A first look at the need for enhanced support services for kinship caregivers

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-96

  Gordon, Amy L ^a   McKinley, Sharon E ^a   Satterfield, Mattie L ^b   Curtis, Patrick A ^a  

^a Child Welfare League of America   (United States)

^b CWLA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037974775     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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