Immigrant families and public child welfare: Barriers to services and approaches for change

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 63-91

  Earner, Ilze ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 35348930399     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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