Child wellness and social inclusion: Values for action

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 238-249

  Prilleltensky, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child wellness; Participatory action research; Social inclusion; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 77955771973     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9318-9     Document Type: Article

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