Children in out-of-home care: Does routine health screening improve outcomes?: ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 665-669

  Nathanson, Dania ^a   Lee, Gillian ^a   Tzioumi, Dimitra ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health; Child welfare; Foster home care; Health assessment; Outcome assessment; Programme evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 70350629954     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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