical Information: 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work is based upon a research study whose purpose was to collect new information about the special benefits and drawbacks of formal organizations' efforts at social network building for older women. In it, a two-tiered investigation was carried out: a national review of a select group of model self-help support programmes for older women throughout the United States; and an in-depth community case study of a nationally recognized model program of self-help support groups, leadership training, networking and community outreach/education for older women. It provides the research-oriented reader with scientific evidence to assess the relative efficacy of self-help group programming. |