Promoting mental health in early childhood programs serving families from low-income neighborhoods

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Breitenstein, Susan M ^a   Gross, Deborah ^a   Ordaz, Irmaleticia ^b   Julion, Wrenetha ^a   Garvey, Christine ^a   Ridge, Alison ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Chicago Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood programs; Ethnic minority; Parent training; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548965516     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307306996     Document Type: Article

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