What happens when family resources are across international boundaries? An exploratory study on kinship placement in Mexican immigrant families.
Children in Latino immigrant families are significantly less likely to be placed in kinship care than other children are. Using grounded theory, the researchers conducted focus groups and individual interviews with child welfare workers working with Mexican origin families in south Texas to study th...
| Publicado en: | Child Welfare Vol. 88; no. 6; pp. 67 - 85 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Child Welfare League of America
Nov/Dec2009
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