Placement stability for children in out-of-home care: A longitudinal analysis

Child Welfare

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 614-632

  Webster, Daniel ^a   Barth, Richard P ^b   Needell, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CUSTODY; FAMILY; FOSTER CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FAMILY; FOSTER HOME CARE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0034265477     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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