Increasing the cultural responsiveness of family group conferencing

Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-300

  Waites, Cheryl ^a,b   Macgowan, Mark J ^c   Pennell, Joan ^a,b,d   Carlton LaNey, Iris ^b,e   Weil, Marie ^b,e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Family Group   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d N Carolina Fam Centered MP ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cherokee; Child welfare; Cultural competence; Family group conferencing; Focus groups; Latinos Hispanics

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURE; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH CAROLINA; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 2542520764     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/49.2.291     Document Type: Article

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