Using GIS Mapping to Assess Foster Care: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

Autor/inn/en	Rine, Christine M.; Morales, Jocelyn; Vanyukevych, Anastasiya B.; Durand, Emily G.; Schroeder, Kurt A.
Titel	Using GIS Mapping to Assess Foster Care: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Social Work, 15 (2012) 5, S.375-388 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2158
DOI	10.1080/10522158.2012.719184
Schlagwörter	Stakeholders; Child Welfare; Foster Care; Geographic Information Systems; Social Services; Social Work; Rural Areas; Identification; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Pflegehilfe; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Soziale Arbeit; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become widely used outside of traditional mapping applications, expanding their reach to social service organizations. The purpose of this article is to describe and explore the benefits of GIS mapping in identifying strengths and needs of foster care systems in rural settings through graphically assessing service usage and delivery. Herein, authors present their project as an example of such efforts to inform applications for practice providing a model that encourages others to explore methods of this nature. Focus is placed on rural characteristics that bring particular challenges for child welfare stakeholders. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10