What strategies are appropriate for monitoring children outside of family care and evaluating the impact of the programs intended to serve them?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 732-742

  Ager, Alastair ^a   Zimmerman, Cathy ^b   Unlu, Kathy ^c   Rinehart, Richard ^d   Nyberg, Beverly ^e   Zeanah, Charles ^f   Hunleth, Jean ^g   Bastiaens, Ida ^h   Weldy, Andre ⁱ   Bachman, Gretchen ^d   Blum, Alexander B ^j   Strottman, Kathleen ^k  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

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

^e Peace Corps   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^k National Institutes of Health ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Child protection; Child protection systems; Children outside of family care; Evaluation; Longitudinal; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; METHODS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84868699219     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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