Kinship care for the safety, permanency, and well-being of children removed from the home for maltreatment

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Winokur, Marc ^a   Holtan, Amy ^b   Batchelder, Keri E ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Office of Performance and Strategic Outcomes ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY;

EID: 84903758069     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006546.pub3     Document Type: Review

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