Characteristics of Young Parents Investigated and Opened for Ongoing Services in Child Welfare

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-381

  Fallon, Barbara ^a   Ma, Jennifer ^a   Black, Tara ^a   Wekerle, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent parents; Child maltreatment; Child welfare; Ongoing services; Risk factors; Young parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051470237     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-011-9342-5     Document Type: Article

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