Exploration and adoption of evidence-based practice by US child welfare agencies

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-152

  Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a   Hurlburt, Michael S ^b   Goldhaber Fiebert, Jeremy D ^c   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^b   Rolls Reutz, Jennifer ^d   Zhang, JinJin ^d   Fisher, Emily ^d   Landsverk, John ^d  

^a Park Avenue ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Community networks; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895918880     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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