Miller Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) trial: Design, method and sample description

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kemp, Lynn ^a   Harris, Elizabeth ^a   McMahon, Catherine ^b   Matthey, Stephen ^a   Vimpani, Graham ^c   Anderson, Teresa ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTNATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849118109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-424     Document Type: Article

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