Promoting mental health and emotional well-being among children and youth: A role for community child health?

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-274

  Alperstein, Garth ^a   Raman, S ^b  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Emotional well being; Mental health; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 0037963745     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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