What is the Impact of Placement Type on Educational and Health Outcomes of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors? A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 354-365

  O’Higgins, Aoife ^a   Ott, Eleanor Marie ^a   Shea, Michael William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Foster care; Mental health; Systematic review; Unaccompanied refugee minors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PROTECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MINOR (PERSON); RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORS; REFUGEES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85045062181     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-018-0256-7     Document Type: Review

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