The social service divide: Service availability and accessibility in rural versus urban counties and impact on child welfare outcomes

Child Welfare

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 101-124

  Belanger, Kathleen ^a   Stone, Warren ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65549136999     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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