Financial incentives to promote social mobility

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7720, 2009, Pages 544-546

  Forde, Ian ^b   Zeuner, Dagmar ^a  

^a Hammersmith and Fulham NHS and Council   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PARENTING; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 69949104476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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