Parent-focused child maltreatment prevention: Improving assessment, intervention, and dissemination with technology

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-416

  Self Brown, Shannon ^a   Whitaker, Daniel J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Parenting; Prevention; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPUTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MASS SCREENING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RADIO; RISK FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION;

EID: 53349089224     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508320059     Document Type: Article

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