Effectiveness of a primary care intervention to support reading aloud: A multicenter evaluation

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-215

  Needlman, Robert ^a,e   Toker, Karen H ^b   Dreyer, Benard P ^c   Klass, Perri ^d   Mendelsohn, Alan L ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Books; Literacy; Primary care; Reach out and read; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; REACH OUT AND READ PROGRAM; READING; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 23044500714     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A04-110R.1     Document Type: Article

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