A qualitative study of parents' perceptions of a behavioural sleep intervention

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-172

  Tse, Lillian ^a,c   Hall, W ^b  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Infant Child and Youth Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infant; Interventions; Parents' perception; Sleep; Sleep problems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 38949214719     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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