Talking about baby walkers: Insights about health education from the field

Health Education Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-49

  Woods, Amanda ^a   Hapgood, Rhydian ^b   Bentley, Elaine ^a   Kendrick, Denise ^a   Dyas, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baby walker; Health education; Injury prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING AID;

EID: 0037354998     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789690306200105     Document Type: Article

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