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Community marriage initiatives
Author(s) -
Doherty William J.,
Anderson Jared R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.00050.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , sociology , state (computer science) , community development , public relations , work (physics) , political science , geography , law , engineering , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , mechanical engineering
This article reviews the development of community marriage initiatives and their relationship with family professionals, with particular emphasis on sociohistorical context. We describe five leading community marriage initiatives, discuss the state of the evaluation research, and propose new directions for this promising area of work.