Is sure start an effective preventive intervention?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-141

  Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Differential outcomes; Effectiveness evaluation; Social inequality; Sure start

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BULLYING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HEALTH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33747618045     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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