On the declining health status of welfare caseloads: Emerging dilemmas for serving the poor

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-211

  Schmidt, Laura A ^a   Zabkiewicz, Denise ^b   Henderson, Stuart ^c   Jacobs, Laurie ^d   Wiley, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; health policy; Social services; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOCIAL WORK; WELFARE REFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WELFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952689318     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910903179001     Document Type: Article

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