Research review: Child and family support services with minority ethnic families: What can we learn from research?

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-178

  Chand, Ashok ^a   Thoburn, June ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family centres; Family group conferences; Family support services; Home visiting services; Minority ethnic families

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944501455     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2005.00367.x     Document Type: Review

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