Changes in the service delivery model and home visitors' job satisfaction and turnover in an Early Head Start program

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-196

  Gill, Sukhdeep ^a   Greenberg, Mark T ^a   Vazquez, Arcel ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 13444262840     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10011     Document Type: Article

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