Barriers to following the back-to-sleep recommendations: Insights from focus groups with inner-city caregivers

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 349-354

  Colson, Eve R ^a   McCabe, Liana K ^b   Fox, Kenneth ^c   Levenson, Suzette ^d   Colton, Theodore ^d   Lister, George ^e   Corwin, Michael J ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Behavior; Focus groups; Sudden infant death syndrome; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEAR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28944440136     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A04-220R1.1     Document Type: Article

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