Bridging the divide between child welfare and domestic violence services: Deconstructing the change process

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 674-688

  Moles, Kerry ^a  

^a Children's Aid Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Change process; Child welfare; Collaboration; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Systems change

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749097155     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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