Planning for Health Promotion in Low-Income Preschool Child Care Settings: Focus Groups of Parents and Child Care Providers

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 342-346

  Taveras, Elsie M ^a   LaPelle, Nancy ^b   Gupta, Ruchi S ^c   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child care; health promotion; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSTON; CAREGIVERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POVERTY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33751203240     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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