Kinship care for the safety, permanency, and well-being of children removed from the home for maltreatment

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Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Winokur, Marc ^a   Holtan, Amy ^b   Valentine, Deborah ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

*Child abuse psychology ; *Child welfare psychology ; *Foster home care methods; psychology; standards ; Child; Child development; Family; Female; Humans; Male; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SAFETY; CINAHL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FOSTER CARE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCINFO; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

EID: 70249114762     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006546.pub2     Document Type: Review

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