Keeping it together™: An information KIT for parents of children and youth with special needs

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-500

  Stewart, Debra ^a   Law, M ^a   Burke Gaffney, J ^a   Missiuna, C ^a   Rosenbaum, P ^a   King, G ^a   Moning, T ^a   King, S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood disability; Family centred service; Health service research; Information

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTING EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 33744902126     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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