Parental beliefs and children's receipt of preventive care: Another piece of the puzzle?

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1 P1, 2008, Pages 287-299

  Hughes, Suzanne C ^a   Wingard, Deborah L ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Child; Parental beliefs; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 40649121048     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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