Prevention in integrated children's services: The impact of sure start on referrals to social services and child protection registrations

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-31

  Carpenter, John ^a   Brown, Sharon ^b   Griffin, Michaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated child care services; Outcomes; Prevention; Sure start

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847648807     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.969     Document Type: Article

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