Factors affecting participation in Sure Start programmes: A qualitative investigation of parents' views

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-211

  Avis, Mark ^a   Bulman, Donna ^b   Leighton, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engagement; Participation; Social exclusion; Sure start

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247341019     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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