Factors influencing the acceptance of volunteer home-visiting support offered to families with new babies

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-117

  Barnes, Jacqueline ^a,e   MacPherson, Kristen ^b   Senior, Rob ^c,d  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for the Study of the Americas   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Evaluation; Family support; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645528240     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00401.x     Document Type: Review

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