Enhancing social work practice with ethnic minority youth

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 611-627

  Johnson, Sharon D ^a   Davis, Larry E ^a   Williams, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Ethnic minority youth; Skill enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044297494     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-004-6407-3     Document Type: Review

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