The importance of expanding home visitation services to include strengthening family relationships for the benefit of children

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-205

  Sar, Bibhuti K ^a   Antle, Becky F ^a   Bledsoe, Linda K ^a   Barbee, Anita P ^a   Van Zyl, Michiel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economically disadvantaged families; Evidence based practices (EBP); Home visitation services; Relationship strengthening programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049128670     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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