Meeting children's mental and physical health needs in child welfare: The importance of caregivers

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-108

  Schneiderman, Janet U ^a   Villagrana, Margarita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Child welfare caregivers; Foster care; Mental health; Pediatric health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76949086318     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380903158037     Document Type: Article

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