Preventing severe and fatal child maltreatment: Making the case for the expanded use and integration of data

Child Welfare

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 59-75

  Putnam Hornstein, Emily ^a   Wood, Joanne N ^b   Fluke, John ^c   Yoshioka Maxwell, Amanda ^a   Berger, Rachel P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891540599     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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