Research review: Family centres: A review of the literature

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-182

  Warren Adamson, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centre based practice; Children's centres; Community development; Family centres; Family support; Theory of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645521227     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00413.x     Document Type: Review

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