Inside the black box: assessing and improving quality in youth programs.

Inside the Black Box: Organisational Buying Behaviour and Strategic Purchasing in Healthcare: A Response to Recent Commentary

Getting Inside the “Black Box” of Head Start Quality: What Matters and What Doesn’t

Critics of Head Start contend that many programs spend too much money on programs extraneous to children. On the other hand, Head Start advocates argue that the families of severely disadvantaged children need a broad range of services. Given the available evidence, it has been impossible to assess the validity of these claims. In this study, we match detailed administrative data with data on c...

Outside the Black Box: Re-assessing Pediatric Antidepressant Prescription.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review is to assess whether evidence supports a favorable risk/benefit profile for pediatric antidepressant use and reconsideration of the black box. METHOD The review examines studies post-black box purporting to show declines in pediatric antidepressant use and rising youth suicide, summarizes evidence for efficacy and safety of pediatric antidepressants, and d...

Pathways to Youth Empowerment and Community Connectedness: A Study of Youth-Adult Partnership in Malaysian After-School, Co-Curricular Programs.

After-school programs are prevalent across the world, but there is a paucity of research that examines quality within the "black box" of programs at the point of service. Grounded in current theory, this research examined hypothesized pathways between the experience of youth-adult partnership (youth voice in decision-making; supportive adult relationships), the mediators of program safety and e...

Investigate the Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Youth Quality of Life Instrument-Deaf and Hard of Hearing(YQOL-DHH)

Introduction: The youth quality of life instrument-deaf and hard of hearing(YQOL-DHH) is a useful way to investigate their needs and evaluate educational and rehabilitation programs. This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the youth quality of life instrument-deaf and hard of hearing(YQOL-DHH). Methods: The was a psychometric typed descriptive study...