It takes a village to deliver and test child and family-focused services

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 476-482

  McKay, Mary M ^a   Gopalan, Geetha ^a   Franco, Lydia M ^a,b   Kalogerogiannis, Kosta ^c   Umpierre, Mari ^a   Olshtain Mann, Orly ^d   Bannon, William ^a   Elwyn, Laura ^e   Goldstein, Leah ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and youth; Collaborative research; Mental health services; Prevention programs; Urban families

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955214496     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509360976     Document Type: Article

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