"Come and take a walk": Listening to early head start parents on school-readiness as a matter of child, family, and community health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 617-625

  McAllister, Carol L ^a   Wilson, Patrick C ^b   Green, Beth L ^c   Baldwin, Jennifer L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c Northwest Prof Consortium Inc   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CASE STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PARENTS; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15744395294     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.041616     Document Type: Review

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