The effect of Alaska's home visitation program for high-risk families on trends in abuse and neglect

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-333

  Gessner, Bradford D ^a  

^a Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Alaska; Healthy Families America; Home visitation; Neglect; Physical abuse; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALASKA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 41449102655     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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