Sure start: Voices of the 'hard-to-reach'

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-453

  Coe, Chris ^a   Gibson, A ^a   Spencer, N ^a   Stuttaford, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Hard to reach'; Sure Start

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44949115224     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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