Exporting a Canadian parenting education program to the Dominican Republic

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-191

  McLennan, John D ^a   Leon, Tina ^b   Haffey, Sue ^c   Barker, Leslie A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Saskatchewan Institute on Prevention of Handicaps   (Canada)

^d CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child health; Dominican Republic; Malnutrition; Parenting; Program development; Train the trainer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PARENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PARENTING; PARENTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 61849093046     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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