Characteristics of out-of-home caregiving environments provided under child welfare services

Child Welfare

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 5-39

  Barth, Richard P ^a   Green, Rebecca ^b   Webb, Mary Bruce ^c   Wall, Ariana ^d   Gibbons, Claire ^e   Craig, Carlton ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Administration for Children and Families   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNISHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROUP HOMES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUNISHMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549142048     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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