A call for coordinated and evidence-based action to protect children outside of family care

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9811, 2012, Pages

  Clay, Robert ^a   Cdebaca, Luis ^b   De Cock, Kevin M ^c   Goosby, Eric ^b   Guttmacher, Alan ^d   Jacobs, Susan ^b   Pablos Mendez, Ariel ^a   Polaski, Sandra ^e   Sheldon, George ^b   Steinberg, Donald ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e United States Department of Labor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855824768     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61821-7     Document Type: Note

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