A multimethod approach to the evaluation of community preschool speech and language therapy provision

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 513-521

  Glogowska, Margaret ^a   Campbell, Rona ^b   Peters, Tim J ^b   Roulstone, Sue ^a   Enderby, Pam ^c  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Qualitative research methods; Quantitative research methods; Speech and language therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 0036849658     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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