African American and white child welfare workers' attitudes towards policies involving race and sexual orientation

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 955-966

  Jayaratne, Srinika ^a   Faller, Kathleen Coulborn ^a   Ortega, Robert M ^a   Vandervort, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Child welfare workforce; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 45049083126     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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