Issues related to delivering an early childhood home-visiting program

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-101

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

At risk families; Early childhood home visiting; Lay home visitors (paraprofessionals); Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANITOBA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34249733641     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000264289.26480.ad     Document Type: Article

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