Addressing the disproportionate representation of children of color: A collaborative community approach

Child Welfare

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-278

  Busch, Monique ^a   Wall, Jacqueline Remondet ^b   Koch, Steven M ^c   Anderson, Clara ^d  

^a IARCCA Institute for Excellence   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Children's Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSTODY; ETHNOLOGY; FOSTER CARE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOSTER HOME CARE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 58149389583     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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