Coordinated and evidence-based policy and practice for protecting children outside of family care

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 743-751

  Boothby, Neil ^a   Balster, Robert L ^a,b   Goldman, Philip ^c   Wessells, Michael G ^d   Zeanah, Charles H ^e   Huebner, Gillian ^a   Garbarino, James ^f  

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

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Maestral International   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child protection; Child rights; Child welfare; Children outside of family care; Ethics; Evidence summit; Evidence based practice; Research needs

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84868692171     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.09.007     Document Type: Note

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