Child care health consultation programs in California: Models, services, and facilitators

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-139

  Alkon, Abbey ^a   Bernzweig, Jane ^b   To, Kim ^a   MacKie, Joanna F ^c   Wolff, Mimi ^d   Elman, Jeremy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Every Child Counts   (United States)

^c Howard Phillips Center for Children and Families (HPC)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care health consultation; Child health; Health advocates; Health consultants; Organizations; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 39449116968     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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