Working together as culture brokers by building trusting alliances with bilingual and bicultural newcomer paraprofessionals

Child Welfare

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 669-688

  Owen, Carol L ^a,b,c   English, Meme ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brightwood Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAMBODIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LAOS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAMBODIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LAOS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOCIAL WORK; VIETNAM;

EID: 27844465001     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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