Examining the influence of caregiver ethnicity on youth placed in out of home care: Ethnicity matters - for some

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1278-1284

  Jewell, Jeremy D ^a   Brown, Danice L ^a   Smith, Gail ^b   Thompson, Ronald ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b Girls and Boys Town   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Foster care; Multicultural competence; Out of home placement; Placement outcomes; Transracial placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955718085     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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