Contribution of child protection workers' attitudes to their risk assessments and intervention recommendations: A study in Israel

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Davidson Arad, Bilha ^a   Benbenishty, Rami ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child protection workers; Children at risk; Decisions on removal; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 73149098900     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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