Someone to check in on me: Social capital, social support and vulnerable parents with very young children in the Australian capital territory

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-215

  Winkworth, Gail ^a   McArthur, Morag ^a   Layton, Megan ^a   Thompson, Lorraine ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child care; Social support; Sole parents 'hard to reach'

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952911608     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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