Predictors of short-term reunification in South Australian substitute care

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-51

  Delfabbro, Paul ^a   Barber, James ^b   Cooper, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CUSTODY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037636629     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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