'It was like my little acorn, and it's going to grow into a big tree': A qualitative study of a community support project

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-161

  Attree, Pamela ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area initiatives; Community capacity; Disadvantage; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PARENTS; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 3042815344     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0966-0410.2004.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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