Establishment of interdisciplinary child protection teams in Turkey 2002-2006: Identifying the strongest link can make a difference!

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Agirtan, Canan A ^a   Akar, Taner ^b   Akbas, Seher ^c   Akdur, Recep ^d   Aydin, Cahide ^e   Aytar, Gulsen ^a   Ayyildiz, Suat ^c   Baskan, Sevgi ^d   Belgemen, Tugba ^d   Bezirci, Ozdecan ^d   Beyazova, Ufuk ^b   Beyaztas, Fatma Yucel ^f   Buken, Bora ^a   Buken, Erhan ^g   Camurdan, Aysu D ^b   Can, Demet ^h   Canbaz, Sevgi ^c   Cantürk, Gurol ^d   Ceyhan, Meltem ^c   Coskun, Abdulhakim ⁱ   Celik, Ahmet ^e   Cetin, Fusun C ^j   Coskun, Ayse Gul ^k   Daǧçinar, Adnan ^c   Dallar, Yildiz ^l   Demirel, Birol ^b   Demirogullari, Billur ^b   Derman, Orhan ^j   Dilli, Dilek ^l   Ersahin, Yusuf ^e   Eşiyok, Burcu ^d   Evinc, Gulin ^j   Gencer, Ozlem ^m   Gökler, Bahar ^j   Hanci, Hamit ^d   Iseri, Elvan ^b   Isir, Aysun Baransel ^k   Isiten, Nukhet ⁿ   Kale, Gulsev ^j   Karadag, Ferda ^j   Kanbur, Nuray ^j   Kiliç, Birim ^d   Kultur, Ebru ^j   Kurtay, Derya ^o   Kuruoglu, Asli ^b   Miral, Suha ^m   Odabasi, Aysun B ^j   Oral, Resmiye ^p   Orhon, Filiz Simsek ^d   Özbesler, Cengiz ^g   Ozdemir, Dilsad Foto ^j   Ozkok, M Selim ^o   Ozmert, Elif ^j   Oztop, Didem B ⁱ   Özyürek, Hamit ^c   Pasli, Figen ^b   Peksen, Yildiz ^c   Polat, Onur ^d   Sahin, Figen ^b   Rifat Sahin, Ahmet ^c   Salacin, Serpil ^m   Suskan, Emine ^d   Tander, Burak ^c   Tekin, Deniz ^d   Teksam, Ozlem ^j   Tiras, Ulku ^l   Tomak, Yilmaz ^c   Tumer, Ali Riza ^j   Turla, Ahmet ^c   Ulukol, Betul ^d   Uslu, Runa ^d   Tas, Fatma V ^m   Vatandas, Nilgun ^f   Velipasaoglu, Sevtap ^q   Yagmur, Fatih ⁱ   Yaǧmurlu, Aydin ^d   Yalcin, Songul ^j   Yavuz, Sukruye ^h   Yurdakok, Kadriye ^j   more..

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^f CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^g BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h Behcet Uz Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

ⁱ ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^j HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^m DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^o Aydin Child Advocacy Center   (Turkey)

^p UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^q AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Child abuse; Developing country; Multidisciplinary team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IOWA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TURKEY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 63449113348     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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