Improving child care quality in early head start programs: A partnership model

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 48-61

  Ontai, Lenna L ^a   Hinrichs, Sue ^b   Beard, Marti ^c   Wilcox, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Lincoln Action Program

^c Cedars Youth Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 33749209752     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10003     Document Type: Article

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