Welfare babies: Poor children's experiences informing healthy peer relationships in Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 342-350

  Robinson, Lynne M ^a   McIntyre, Lynn ^a   Officer, Suzanne ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Poverty; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT WELFARE; INTERNALIZATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; PEER GROUP; POVERTY;

EID: 27944449324     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dai017     Document Type: Article

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