Early childhood home visiting programme: Factors contributing to success

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-300

  Heaman, Maureen ^a   Chalmers, Karen ^a,b   Woodgate, Roberta ^a   Brown, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Evaluation research; Health visiting; Interviews; Parenting; Public health nursing; Research report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 33748357748     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03914.x     Document Type: Article

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