Improving the Measurement of Child Neglect for Survey Research: Issues and Recommendations

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-111

  Slack, Kristen Shook ^a   Holl, Jane ^b,c   Altenbernd, Lisa ^b   McDaniel, Maria ^b   Stevens, Amy Bush ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maltreatment; Measurement; Neglect

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042352182     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502250827     Document Type: Article

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