Baby walkers - Health visitors' current practice, attitudes and knowledge

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 488-495

  Kendrick, Denise ^a,c   Illingworth, Rachel ^a   Hapgood, Rhydian ^a   Woods, Amanda J ^b   Collier, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Baby walkers; Health education; Health visiting; Infant walkers; Injuries; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENT; POSTNATAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0141957299     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02746.x     Document Type: Article

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