Pregnancy and Motherhood Among Adolescent Girls in Child Protective Services: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 614-635

  Connolly, Jennifer ^a   Heifetz, Marina ^a   Bohr, Yvonne ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

child welfare; foster care; meta synthesis; teenage pregnancy; young mothers; youth in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868283413     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2012.723970     Document Type: Article

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