Selecting an EBP to Reduce Long-Term Foster Care: Lessons from a University-Child Welfare Agency Partnership

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 208-221

  Bryson, Stephanie A ^a,b   Akin, Becci A ^a   Blase, Karen A ^c   McDonald, Tom ^a   Walker, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based intervention; foster care; implementation science; target population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARENTING; PARENTS; POVERTY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84891942742     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15433714.2013.850325     Document Type: Article

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