The effectiveness of selected interventions for previous maltreatment: enhancing the well-being of children who live at home

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-56

  Dufour, Sarah ^a   Chamberland, Claire ^b  

^a Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare ^*

^b Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare   (Canada)

Author keywords

child abuse; child maltreatment; child neglect; child welfare; effectiveness; evaluation; literature review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SOUND; WELLBEING;

EID: 85050171828     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2004.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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