Impact of intervention surveillance bias on analyses of child welfare report outcomes

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-312

  Chaffin, Mark ^a   Bard, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment bias; Child welfare; Data analysis; Surveillance bias; Visibility bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 33749597955     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559506291261     Document Type: Article

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