Attitudes of low-income parents toward seeking help with parenting: Implications for practice

Child Welfare

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-312

  Keller, JoDee ^a   McDade, Katherine ^a  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENTING; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0034183337     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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