The Infant Index: A new outcome measure for pre-school children's services

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-178

  Rigby, A S ^a   Sanderson, C ^a   Desforges, M F ^a   Lindsay, G ^b   Hall, D M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community child health; Educational attainment; Logistic regression; Pre school children's services

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; TEACHER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033025998     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.2.172     Document Type: Article

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