Vstreet.com: A web-based community for at-risk teens

Child Welfare

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-46

  Pacifici, Caesar ^a   White, Lee ^a   Cummings, Kelli ^a   Nelson, Carol ^a  

^a Northwest Media Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 14544271492     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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