Establishing the validity and reliability of clinical practice guidelines used to identify families requiring increased health visitor support

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Appleton, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Health visiting; Reliability; Validity; Vulnerable families

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030935015     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)90011-1     Document Type: Article

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