Health service access across racial/ethnic groups of children in the child welfare system

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 282-292

  Wells, Rebecca ^a   Hillemeier, Marianne M ^b   Bai, Yu ^c   Belue, Rhonda ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Child welfare; Disparities; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORKER; VISION; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349112369     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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