Evidence-based practice in community-based child welfare systems

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 597-614

  Usher, Charles L ^a   Wildfire, Judith B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OHIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1542682742     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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