Associations between intensity of child welfare involvement and child development among young children in child welfare

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 598-611

  Stahmer, Aubyn C ^a,b   Hurlburt, Michael ^a,f   Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^d   Landsverk, John ^a,c   Zhang, Jinjin ^a   Leslie, Laurel K ^a,e  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Child welfare; Foster care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY SAMPLE;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71049133894     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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