Volunteer services for vulnerable families and at-risk elderly

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-148

  Hiatt, Susan W ^a   Jones, Ann A ^b  

^a Kempe Children's Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Home visitation; Volunteers; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; CHILD ABUSE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0033992357     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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