Child Care Health Consultation Improves Health and Safety Policies and Practices

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 366-370

  Alkon, Abbey ^a   Bernzweig, Jane ^a   To, Kim ^a   Wolff, Mimi ^a   Mackie, Joanna F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child care; child health; consultant; health and safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CLEANING; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAFETY;

EID: 70249146917     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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