Roger B Straw
Biographic Data
| ID | 351761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger B Straw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger B |
| FAMILY NAME | Straw |
| SIGNATURE | STRAW R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Northwestern “Experience”
Looking behind the numbers in counting the homeless: An invited commentary
Many of criticisms of the Census Bureau's S-Night count of the homeless advanced by Wright and Devine are appropriate. However, a more important issue--the lack of agreement in the field on an appropriate conceptual definition of homelessness--undermines their overall critique
Potential Uses of Focus Groups in Federal Policy and Program Evaluation Studies
This article discusses the potential uses of focus groups as a formal data collection technique in federal policy and program evaluation studies. By policy studies, we mean studies that examine how existing and/or prospective policies might affect program activities. These studies will frequently be descriptive in nature and of relatively short duration. The results are intended to be used by the policymaker (agency head, congressperson, and so f…
Nursing home care for mental patients: Descriptive data and some propositions
Nursing homes play an important role in the community-based care of chronic mental patients, yet there is little research in that setting. The present study gathered and analyzed descriptive data on 20 nursing homes in a large urban area, including data about structure, staffing, policy, treatment, residents, discharge, psychosocial climate, and neighborhood characteristics. Results suggested a clear difference between skilled nursing versus inte…
Potential Uses of Focus Groups in Federal Policy and Program Evaluation Studies
This article discusses the potential uses of focus groups as a formal data collection technique in federal policy and program evaluation studies. By policy studies, we mean studies that examine how existing and/or prospective policies might affect program activities. These studies will frequently be descriptive in nature and of relatively short duration. The results are intended to be used by the policymaker (agency head, congressperson, and so f…
Nursing home care for mental patients: Descriptive data and some propositions
Nursing homes play an important role in the community-based care of chronic mental patients, yet there is little research in that setting. The present study gathered and analyzed descriptive data on 20 nursing homes in a large urban area, including data about structure, staffing, policy, treatment, residents, discharge, psychosocial climate, and neighborhood characteristics. Results suggested a clear difference between skilled nursing versus inte…
Nursing home care for mental patients: Descriptive data and some propositions
Nursing homes play an important role in the community-based care of chronic mental patients, yet there is little research in that setting. The present study gathered and analyzed descriptive data on 20 nursing homes in a large urban area, including data about structure, staffing, policy, treatment, residents, discharge, psychosocial climate, and neighborhood characteristics. Results suggested a clear difference between skilled nursing versus inte…
Looking behind the numbers in counting the homeless: An invited commentary
Many of criticisms of the Census Bureau's S-Night count of the homeless advanced by Wright and Devine are appropriate. However, a more important issue--the lack of agreement in the field on an appropriate conceptual definition of homelessness--undermines their overall critique
Potential Uses of Focus Groups in Federal Policy and Program Evaluation Studies
This article discusses the potential uses of focus groups as a formal data collection technique in federal policy and program evaluation studies. By policy studies, we mean studies that examine how existing and/or prospective policies might affect program activities. These studies will frequently be descriptive in nature and of relatively short duration. The results are intended to be used by the policymaker (agency head, congressperson, and so f…
The Northwestern “Experience”
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Art history (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Canadian Identity and History (1 works) · Census (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Computer security (1 works) · Data collection (1 works)