Placement history of foster children: A study of placement history and outcomes in long-term family foster care

Child Welfare

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 107-125

  Strijker, Johan ^a   Knorth, Erik J ^a   Knot Dickscheit, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350487832     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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