From hard to reach to how to reach: A systematic review of the literature on hard-to-reach families

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-239

  Boag Munroe, Gill ^a   Evangelou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

education services; hard to reach families; health and social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859197800     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2010.509515     Document Type: Article

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