Intensive family preservation services: Demonstrating placement prevention using event history analysis

Social Work Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-17

  Kirk, Raymod S ^a   Griffith, Diane P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; Family preservation; Outcomes; Placement; Placement prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642544161     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/28.1.5     Document Type: Article

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