SAFE Homes: Is it worth the cost? An evaluation of a group home permanency planning program for children who first enter out-of-home care

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-643

  DeSena, Allen D ^a   Murphy, Robert A ^d   Douglas Palumberi, Heather ^a   Blau, Gary ^b   Kelly, Blandina ^c   Horwitz, Sarah M ^a   Kaufman, Joan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Disaster Mental Health Services   (United States)

^c Department of Children and Families ^*  (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Permanency planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUSTODY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 22144469047     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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