Working with families in tower hamlets: An evaluation of the family welfare association's family support services

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-122

  Gray, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Ethnicity; Family support; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0036491881     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2002.00347.x     Document Type: Review

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